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With All Your Heart

by Jay Rapoport

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"B'CHOL LE'VAV'CHA" (by Jay Rapoport) There’s a blessing that we place On our doorposts and on our gates We speak these words when we rise When we lay down and close our eyes B’chol Le’vav’cha (2x) With all your heart (2x) I shall love with all my mind With all my soul, with all my being Teach me faithfully, I will learn I will teach you in return B’chol Le’vav’cha (2x) With all your heart (2x) V’ahavta Et Adonai Elohehcha B’chol Le’vav’cha (2x) With all your heart (2x)
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"SHEH'AY'LAH U'TSHU'VAH" (by Jay Rapoport) When I was just a little kid I’ll tell you what my mama did When I got home after school she would say Did you ask a good question today? Sheh’ay’lah u’tshu’vah It’s a question and a responsa Sheh’ay’lah u’tshu’vah If you wonder, it never hurts to ask Throughout our history people wanted to know About some things the Torah didn’t show That’s when our rabbis came along to help us out Their responsa gave us new things to talk about All these answers bring us closer Bring us closer to the truth And all the questions bring me closer They bring me closer to you
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"IT COULD BE AMAZING" (by Jay Rapoport) History could teach us anything We look to our past and see where we’re going But history won’t tell us everything And some of those things are really worth knowing If we say it’s not about us It’s about the next generation Take a look at the future we are facing Some people say we are hopeless Some people say we are crazy But if we believe in a better dream Hallelujah it could be amazing Family is where we started To know yourself you need to know where you come from Eventually you choose your own path Unsteady at first now look what you’ve become If I say it’s not about me It’s about the next generation Take a look at the future I am making Some people say we are hopeless Some people say we are crazy But if we believe in a better dream Hallelujah it could be amazing So forget what you knew Look what we’re going through Think about how you want it to be Take a step on the way To a brand new day When the dreams that we dream come to be We don’t think we are hopeless We don’t think we are crazy Cuz if we believe in a better dream Hallelujah…
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"WE ARE ALL CONNECTED" (by Jay Rapoport) We are all connected From the east side to the west We all read our Hebrew From the right to the left Our holidays, traditions And our sense of right and wrong This is why We belong We are Jews Amiyut All our people Connected Around the world We are all connected From the US to Yisrael No matter what our differences No matter where our shul We all read the Torah When we turn thirteen years old This is why We are told Chorus We are all connected From the first stars on Shabbat Through candles and our blessings And a nice big fresh challah Dinner with our family Recipes from the past This is why We last Chorus
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On This Day 02:14
"ON THIS DAY" (by Jay Rapoport) On this day grant us strength On this day grant us blessing On this day exalt us Seek us out for good On this day inscribe us for a good life On this day heed our cry On this day accept our prayer In mercy and in favor On this day guide us with the hand Of your righteousness Amen
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"TALMUD TORAH K'NEGED KULAM" (by Jay Rapoport) Many, many years ago in the town of Lydda There was a great debate between Rabbis Tarfon and Akiva Of study or action, which is the best? “Study leads to action,” said Akiva to the rest (Talmud, Kiddushin 40b) Talmud Torah K’neged Kulam The study of Torah leads to them all Better than being wise or rich Study leads to action Study leads to action Study leads to action And they lead to justice (Mishna Peah 1:1; Pirke Avot 6:6) So honor your parents, visit the sick Celebrate with families, welcome in guests Take care of people who need help Start with the Torah, the rest will follow (Talmud Masechet Shabbat, daf 127a) And all your children will be students of God And all your children will have peace And all your children will be students of God And all your children will have peace (Isaiah 54:13)
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Pushups 03:41
"PUSHUPS" (by Jay Rapoport) My friend Danny is a good man Likes to write and sing his songs But every now and then someone wonders How exactly did he get so strong? He does pushups with his Judaism With his Judaism on his back (2x) If you ever been picked on You know being different ain’t always a breeze So let your Judaism make you stronger Then you can handle anyone with ease You got to do pushups with your Judaism With your Judaism on your back (2x) You may wonder how you can be Like the great ones who came before But the truth is you’re a “great” in training So get started with that heavy Torah You got to do pushups with your Judaism With your Judaism on your back (2x) You may have just a small voice A still, small voice inside But that small voice can do great things So you better stand and sing with pride You got to do pushups with your Judaism With your Judaism on your back (2x)
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"WHEN WE GET THERE" (by Jay Rapoport) Been dreaming of a better world, not sure where to start People got their stories, yeah people they got their scars I got my own ideas like everyone else But I’m not gonna make it by myself Bells will ring The children gonna sing And we’re all gonna get there when we get there Nothing’s ever easy if it’s worth working for That’s why making peace is so much harder than making war If you want to change the world start with where you live Believe me, there is just so much you have to give Bells will ring The children gonna sing And we’re all gonna get there when we get there We will get there (2x) And when we get there You’re gonna see Oh when we get there And we will get there Oseh Shalom We’re making peace And all you warriors can move along And all those criminals should right what they did wrong And all you secret-keepers, just give us some truth And all you leaders show us what to do
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Open My Lips 04:18
"OPEN MY LIPS" (by Jay Rapoport) It may not bring water to dry fields Or mend a broken bridge Or rebuild a ruined city But still I open up my lips Adonai S’fatai Tiftach Open up my lips U’fi yagid tehilatecha And my mouth will declare your glory It may not tell you the future Or get you want you want But it can give you what you need Adonai S’fatai Tiftach Adonai S’fatai Tiftach Open up my lips U’fi yagid tehilatecha And my mouth will declare your glory So open up my lips Help me find my voice May the sound release I won’t hold back (2x) It can nourish a soul It can mend a broken heart It can rebuild a weakened will Adonai S’fatai Tiftach Adonai S’fatai Tiftach Open up my lips U’fi yagid tehilatecha And my mouth will declare your glory
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"RUACH ROCKIN'" (by Jay Rapoport) At five years old I was rockin’ out In my living room to Twist & Shout Wearing my sunglasses I was dancing Before too long I was banging on the keys Couldn’t reach the pedals yet with my feet But I was rockin’ Ain’t no stoppin’ Ruach rockin’, ruach rockin’ If you got spirit than you’re never stoppin’ Ruach rockin’, ruach rockin’ If you got the ruach than you’re ready to rock Couldn’t read a note just played what I heard In music class I sang every word Loved big headphones And rock and roll Ruach rockin’, ruach rockin’ If you got spirit than you’re never stoppin’ Ruach rockin’, ruach rockin’ If you got the ruach than you’re ready to rock When everybody gets together and sings It sounds better than anything All you need is spirit and you got a lot Anyone can Ruach Rock Ruach rockin’, ruach rockin’ If you got spirit than you’re never stoppin’ Ruach rockin’, ruach rockin’ If you got the ruach than you’re ready to rock

