Hashem Yishmorcha (May the Lord Watch Over You)

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Music by Moshe Denburg (1978)
Text: from the Prayer for the Way
from the albums by Tzimmes -
Sweet and Hot (1993)
The Road Never Travelled: Liturgy Lane (2021)
Sweeter and Hotter (2022)
Video production by Craig Burner and Moshe Denburg, at Burning Sound, Vancouver, May 2024.
Adoshem yishmorcha,
May hashem watch over you
Yishmorcha mikol ra;
And keep you from all harm;
Adoshem yishmorcha
May hashem watch over you
Mikol ra yishmor et nafshecha.
And keep your living soul from all harm.
Hashem yishmor
May hashem watch over
tseitcha uvo-echa, la lai lai lai,
Your going out and coming in, 'la lai lai lai'
Me-ata v'ad olam.
Now and forever.
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Credits:
Moshe Denburg, lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Myrna Rabinowitz, vocal
Yona Bar-Sever, lead guitar
Julian Siegel, accordion, synth bass
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Written in 1978.
Tracked in 1993 at Alpha Whiz Studios in Vancouver.
Remixed in 2021 at Burning Sound, Vancouver.
Mixed in 2020 at Zed Productions.