{"id":1730,"date":"2018-07-03T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T06:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/07\/03\/beth-hamon-lev-tahor-a-clean-heart"},"modified":"2018-07-03T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T06:18:27","slug":"beth-hamon-lev-tahor-a-clean-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/07\/03\/beth-hamon-lev-tahor-a-clean-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"Beth Hamon: Lev Tahor (A Clean Heart)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This live performance features Jewish singer-songwriter, Beth Hamon<\/a>, performing “Lev Tahor (A Clean Heart)<\/a>,” a contemporary folk song in which she asks God for the courage, faith and strength she needs to return to God and her true self, relevant themes for the High Holiday season of repentance and renewal. Beth Hamon is a musician, artist, educator and music-leader at the Havurah Shalom Reconstructionist community in Portland, Oregon.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Lev Tahor (A Clean Heart)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The shed behind my house is filled
\nWith junk that I trip over
\nI know I need to clean it out
\nIt’s hard to find the time<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The back room of my heart is filled
\nWith anger and frustration
\nDoesn’t do me any good
\nI wish it wasn’t mine<\/p>\n

Chorus<\/strong>
\nLev Ta – hor b’ra li Elohim<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Oh God help me clean my heart
\nv’ruach chadesh b’kirbi\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 and bring new strength to my spirit<\/p>\n

Whenever happiness happens
\nI can’t seem to trust it
\nLike a rug that’s waiting to be pulled
\nRight out from under me<\/p>\n

I want so badly to believe
\nThat all the world’s made for me
\nCan’t get past the dust and ash
\nTo trust in what I see<\/p>\n

Lev Tahor b’ra li Elohim<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Oh God help me clean my heart
\nv’ruach chadesh b’kirbi\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 and bring new strength to my spirit<\/p>\n

I’m weary from this heavy load
\nLike a backpack filled with bricks
\nAnd things I cannot fix
\nAll by myself<\/p>\n

I need to put this burden down
\nAnd walk away from my old pain
\nWash me clean like rain
\nAnd return to You<\/p>\n

And return to me<\/p>\n

Put the broom into my hands
\nTo sweep out all the trash
\nAnd the paintbrush and the can
\nTo make my heart shine clean again<\/p>\n

Dear God, the Great Whatever
\nWho brought me to this place
\nGive me courage to forgive
\nTrade my anguish for Your grace<\/p>\n

Lev Tahor b’ra li Elohim<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Oh God help me clean my heart
\nv’ruach chadesh b’kirbi\u00a0<\/em>\u2013 and bring new strength to my spirit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This live performance features Jewish singer-songwriter, Beth Hamon, performing “Lev Tahor (A Clean Heart),” a contemporary folk song in which she asks God for the courage, faith and strength she needs to return to God and her true self, relevant themes for the High Holiday season of repentance and renewal. Beth Hamon is a musician, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1731,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[3695],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=1730"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12636,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1730\/revisions\/12636\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1731\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=1730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=1730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=1730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}