A couple of random musings

When a car loses its wheels it must be retired.

Mamish Amish

Before becoming a psychic one must first learn to business his own mind

Shir Hashavua (Shabbos Shirah)

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This week being Shabbos Shiroh, it is relatively easy to find a song. 
That being said, I've noticed the last couple of weeks there are more parshios than I thought with little to no text that has been used for songs, which has become the main reason I changed the title to Shir HaShavua.  I'll try to explain when necessary in weeks with no sourced song.

Shir HaShavua (sort of)

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Going over the weekly shnaim mikrah I realized there is no text in this weeks parsha that has been used as a song (unless I am mistaken).  So I will cheat.  I'll use a topic from this weeks Parsha.

Shir HaShavua in the Haftorah

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This weeks Shir HaShavua is from the Haftorah (Ashkenazi reading)

The Shir of Parshat HaShavua

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Today I wil be starting a weekly post for songs featured in the Psukim (verses) of the weekly Torah portion or even the Haftorah. The post will usually contain 1 song from either the Parsha, Haftora or even the meforshim of either.
This is the first of those so I will be treating the blog with 2 songs.

First off is the verse in the blessing from Ya'akov to Dan (Bereishis 49:18)
      Off of the recently released Shlomo Katz album Likrat Shabbat

The easy choice for Shir HaShavua* would have been the all time kumsitz classic "HaMalach"
From the blessing Ya'akov gives to Yosef which would be passed onto his ne'arim, Ephraim and Menashe.

   From D'veykus 4


*I like that.  I might start using that.

Maccabi Tel Aviv opens Top-16 vs Panathinaikos

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Well that game was somewhat of a stinker.  Maccabi led by as many as 13 pts early on in the first half but squandered it and lost 83-76 .

NCSY Song List

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Back in June, the National Conference of Synagogue Youth compiled what is their Top 10 Shabbaton songs of all time.
I would like to post my own list. Since it is the 60th anniversary for NCSY, I'll go half the distance.
I will later, hopefully, provide links to each song.

In no particular order

1. Kol Salonika/D'veykus - Hinei Keil (Composed by Boruch Chait)
2. D'veykus - Hamalach Hagoel (Abie Rotenberg) Featuring child soloist Baruch Levine
3. Shalsheles - Esa Enai (Yitzchok Rosenthal)
4. Lo Alecha (Moti Giladi)
5. Shalheves Boys Choir - Tov Lehodos (Yosef Eisenstark)
6. Lev V'Nefesh/Dedi - Acheinu (Abie Rotenberg)
7. Tornto Pirchei - Achas (Shlomo "Shivti" Merkin)
8. L'chaim Tisch - Mizmor L'Dovid (Ben Tzion Shenker)
9. The Rabbis Sons - Tov Lehodos (Boruch Chait)
10. Shlomo Carlebach - Simcha L'Artzecha (Carlebach)
11. Shloime Dachs - Hamalach (Yisroel Baruchov)
12. Moshav Band - Yehi Shalom (Carlebach)
13. Mordechai Ben David - Someday (MBD)
14. London Boys Choir - Ko Amar (Yigal Calek)
15. Kol Salonika - Harachaman {Nai nai nai} (Boruch Chait)
16. Rabbis Sons - The other Harachaman {Shabbos Menucha} (Boruch Chait)
17. D'veykus - Shema Koleinu (Abie Rotenberg)
18. Baruch Levine - VeZakeini (Baruch Levine)
19. Ani Maamin (R' Azriel David Fastag)
20. Or Chadash/Amudei Shaish Boys Choir - Bilvavi (Shmuel Brazil)
21. Avraham Fried - Yisimcha (Yossi Green)
22. Yaakov Shwekey - Racheim (Pinchus Weber)
23. Shlomo Katz/Yehuda! - Niggun Neshomo (Carlebach)
24. Mendy Wald - Piha Pascha (David Hoffman)
25. Dedi - Rotzoh (Yossi Green)
26. Shalom Aleichem (Shmuel Brazil)
27. D'veykus - Lev Tahor (Abie Rotenberg)
28. Miami Boys Choir - Ana BeKoach (Yerachmiel Begun)
29. Lev Tahor - Im Eshkachech (Mottel Twerski)
30. Ari Goldwag - Kah Ribon (Ari Goldwag)