Re: Opening and Closing Songs

[ALICEWINE <ALICEWINE...>]

Here's a few:

Opening - Ki Eshmera Hashabbat
Shalom Aleichem
Hiney Mah Tov (in any number of arrangements)
Bim Bam - Shabat Shalom

Closing - T'filat Haderech (Friedman)
Oseh Shalom - Any arrangement, but my personal preference is Klepper
Adon Olam (I prefer the more "traditional" - like the Sephardic with harmony
Anything timely for a particular season or holiday
Alternate versions (composers) of liturgy that is normally chanted or done in
a single way during the worship service every week
Something on the theme of the week's Torah portion and/or the rabbi's sermon

Hope this helps,

Alice