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Mama Tovu Ohalayich Chava Tovu, Ohalayich Na’amah Tovu, Ohalayich Sarah
Mama Tovu Ohalayich Rivka Tovu, Ohalayich Rachel Tovu, Ohalayich Leah
Mama Tovu Ohalayich Bilhah Tovu, Ohalayich Zilpah Tovu, Ohalayich Dinah
Mama Mama Ma We take refuge in You
We who be wild earth shebrew
We seek to serve your legacy true
Mama Mama Mama Mama
Va’ani B’rov Chasdeich Avo Veiteich
Eshtachaveh el heical kodsheich b’yirateich
Mama Mama Mama your ground is our home
We live revering each tree river and stone
Your are our blood flesh and bone
Eshreh ahavti me’on beiteich, umakom mishkan k’vodeich
Aneini b’emet yisheich, b’emet yisheich
Mama Mama Ma You who dwell in each soul
You who give us our rock and our roll,
You who make us increasingly whole
Mama Mama Mama Mama
Mama Mama Mama Ma Tovu Ohalayich Chaya...Rivka... Malka
Mama Tovu Ohalayich Yeilah, Shoshana, Raya
Mama Tovu Ohalayich Pessia, Selah, Zelda
Mama Tovu Ohalayich Lila, Bella, Zahara
Mama Tovu Ohalayich Eva, Savina, Yosefa
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from
Siddur HaKohanot: A Hebrew Priestess Prayerbook Companion Album,
released September 18, 2017
A sensual Shabbat meditation for swooning and communing. Hyms of deep mystic play. Uncover the rhythm of the lover. Presence to the pulse of God/ess in each other. May you Halleluyah All Night!
credits
released January 1, 2011
a blissroot project
created by holly taya shere in collaboration with arik labowitz
arrangements and lead vocals by holy taya
production and engineering by arik labowitz
percussive magic by aharon wheels bolsta, surya patri and arik labowitz
sweet harmonies and response vocals by melita doostand and arik labowitz
priestess presence by jill hammer and shoshana jedwab
mastering by myles boisen
photography by michael scherer
graphic design by navyo ericsen
reproduction by oasis
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