Family Blessing Song- Y’varechecha

This song is based on Priestly Benediction, Number 6:23-27

It is a particularly well known passage- shared from one generation to the next at life cycle events and around Shabbat dinner tables. This is a creative translation of those words.

Bless the kids! Bless each other!

I love many Jewish traditions- but the ritual of welcoming Shabbat each week and blessing one another is one of my favorites. I wrote this tune (which might be my personal favorite and the one I share most frequently) not only to make the text and meaning of the tradition ‘Priestly Blessing’ more accessible to young children and families- but to create a dynamic that invites all of the family members to recognize and to be appreciated for the contributions that they make.