Name: Tzama Lecha Nafshi (Chabad)
Duration: P00H06M53S
Description: It feels fitting to begin an album of original music with a traditional Hasidic melody, paying homage to my musical and ancestral forebears. This melody is attributed to the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), founder of the Chabad Hasidic community to which my father belongs. The words are from Psalm 63:2-3, expressing profound loneliness and yearning.

Tzama Lecha Nafshi (Chabad)

from Love Is the Ground by Rena Branson

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It feels fitting to begin an album of original music with a traditional Hasidic melody, paying homage to my musical and ancestral forebears. This melody is attributed to the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), founder of the Chabad Hasidic community to which my father belongs. The words are from Psalm 63:2-3, expressing profound loneliness and yearning.

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Psalm 63:2-3

צָמְאָה לְךָ נַפְשִׁי כָּמַהּ לְךָ בְּשָׂרִי בּאֶרֶץ צִיָה וְעָיֵף בְּלִי מָיִם
כֵּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ חֲזִיתִיךָ לִרְאוֹת עֻזְּךָ וּכְבוֹדֶךָ

Transliteration:

Tza-ma le-cha naf-shi ka-ma le-cha be-sa-ri, be-e-retz tzi-yah ve-a-yeif be-li ma-yim. Kein ba-koi-desh cha-zi-si-chah lir-ois ooz-cha oo-che-voi-de-chah.

Translation:

My soul thirsts for You, my flesh longs for You
In a dry and weary land without water
So may I behold You in the sanctuary
To see Your power and Your glory.

(Adapted from https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/music_cdo/aid/140800/jewish/Tzomo-Lecho-Nafshi.htm)

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from Love Is the Ground, released September 18, 2022
Vox: Rena Branson

Cello: Melanie Hsu

Violin: Arielle Rivera Korman

Recording: Rena Branson, Melanie Hsu, Arielle Rivera Korman

Mix & Master: Don Godwin

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Rena Branson Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rena Branson (they/she) is a Jewish composer, ritual leader, and educator who uplifts personal and collective healing through song. They founded A Queer Nigun Project, which organizes singing events for LGBTQIA+ folks and sends audio content to people in the Jewish community who are incarcerated. Rena is also a Reiki practitioner. Learn more at renabranson.com. ... more

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