The King’s Song

Another Tune for Mashiach

YITZI WALDNER

“Mizmor Lesodah” (Single, 2023)

We’re told that in the future all korbanos will be discontinued besides for the Korban Todah, the Thanksgiving Offering. The Radak says that this is because Yidden will no longer be doing any aveiros, and so the sin offerings will not be needed. The mechaber of the Shulchan Aruch writes that similarly, all tefillos will be discontinued except for Mizmor Lesodah, and therefore, this all-important mizmor of gratitude should be said with a melody.

After learning that every “Mizmor Lesodah” written will be around when Mashiach arrives, I was moved to compose my own and sing it at my daughter’s wedding. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity for this new release, a chance to connect with the song that will always be with us, even when Redemption comes.

Help from Nowhere

JOEY NEWCOMB

“Me’ayin Yavo Ezri” (from the album To Be a Yid)

I was sitting in Yeshiva Ateres Shimon when we came across a piece in the Sefer Noam Elimelech which explains the word “me’ayin” as meaning “from nothing,” as opposed to the way it’s usually translated, as “from where.”