This piece elaborates on a central repetition (Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh) from the central prayer of Jewish liturgy (the Amidah), which emphasizes God's holiness. The original lyrics ask us to stop for a moment and try to envision the whole world and everything in it as holy. How would that affect how each of us walks through the world?
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh (2x)
This whole world holy, Kadosh Kadosh (2x)
Kulam k'echad
call out together as one
Kulam k'echad
answer together as one
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh (2x)
This whole world holy, Kadosh Kadosh (2x)
Kulam k'echad
breathe together as one
Kulam k'echad
can live together as one
Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh (2x)
This whole world holy, Kadosh Kadosh (2x)
This sunlight holy, Kadosh Kadosh
This water holy, Kadosh Kadosh
This earth is holy, Kadosh Kadosh
Make my hands holy, Kadosh Kadosh
credits
from EZUZ,
released May 26, 2020
Music, Lyrics, Arrangement, Lead Vocals, Shruti Box: Jessi Roemer
Support Vocals: Meara Lebovitz, Naeemah Maddox, Karinne' Andonian
Flute: Eve Friedman
Oud: Roger Mgrdichian
Percussion: Joseph Tayoun, Jim Hamilton
Drum Kit: Jonathan Singer
Recorded, Engineered, Mixed and Mastered at Rittenhouse Soundworks, PA by Jim Hamilton and Brian Boland
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