[Sinaites enjoy singing the Sabbath liturgy. Since we don’t have our own music, we borrow from Christianity’s rich and varied hymnody. The music we love, the lyrics we can no longer agree with so we’ve made up our own lyrics. If you’re not familiar with the music, reciting the lyrics is the next best thing.—Admin1.] ————————————————-
A SINAITE’S MUSICAL SABBATH
KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS
[Tune: Come thou long expected Jesus; revised lyrics]
1. Let us kindle the Sabbath candles allow their glow to brighten our eyes, Like the gleam from the Light of Torah which reaches deep in heart and mind. CHO: When the darkness fades in the distance as kindled lights move to take its place, Shadow and dimness that darken the heart and mind of man brighten up when His Word is heard. 2. Let us kindle the Light of Torah to guide our pathway day after day. Let our minds be enlightened daily by words of life, from the Giver of Life. CHO: Sabbath lights in our home and hearth keep on glowing long after sunset has come, Torah continues to brighten our way through each new day, through the week till next Sabbath comes.
“YHWH is His NAME”
[Tune: Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Revised Lyrics and Retitled]
1. Have you been to Sinai where the One True God Gave His Name, His ineffable Name, Which His chosen people dare not say out loud, Out of reverence and awe for His Name. So they called Him ‘Adonai’ and ‘Elohim’, And devised other titles for Him, And in time it happened that not one could say how the Name is pronounced to this day. CHO: Yod Heh Vav Heh, Yod Heh Vav Heh, Yah forgive, we don’t know how to say— Yah-weh, Ya-hu-weh,Ye-ho-vah, Ya-hu-wah, There’s a blessing in saying His Name. 2. So He’s known by many other titles like El Shaddai, Eluheinu, HaShem, He’s Creator, Master of the universe, He’s the Rock, He’s Provider, He’s God. How can anyone who’s never heard His Name ever call on a God they don’t know? Are they faulted for not knowing to this day, When they can’t read His Name in HIS BOOK? CHO: Ya-hu-wah, Ya-hu-wah, Is it so wrong to call on His Name, All the world will never know the One True God, If we don’t say ‘Yahuwah’s HIs Name!’SABBATH BLESSINGS
[Tune: Oh how He loves you and me]
1. For all the joys of our days, For untold blessings always, This wine we drink symbolizes our joy, Bless You, dear Father, Bless one another, For joys we share on this day. 2. Thank You for bread that we share, all Your provisions and care, We bless You back for the blessings You give, How can we love You, just like You love us, Oh how He loves you and me.SABBATH MEAL
TORAH STUDY
HAVDALAH[Tune: Lead me to Calvary, Revised Lyrics]
1. Lord of my life, please light my way, all through the darkness be, Lest I get lost, can’t find my way, over my life, please be! Thou art my Shepherd, lead me to pastures of green to feed. Call out my name that I may hear warnings that I should heed. CHO: Lest I forget Thy voice I heard, lest I remember not Thy word, Lest I forsake the True Path I’ve tread, Lead me back, LORD, to Thee. 2. Teach me just like the Israelites all that I need to be, Show me just how to sacrifice, show me what pleases Thee. Best of all that I own and have, unworthy tho’ they be, Best of my mind and soul and will, all are reserved for Thee. CHO: Lest I fall short of Thy command, lest I let go of Thy precious Hand, Light up my path, my eyes, my life, Lead me back, Lord, to Thee. SHABBAT SHALOM!