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Open My Lips

from With All Your Heart by Jay Rapoport

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This Amidah setting is adapted from a quote by Rabbi Ferdinand Isserman, inspired by the words of Abraham Joshua Heschel, which is paired with Amidah in the URJ’s new Mishkan T’filah prayerbook.

CONVERSATION STARTERS:
During the Amidah, do you prefer to read the words in the siddur or focus on your own thoughts? Why?
Flip through the pages of the Amidah readings in your siddur (prayerbook) and pick a reading that speaks to you; share your thoughts about it with the group.

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"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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from With All Your Heart, released November 2, 2010
Music and adapted English Lyrics by Jay Rapoport

Jay Rapoport: vocals & piano
Glenn Grossman: drums
David Meer: double bass

Recorded by Jon Notar at Mercy Sound Recording Studios, NYC
Piano recorded at Jon's Apartment Studio, NYC
Produced by Glenn Grossman
Mastered by Discmakers

Copyright Maxfun Music 2010

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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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