We wash without a blessing as we prepare to eat our first course.
The Torah of the Blues: Harriet’s Song Wade in the Water by Rabbi Sandra Lawson
Rabbi Sandra Lawson offers this interpretation of the African-American spiritual Wade in the Water, a great song to sing while handwashing.
§ Curated and written by Rabbi Elyse Wechterman and Rabbi Maurice Harris. Sourced by Rabbi Michael Fessler, Tresa Grauer, Ph.D., Alison Houghton, Rabbi Maurice Harris, Jackie Land, Rabbi Alan LaPayover, Rabbi Vivie Mayer, Rabbi Isaac Saposnik, Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Rabbi Micah Geurin Weiss, Cyd Weissman. Graphic by Rosa Cohen. Web development by Rabbi Michael Fessler.
* Music courtesy of Rabbi Micah Becker-Klein, Rabbi Myriam Klotz, Rabbi G. Rayzel Raphael, Juliet Spitzer, Rabbi Margot Stein and Rabbi Shawn Zevit. More of their music and the music of their bands, Shabbat Unplugged and Miraj, is available on Spotify, iTunes and CD Baby. Songs copyright ©Shabbat Unplugged and the Reconstructionist Press.
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