This is a recording of an evening service (Ma'ariv) recorded live at the recent conference of Ohalah: the Association of Rabbis, Cantors, and Rabbinic Pastors for Jewish Renewal. The recording has been edited to take out extraneous noises, and to remove the five-minutes of silence during the Amidah. Feel free to pause the recording and offer your own prayers if you are davening (praying) along at home.

Rabbi Ilan lead the service, accompanied by rabbinic student Brett Tancer on guitar, Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman on drums, Rabbi Oren Steinitz on piano on the last melody, and probably around 80 Rabbis, Cantors, Rabbinic Pastors and others. Many thanks to Brett, Shulamit, and Oren for lending a hand.

The opening and closing melody is a composition of Rabbi Ilan's called Recovery Niggun.

The Shema melody comes from the Leader Minyan in Jerusalem

The V'ahavta melody was composed by Yoel Sykes of Nava Tehila.

The original melody can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmsNMf1jsD0

Please also visit the Nava Tehila website at: www.navatehila.org for additional ways to connect with and support this special community.

The Adonai Eloheichem Emet melody was composed by Rabbi Ilan during Ohalah.

The Mi Chamocha melody melody was composed by Rabbi Ilan during a weeklong retreat with Rabbi Shefa Gold.

Rabbi Ilan highly recommends studying with Shefa. Please visit www.rabbishefagold.com for ways to do so.

The Oseh Shalom melody was composed by Hazzan Daniel Kempin. More of Hazzan Daniel's music can be found here:

http://www.daniel-kempin.de/english/indexframeaudio.htm

The melody for V'neemar/end of Aleinu is Reb Dovid Zeller's melody for Let There Be Peace.

More info about Reb Dovid, may his memory be for a blessing, can be found here:

https://www.davidzeller.org/home/index.php Rabbi Ilan has his wonderful book on his bookshelf. You'll enjoy it as well.

May we all be blessed to find ways to nourish our souls praying in holy community.

You are welcome to use any of Rabbi Ilan's melodies in your own communities. Please let him know if you do!

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Sheet music for Mi Chamocha is available by contacting Rabbi Ilan at rabbiilan@torahoflife.com

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Rabbi Ilan