We heard this first as the Sefer Torah song on Journey's One. Then we heard it as Chasal Siddur Pesach on Lev V'Nefesh One and thought that Abie composed it for that and borrowed it for Journey's One. Then we met the Chezzard in Shul this morning who pointed us to Simply Tsfat An Old Jewish Melody. But, if we're all about the Journey anyway...anyway...
Simply Tsfat - An Old Jewish Melody
Journey's One - The Place Where I Belong
Lev v'Nefesh - Chasal Siddur Pesach
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Listened to Chasal Siddur Pesach first and thought, WOW what a opportune tune (get it?) for the words! (Bichlal, i'm a sucker for any tunes/music/compositions, which are from the end of the Haggada that we don't say.
Then I listened to The Place Where I Belong and thought, WOW!!! The words of this heart rendering really story deserve such a soul stirring tune! Its a great match!!
So in conclusion: Its one of the all time best Jewish Melodies.
This stuff is so classic. I chuckle when I read people discover old stuff for the first time and then make stuff up. Anyway, Abie Rotenberg made this song up to the sefer torah song (The Place Where I Belong) which is the second song on Journeys 1 which came out in 1984. Thats a long Time ago. When one of the Rabbis heard the song (I believe it was the Boston Rebbe but I could be mixing him up with one of the other Rabbis) he asked Abie Rotenberg to sing the tune to "Chasal Siddur Pesach" which Abie Rotenberg did on Lev V'nefesh Vol 1 which came out in 1999. Fresh Air is an album produced by "Simply Tsfat" in October of 2007, over 20 years after originaly recorded by Abie Rotenberg. While I love Simply Tsfat and their music, they are not exactly jewish music gurus. As far as they know any song sung in Meiron was composed at the time of R' Nachman in 1800. Or perhaps 1984 is "Old" - compared to 2007 I guess it is. Either way, the original composer is Abie Rotenberg. Good luck and keep on blogging!
Thanks, Shim for clarifying and chronologizing.
Gut moed,
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No need to chuckle Shim. The song indeed is an "An Old Jewish Melody". I heard this recently from Abie Rottenberg himself. He said he has no idea who's tune it is and never claimed credit for it. He simply states "traditional" for authorship. He did however fit and write the words to the tune.
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