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Thanks to the generous support of over sixty family members, friends, colleagues, classmates, congregations, and other Jewish music supporters, I raised the money to make a Jewish rock album that is fun and family-friendly!

Song subjects include interpretations of Amidah, V’ahavta, Eilu D’varim, Oseh Shalom, and High Holiday liturgy in Hebrew and English, as well as themes of Tikkun Olam and Amiyut (Jewish Peoplehood).

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released November 2, 2010

Jay Rapoport: piano, Wurlitzer, Hammond organ, lead & backing vocals
Glenn Grossman: drums, percussion, backing vocals, whistle
Louis Glaser: electric bass, acoustic guitar on “We Are All Connected”, backing vocals, acoustic guitar & drums on “B’chol Le’vav’cha”
David Meer: acoustic double bass
Bryan Dunn: electric & acoustic guitar
Rachel Reef-Simpson: backing vocals
Sharon Soffer: flute
Marcus Miller: saxophone
Jon Notar: backing vocals on “We Are All Connected,” whistle
Shahar Mintz: additional electric guitar on “It Could Be Amazing”

All songs written by Jay Rapoport
Except “Pushups” written by Jay Rapoport with Hava Nashira friends
All songs produced by Glenn Grossman
All songs recorded & mixed by Jon Notar at Mercy Sound Recording Studio, NYC
Except “B’chol Le’vav’cha” recorded & mixed by Robert Stevens at Mother West Studio, NYC
Piano recorded by Jon Notar at Jon’s Apartment Studio, NYC
Scratch piano for “Sheh’ay’lah U’tshu’vah” recorded by Glenn Grossman at Play Studios, NYC
Wurlitzer and Hammond recorded by Jon Notar at La Sala Studio, NYC
Additional guitars recorded by Glenn Grossman at Double G Studios, NYC
All songs mastered by Discmakers
All songs copyright 2010 Maxfun Music (ASCAP), all rights reserved

Album artwork by Natalia Arad
Cover concept & album photography by Rachel Rapoport
Promotional photography by Steve Langdon for Langdon Photography

Produced by Glenn Grossman
Copyright 2010 Maxfun Music (ASCAP), all rights reserved

Executive Producers: Nancy Reder & David Rapoport, Erica & Richard King, Cantor Michael Shochet, Patricia Chou, and Larry Gevirtz

This album was made possible by generous support from the Temple Rodef Shalom Judy Berkowitz Memorial Fund and the Congregation Rodeph Sholom Religious School Parents Association.

Thanks also to Rabbi Amy Schwartzman, Beth Silver, Sharon Soffer, Babette Cohn, Chris Gardner, Catsy & Sol Gantz, Alexis Rapoport, and Dena Rapoport for additonal support.

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Jay Rapoport Chicago, Illinois

Jay Rapoport, RJE takes Jewish values and texts and transforms them into “Ruach Rock”, a catchy piano-pounding style influenced by Ben Folds and Billy Joel. Jay has appeared on the Disney Holiday Singalong and received a Covenant Foundation grant to compose the theme song for the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland’s “La-bri’ut” curriculum. Jay is Director of URJ 6 Points Creative Arts Academy. ... more

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