from the Beis Medrash of

• Reb Shlomo Said that ...

• Ben Zion Solomon and Sons in concert - A photo essay

  • Now and Then - Original Songs by Ben Zion Solomon

    • About the recording

    • Check out the Recording

    • Give Me Harmony - Songs of R' Shlomo Carlebach
      
    • • About the recording
      
      
      • Check out the Recording

    • L'chu N'ran'noh - Nusach of R' Shlomo for Leyl Shabbos
      • About the recording
        
      • Check out the Recording

    • Nishmas Kol Chai - Nusach of R' Shlomo for Shabbos Morning
      • About the recording
      • Check out the Recording

    • Shlomo Shabbos - R' Shlomo Carlebach Song Book

      • About the Book

      • Check out the Sheet Music

    • Contact Information

    • These Are A Few of My Favorite Links

    
    
    Reb Shlomo Said that ...

    Do you know what King David is all about? Why King David keeps us alive?
    Do you know what King David is all about? Shabbos is over, right. I make havdallah, Shabbos is over. Suddenly I realize, I can't forget about Shabbos. I look around gevalt, gevalt, Shabbos is standing on the other corner. And that feast is even deeper than Shabbos. Gevalt, gevalt, is that deep. Because gevalt is that deep. So King David gives us strength to keep Shabbos until next Shabbos.
    
    You see, to keep Shabbos on Monday, on Wednesday? That's what Shabbos is all about."
    
    

    Reb Shlomo speaking Yud Gimel Elul, 1987 Tismach Jerusalem Home of Yocheved
    Transcribed by Lisa Mechanick
    

    
    
    
    
    
    

    Give me Harmony

    Announcing a recording 
    of old and new songs of

    R' Shlomo Carlebach ZTz"L

    by Ben Zion Solomon and Sons: 
    Noach, Yehudah, Meir, Yosef, Chanan, Nachman and Sruli.

    These are almost all songs that do not appear on any commercial recordings to date. Most of them were published in Ben Zion's "Shlomo Shabbos" songbook. They date from 1961 - 1992. The title aptly describes the vocal/harmonic approach to R' Shlomo's music that permeates this recording.

    Joining the Solomon family are:

    • Elyon Shames on Drums

    • Duvid Swirsky on Bass,

    • the children of Modi'im on hand clapping;

    • and of course, R' Shlomo ZTz"L in spirit.

    

     

    Listen to exerpts from this Album
    
    Shuvoh HaShem
    
    Uvnei Oisoh
    
    Ad Heino
    
    
    
    
    

    L'CHU N'RAN'NOH

    A recording  of Leyl Shabbos Nusach of

    R' Shlomo Carlebach ZTz"L

    by Ben Zion Solomon and Sons: 
    Yehuda, Meir, Yosef, Chanan, Nachman and Sruli.

    This is a performance of R' Shlomo's nusach for Leyl Shabbos as he used to daven at Moshav Me'or Modi'im and many other places. Many of the pieces were published in Ben Zion's "Shlomo Shabbos" songbook.

    

     

    Listen to exerpts from this Album
    
    L'Chu N'ran'noh
    
    Mizmor L'Dovid
    
    
    

    NISHMAS KOL CHAI

    Announcing the release of a new recording 
    of Shabbos Morning Nusach of

    R' Shlomo Carlebach ZTz"L

    by Ben Zion Solomon and Sons: 
    Noach, Yehuda, Meir, Yosef, Chanan, Nachman and Sruli.

    This is a performance of R' Shlomo's nusach for Shabbos Morning from Shacharis through Musaf as he used to daven at Moshav Me'or Modi'im and many other places. Many of the pieces were published in Ben Zion's "Shlomo Shabbos" songbook.

    

    Listen to exerpts from this Album
    
    Nishmas Kol Chai
    
    Y'chadsheihu
    
    

    

    SHLOMO SHABBOS

    The Shlomo Carlebach Shabbos Songbook

    Collected, Transcribed and Edited by

    Ben Zion Solomon

    For musicians of all levels and non-musicians alike.

    This spiral bound volume of 112 pages contains 46 of R' Shlomos best songs that were not published in the previous songbooks. They are all songs of Shabbos and included is the now world famous "Shlomo nusach" for Leyl Shabbos, and many songs that R' Shlomo never recorded.

    There are 34 photographs of Shlomo in Jerusalem and on "the Moshav" -
    Me'or Modi'im.

    Each song is presented with:

    • melody line

    • text underlay in transliterated hebrew

    • chords for harmonic accompaniment of guitar, keyboard, etc.

    • full text in Hebrew

    • a translation of the text into English

    • and stories of the origin of each song.

    Also included are:

    • a precious introduction by R' Shlomo ZTz"L

    • introductory material by the Editor, Ben Zion Solomon

    • a table of contents

    • alphabetical index

    • musical index

    • a glossary of non-English terms.
      

      If you like R' Shlomo's songs, but don't read music, this volume is a worthwhile purchase for the stories and photos alone. Some of the songs in this volume, that R' Shlomo never released commercially, have been recorded by Ben Zion Solomon and sons on the new CD and cassette -"Give Me Harmony"

    
    

    Here's a sample page ...

     
    
    

    More Information
    
    In Israel:

    Ben Zion Solomon
    Me'or Modi'im
    D.N. HaMercaz 73122
    ISRAEL
    Tel: 08 926 5073
    08 926-4689
    FAX: (972-8-926-4688)
    
    email:

    [email protected]

    In North America:

    from Noah Solomon 
    Tel: 1-212-666-9653 or
    1-212-874-7612

    Sholom Uv'rochoh 
    
    
    
    

    Photo by Moshe Yitzchak Kussoy

    
    

    

    These are a few of my favorite links:

    • The Reb-Shlomo Home Page

    • The Moshav Band

    • soulfarm (formerly "inasense")

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