[HANASHIR:13349] Re: Tu B'shvat Seder -- Environmental Music

[Rabbi Tamar Crystal <miltonrabbi...>]

Apologies to all for the corniness of the following but I thought someone
might be able to use this for Tu B'Shvat some year. I had to come up with
something quick to accomodate the 25 members of the confirmation class of
St. Michael's Episcopal Church who are suddenly joining us for the Tu
B'Shvat Seder today so I altered the lyrics of something recognizable.

Tree for two
And two for tree
It's me and you
Ecology
It's good for you and good for me
...You know...

Everyone near us
Should see us and hear us
If we don't have arbors
There ain't no tomorrows
We need to make Earth Day
As vital as Thursdays
So...oh...

How can we man it
So that the whole planet
Will wake up and see
How they need every tree
How in every weather
We're in it together to grow

We need to teach the world to see
The partneship 'tween us and trees
An elm for you
An oak for me...
That's hope!

Rabbi Tami Crystal
Milton, MA

PS - It helps to pronoounce  "tomorrows" as if you were from Brooklyn or
Brookline.
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-- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Meltzer" <steve (at) meltzerworld(dot)net>
To: "Mishpachat Hanashir" <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 11:26 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:13220] Tu B'shvat Seder -- Environmental Music


> Chevrei --
>
> This year I will be leading the Tu B'Shvat Seder at our synagogue; it is
generally geared towards
> families with children of all ages.  We will be using "Seder Tu B'Shvat:
The Festival Of Trees" from
> CCAR Press as our service.
>
> The organizing committee and myself would like to use some songs with an
environmental message to
> them.  Other than songs that are in the book, is there music that you know
of that would convey this
> type of message?  Jewish songs (in Hebrew or English) with this message
are preferred, but we are
> willing to look at other songs that would be Tu B'Shvat appropriate.
Thanks in advance to Josh
> Miller ("The Tree Song") and Jeff Klepper ("I Will Plant For My Children")
for earlier postings to
> this list about their music.
>
> If we each "plant the seed" of knowledge, then "we grow . . . we grow . .
. we grow!"  (Sorry Josh!
> ;-) ) and we develop stronger "roots" in our tradition.
>
>
> B'shalom,
>
> Steve Meltzer
> 508-366-9457
> steve (at) meltzerworld(dot)net
> www.meltzerworld.net
>
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> "And who is wise?  One who learns from all people."  --  Pirkei Avot 4:1
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