{"id":7279,"date":"2018-05-23T10:50:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T08:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/05\/23\/if-i-forget-thee-o-jerusalem-a-carlebach-chuppah-song"},"modified":"2019-01-23T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T08:52:10","slug":"if-i-forget-thee-o-jerusalem-a-carlebach-chuppah-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/05\/23\/if-i-forget-thee-o-jerusalem-a-carlebach-chuppah-song\/","title":{"rendered":"If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem: A Carlebach Chuppah Song"},"content":{"rendered":"

This audio recording<\/a> features\u00a0Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach<\/a>\u00a0singing his original melody for\u00a0“If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem,”<\/em>\u00a0a Hebrew song o<\/em>ften sung under the chuppah prior to the breaking of the glass, reminding us of\u00a0the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem even in our greatest moments of joy.\u00a0<\/em>The Hebrew, English and transliterated lyrics<\/a>, shared below, are from\u00a0Psalm 137:5-6.<\/em>\u00a0Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach (1925-1994), also known as the \u201cSinging Rabbi,\u201d composed thousands of melodies and recorded over 25 albums.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd<\/h3>\n

\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05d0\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd–
\n\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9.
\n\u05ea\u05bc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05e7-\u05dc\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9, \u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b4\u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9–
\n\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d6\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05db\u05b4\u05d9:
\n\u05d0\u05b4\u05dd-\u05dc\u05b9\u05d0 \u05d0\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05dc\u05b6\u05d4, \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea-\u05d9\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b7\u05b4\u05dd–
\n\u05e2\u05b7\u05dc, \u05e8\u05b9\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e9\u05c2\u05b4\u05de\u05b0\u05d7\u05b8\u05ea\u05b4\u05d9.<\/p>\n

If I forget Thee, O Jerusalem<\/h3>\n

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
\nLet my right hand forget her cunning.
\nLet my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth,
\nIf I remember thee not;
\nIf I set not Jerusalem
\nabove my chiefest joy.<\/p>\n

Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim<\/em><\/h3>\n

Im eshkachech Yerushalayim,
\n<\/em>Tishkach yemini.
\n<\/em>Tid’bak leshoni lechiki,
\n<\/em>Im-lo ezkereichi:
\n<\/em>Im-lo a’aleh et Yerushalayim
\n<\/em>al rosh simchati…<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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