Awesome!!!!

I adore the Maccabeats ..... that much is entirely obvious, methinks!

Yeshiva University's "Spontaenous Youtube Sensation".   This track and all Maccabeats music is recorded  'A Capella'.   Millions have heard and seen their catchy creations online. The result has been dozens of feature stories in print, dozens of stories broadcast on local radio and TV, and even a live performance on national television, and a dinner at the White House.  A cappella is a long tradition at universities. It reflects a love of music, shared fun and the ability to create and concoct harmonies. And the Maccabeats LOVE what they do ..... Awesome.  So appropriate in these Days of Awe!

We are now in what is known in Judaism as the 'Days of Awe' .... the ten day period starting with Rosh Ha'Shanah and ending with Yom Kippur are commonly known as the Days of Awe ~ Yamim Noraim. This is a time for serious introspection, a time to consider the Avoierot of the previous year and turn back to Ha'shem before Yom Kippur.  A process known as T'shuva.   Ha'Shem has "books" that he writes our names in, decreeing & writing down who will live and who will die, who will have a good life and who will have a bad life, for the next year. These books are written in on Rosh Ha'Shanah, but our actions during the Days of Awe can alter this decree.  The actions that change the decree are threefold ~ teshuvah, tefilah and tzedakah. These books are opened on Rosh Ha'Shanah & sealed on Yom Kippur and so become our final decree & destiny for the coming year.  


G'mar Chatimah Tovah!! ...... May you be inscribed/Sealed for a good year!

This track is a parody of "Good Life" by OneRepublic.

"Woke up and realized yesterday
Think it's a bummer end of the summer
Kinda nervous that we're almost there
At the days of awe

Prayers in a language that I don't know
Standing for hours and hours more
I wish that someone would please tell me-e-e-e
What it is we're praying for

Oh put me in the book of good life
I just wanna live the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, we've got feelings that we should fight
Make sure that we're choosing right
Gotta earn my own place in
The book of good life

Time for reflection on the past year
Time to figure out what we're doing here
Replace the guilt with inspiration
And everything is clear

Life in the present, the here and now
Easier than regret and planning out
Living in the moment, lasts for a moment
Got my future to think about

When you're sitting there in shul
Wishing it was over
You gotta take a beat
And let it all sink in

Oh put me in the book of good life
I just wanna live the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, we've got feelings that we should fight
Make sure that we're choosing right
Gotta earn my own place in
The book of good life

Hopefully
This year will bring us happiness and peace
Hopefully
Sensitivity to others will increase
Hopefully
We'll open our eyes and think more consciously
Cuz Hopefully
We'll go from where we are to where we want to be

Oh put me in the book of good life
I just wanna live the good life
This could really be a good life, good life

Say oh, we've got feelings that we should fight
Make sure that we're choosing right
Gotta earn my own place in
The book of good life

Oh yeah
Book of Good life
Ooh

Listen
Time for reflection on the past year
Time to figure out what we're doing here
Replace the guilt with inspiration
And everything is clear

Life in the present seems more fun
Easier than regret, what's done is done
Living in the moment, lasts for a moment
Shana Tova to everyone".

Lyrics by Immanuel Shalev and David Block.   The Maccabeat's site is .... http://www.maccabeats.com/