[HANASHIR:13352] Re: Tu B'shvat Seder -- Environmental Music

[rahel <rahel...>]

This is great! I'll file it for next year! Thanks, Rahel




At 07:54 AM 1/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>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.
>---
>-- 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
> >
> > *************************
> >
> > "And who is wise?  One who learns from all people."  --  Pirkei Avot 4:1
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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