Modeh Ani - Joey Weisenberg & the Hadar Ensemble

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From the album "Nigunim, Vol. VII: Songs of Ascent" by Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble, available on Rising Song Records: https://joeyweisenberg.bandcamp.com/

A prayer that is traditionally recited immediately upon waking up in the morning, "Modeh Ani" frames the mundane activities of everyday life, and the simple yet profound fact of existence, as Divine gifts.

מודֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ
מֶלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם
שֶׁהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי נִשְׁמָתִי
בְּחֶמְלָה
רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ

𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘪 𝘭𝘦-𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘬𝘩𝘢,
𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘬𝘩 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪 𝘷𝘦-𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘢𝘮
𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘪 𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪
𝘣𝘦-𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘩
𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘬𝘩𝘢

"I thank You
living and everlasting King
for restoring my soul
with mercy
Great is Your faithfulness"

Learn these lyrics in depth as you listen, and study the source texts for all songs on Joey's seventh album, here: https://bit.ly/study-songs-of-ascent

Listen to this and many other songs of thanks and praise in a playlist curated by Rising Song Records: https://spoti.fi/3m5HqFH

All music composed and directed by Joey Weisenberg. Text is traditional.

Recorded at Germantown Jewish Centre in Philadelphia, February 2019.

Lead Vocals, Guitar - Joey Weisenberg
Harmony Vocals - Yosef Goldman, Deborah Sacks Mintz, Anat Hochberg, Aly Halpert, Eléonore Weill

Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Don Godwin.
Filmed by Shmulie Lowenstein.

Thank you to the Germantown Jewish Centre for hosting the recording sessions!