[HANASHIR:16602] Re: Need Music for a Celebrating the Sadness Program

[Linda Salvay <Linda...>]

Adrian,
Perhaps you could incorporate some of the music that is typically sung late
on Shabbat afternoon -- also a "sad" time because of the imminent departure
of Shabbat. Just as the holiness of Shabbat is accentuated by its contrast
to the mundane "chol" of the rest of the week, so joyous times are "joyful"
only because of their antithesis, sadness.

Also, you might use "Ani Ma-amin", which is typically associated with the
sadness of the Holocaust. It represents the Jewish belief that, even in the
most tragic of circumstances, there is always hope for redemption and a
happier future.

Linda Salvay


On 1/12/04 9:20 PM, "Adrian Durlester" <adrian (at) durlester(dot)com> wrote:

> OK, here's an interesting request for assistance. I created a series of
> monthly Family programs for the school this year. This weekend, I am doing a
> short Family/student program for Grades K-whatever.
> 
> Well, as always, having a penchant for going from New York to D.C. by way of
> China, I saddled myself with a challenging topic. The theme is "Celebrating
> the Sadness" and I am going to be teaching, in very abbreviated form, about
> the reasons and value in having "holidays" and rituals  that commemorate sad
> events, and, ultimately, about the value to us as individuals in remembering
> the sad as well as the good in our own lives. (The key that got me this
> particular topic, my working to make each monthly family program relate to
> the time at hand, is the fact that it is Tevet, which early on has the sad
> commemoration of Asara b'Tevet, and, like Cheshvan, has no celebratory
> holidays. In Cheshvan, I did a Shabbat-based program, using the lesson that
> Cheshvan is not really without holidays, as it has the best holiday of all 4
> times-Shabbat. So I figured this time around I would tackle the issue of
> "sad" holidays and remembrances head on.)
> 
> I am managing to find suitable materials to put this program together, but I
> am really struggling for some music that works with the theme, and is family
> friendly. So I'm turning to this wonderful community for assistance,
> something that oddly, I don't do as often as I probably should, being its
> founder and moderator!
> 
> If your response is worth sharing with the whole list, by all means do so.
> But if you think it might not be all that useful to others, simply write me
> off list at adrian (at) durlester(dot)com(dot)
> 
> B'vracha,
> 
> Adrian
> 
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