[HANASHIR:1651] RE: Help w/program notes

[Carol Leon <cbleon...>]

Thanks, Adrian.

Yes, they're singing the Klepper/Freelander Lo Alecha.
And the Lo Yisa Goi by Rabbi Seymour Rockoff.
(They're also singing Sally Heckelman's Shabbabababat, but won't need to 
introduce it.) -- Carol

>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>From: "Adrian A. Durlester" <durleste (at) home(dot)com>
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: [HANASHIR:1650] RE: Help w/program notes
>Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 23:08:30 -0600
>
>OK.
>
>Lo alecha:Rabbi Tarfon said that we all have a part to play in the 
world,
>and we can't hide from doing it.
>
>(Lo alecha is from Pirke Avot. I presume you are doing the
>Klepper/Freelander setting?)
>
>Lo Yisa Goy: Before one can pray for peace, one must pray for an end to 
war.
>
>(There are many settings of this text. Which one are you using?)
>
>
>Adrian
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org [mailto:owner-hanashir (at) 
>shamash(dot)org]On
>Behalf Of Carol Leon
>Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 10:51 PM
>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>Subject: [HANASHIR:1648] Help w/program notes
>
>
>Next week, my 4th graders are singing Lo Yisa Goi and Lo Alecha at the
>Fri night service.  I want to have 2 children announce the song and 
give
>a very brief description (2 sentences?) of what they're singing and why
>it's important.  I've got the literal translations:
>
>Lo Alecha-It is not your duty to complete the work.  But neither are 
you
>free to desist from it.
>
>Lo Yisa Goi-Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor ever
>again shall they train for war.
>
>What would you have a child say that's meaningful and understandable to
>themselves and to the other children at the service and possibly
>includes a very brief history of the music?  Thanks for your ideas!  --
>Carol
>
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