KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS [Original Tune: Bread of the World/Revised Lyrics] Sing hallelu  Yahuwah, sing hallelu  Yahuwah, Sing hallelu Yah, sing hallelu Yah, Sing hallelu  Yahuwah!       LIGHT of the world, You brighten darkness, We see You in this world You made, Your earth, Your skies, Your vast creation, Your laws that regulate […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS   Blessed are You, O YHWH, LORD of the Sabbath, Creator and Master of the universe,  Who blessed us with knowledge about Yourself and Your Way through Your Revelation on Sinai, Who set apart the sacred from the profane, a day of rest from six days of work,  Who first observed […]

[The Sinaite’s musical liturgy borrows from Christian hymnody; lyrics have been revised and might seem awkward to those who know the original but bear with us, our revision reflects our Sinaite creed.   Imitation is the best compliment;  so we salute the composers of Christian hymns;  no doubt they were inspired by the God they love and […]

  [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, we have provided the accompaniment so you […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS       [Original Tune: “Praise the Name of Jesus”/Revised Lyrics—-a capella]    Light one Sabbath candle as His blazing sun sets, darkness fills all the spaces,  not in minds where His True Light dwells, Let His Tree of Life be your Light.   Light two Sabbath candles,  Brighten up the darkness, One is […]

 [At the culmination of creation week, the Sabbath which was modeled as a day of cessation from work by the Creator Himself — was chosen as the ‘sign of the Covenant’ between Israel and the Creator/Revelator on Sinai Who declared His Name as YHWH.   After featuring prayers from world religions on the first Sabbath […]

[A 5th Sabbath in any month is always a ‘bonus’ and just as we have borrowed from “Prayers and Blessings from Around the World” and featured these in other liturgies, we now feature sample prayers from the SIDDUR, the traditional prayers of Israel.   The excerpts here are from The Expanded ArtScroll Siddur, Wasserman Edition, published […]

  Kindle the Sabbath Lights   Oh YHWH, God of Israel, We bless You for blessing the nations with knowledge of You and Your Torah, the true Revelation that Israel was privileged to be given as part of its Covenant with You on Sinai.   We bless Israel for sharing with the nations, the Hebrew […]

KINDLE THE SABBATH LIGHTS ` O YHWH,   just as You ceased from work and set apart day 7 of Creation week, and in obedience to your 4th commandment as given on Sinai, we join Your chosen people, O God of Israel,   as they welcome Your Queen of days, Your blessed Sabbath.   We […]