Lately I can’t get “Mayim Rabim” by Derech Achim (I mentioned them before) out of my head
“The Piacezna Niggun” by the South African duo Derech Achim. I reached out to them a while back to give me some insight to the song for my Meaning of the Music chat (now Living L’Chaim’s The Spirit of the Song podcast), and the depth of the composition of this song is astounding and so powerful.
Any song that has beautiful guitar picking, background piano, and relatable words or lyrics tugs at my heart and helps me connect. That means I can listen to so many of Eitan Katz’s songs over and over. Lately, though, I can’t get “Mayim Rabim” by Derech Achim (I mentioned them before) out of my head. It’s so beautiful and meaningful, I can listen to it all day.
For so long it’s been Eitan Katz’s “Lemaancha.” Lately I’ve been trying to give over the inspiration, depth, and meaning of Baruch Levine’s “Shabbos Hayom l’Hashem (Chazeik Kiryasi),” sung by Shloime Gertner on his Say Asay album. It depicts the kedushah of the Beis Hamikdash, which we can all get a taste of on Shabbos.
Basically, every Journeys song. I try to sit down at the piano every Erev Shabbos to sing “It’s Time to Say Good Shabbos,” as I find it always gets me in the Shabbos mood.
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