Re: Adon Olam

[Rich Uncle Skeleton <dreyfus...>]

>Teaching children this song, and what it means is one of the goals of my
>curriculum; however, we tend to learn that with which we are familiar.
>Placing the words to a different tune done not remove the reverence and many
>times, in fact, increases the joy.  Furthermore, and most importantly, the
>kids learn it.  If I can teach the words, which are rather complicated, using
>the "Jeopardy" theme, the William Tell Overture, or even Debbie's "Im Tirtzu,"
>and get the words out of the way, I can proceed to teaching the "Traditional",
>the Hitman/Ben-Hur melody, or Jeff Klepper's new melody with greater ease.

At my Hillel, they did Adon Olam to "The Rainbow Connection" on Shabbat
Noach.  (And Ein Keloheinu to "Rise and Shine".)

L'hit,
--Ben Dreyfus
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