By Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg (Nefesh Mountain)
The duo Nefesh Mountain consists of wife and husband Doni Zasloff and Eric Lindberg. One day after the October 27, 2018 mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, they wrote “Tree of Life” as a way to “cope with the fear and sadness that we, just like all of you, are feeling. This is our offering of love and healing.” With their blessing Will created this a cappella version. We first offered it at CBH’s Yizkor memorial service on Yom Kippur nearly a year after the tragedy.
lyrics
O sweet Spirit, hear my prayer
Help these words heal someone out there
I am but a voice, just a cry in the air
But I sing, nonetheless, in this pain we share
O sweet friends, come and dry your eyes
And hold each other by this Tree of Life
I’m angry and tired of this great divide
But I sing, nonetheless, with love on our side
O sweet souls who feel broken now
We’ll heal together, somewhere, somehow
Time and again, we have been let down
But we sing, nonetheless, still whole and still proud
With love on our side, with love
O sweet Spirit, hear my prayer
Help these words heal someone out there
It is awakening, moving, and thought/action provoking. Thank you for holding out the messages in these melodies. The album is guided my awareness towards a deep way of living. ctrammell2020
This work is a reflection of the considerate loving kindness of the composers.
I was fortunate to have been a choir student of Rebekka Goldsmith.
Rob Duyungan
Originally sung by Holocaust survivors in Yiddish, Polish and French, this moving album is now available in a gorgeous LP package. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 11, 2022
It is rich in women's energy, deeply felt sounds of womb energy. A beautiful expression of the best of women in the Jewish hera-tage! Chana Raskin moves my soul, an Irish soul have I! Morgana Morgaine mollymaven