08 October 2011

 
UNDER THE WATERFALL: Patrick ButlerToday is Yom Kippur, the culmination of the 10-day celebration of Rosh Hashanah. Yom Kippur is the Jewish Day of Atonement. It is a time all could learn from.

I don't usually do this, but a YouTube music video called “Dip Your Apple “ by a group of Jewish artists, Ein Prat Fountainheads, is so refreshingly compelling, convincing and fun, fun, fun, I can't resist passing on the link.

The joyous and yet meaningful lyrics, written below, and set as a musical parody to Shakira's popular “Waka Waka” melody, says it all and better than I could.

Using Hebrew and English while pulling on concepts deeply embedded in ideas of forgiveness, restoration, joy, happiness, a sweet life, purity and salvation — all is accomplished in 3:13 seconds! Kudos to the young kids at Ein Prat, Fountainheads for pulling this off. It's a treasure.

If you don't "Believe in Magic," as the Lovin' Spoonful sang about 40 years ago, you might find an alternative after hearing "Dip Your Apple," by FountainHeads a reference to the Rosh Hashanah practice of eating apples and honey — a sweet new year.

And if you aren't “bopping” a bit after hearing this, you're dead. Wake up! That's what Yom Kippur is all about. Shana Tova, Umetuka — A Sweet and Happy New Year!

Dip Your Apple By Fountainheads

Tekiyah... Shvarim Truah
Tekiyah... Shvarim Truah (shofar sounds)

A new year rising, 
A,  new beginning

Lift your head up
, Turn yourself 'round, 
The world is spinning

Feel the magic

Of a new day

Open your heart
 To a fresh start

Send your fears away

You've made mistakes
You feel it

You got what it takes, 
Believe it

Any wrong can be made right

Just forgive, you need not fight

Shana Tova Umetuka (A sweet and happy New Year)

It's Rosh Hashanah

Sha na na na-na, Tova , Ume Ume Tuka

Dip your apple in the honey, It's Rosh Hashanah

So many new hopes

Waiting to find you

Open your eyes

The dreams you prize

Are all around you

The smiles are hiding

No use in guessing

Make up your mind

Go out and find

Life's simple blessings

This is your time
, You feel it

How sweet it is, 
Believe it

Any wrong can be made right

Just forgive, you need not fight, Sha na Tova Umetuka

It's Rosh Hashanah

Sha na na na-na  Tova
, Ume Ume Tuka

Dip your apple in the honey
, On Rosh Hashanah

Sha na-na nana, Tova
, Ume Ume Tuka

Hear the sounds of jubilation
, This Rosh Hashanah

Yehi Ratzon She-niye Le (May we be...)
 Rosh, Lo Zanav (...a head, not a tail)

Sweeten life for those around us 
With joy and love

Avinu Malkeinu
Chanenu V'anenu
 Hear our prayer 'O Lord this hour
Inscribe us in the Book of Life!

Aneinu, Aneinu (answer us) 
Aneinu, Aneinu
Aneinu, Aneinu
Aneinu, Shana Tova!

Shanana nana, Tova,
 ,Ume Ume Tuka

Dip your apple in the honey

On Rosh Hashanah, 

Shanana nana, Tova, Ume Ume Tuka

Hear the sounds of jubilation

It's Rosh Hashanah

Sh'echiyanu | Give us life Lord
v'kiyimanu | And sustain us
v'higiyanu | Oh deliver us | To salvation

Sh'echiyanu | Give us life Lord
v'kiyimanu | And sustain us
v'higiyanu | Oh deliver us | To salvation

In this New Year
, On Rosh Hashanah
, Make your loved ones smile
,This Rosh Hashanah

Open your hearts to one another
,This Rosh Hashanah,

And begin life anew, This Rosh Hashanah!

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