Amichai’s Top 50/50 “GO UP MOSES” “My people, let pharaoh go You don’t need him; you don’t need his tricks, you don’t need his trinkets Let pharaoh go Pharaoh doesn’t want, but he needs you My people, let pharaoh go Without you there is no pharaoh So all you have to do to let him […]
Amichai’s Top 50/49 She Who Dwells in the Gardens היושבת בגנים היושבת בגנים חברים מקשיבים לקולך השמיעיני She Who Dwells in The Gardens: The friends are listening to your voice. Let me hear it. (Song of Songs) Victoria Hana, a dear friend and artistic collaborator of many years, remarkable renowned vocalist, takes scriptures and languages […]
Amichai’s Top 50/48 “FLY – I Am Holy” 1,000 people sitting together and singing over and over again: I Am Holy. Chills. Unforgettable. It doesn’t get much higher. That moment when Netanel Goldberg and I sat in my backyard a few months earlier , summer of 2014, to think of songs and prayer for the […]
Amichai’s Top 50/47 ‘At Telchi Ba’Sadeh ‘ You Will Walk in the Field. את תלכי בשדה Lea Goldberg was the poet I fell in love with at age 17 like many Israelis do and when I went to Yeshiva that year I hung a portrait of her on the wall and was told by some […]
Amichai’s Top 50/46 “Papa can you hear me” Those who have worked closely with me over the years know one of the sure signs of stress: I start singing ‘Papa can you hear me… ‘ Why? Who knows. Prayer? Dark humor? Perspective? But there you have it. Thank you Barbara for endless stress relief. I […]
