I Love Kumzitzes

Since we aren't in Wedding season currently(or at least I'm holding we aren't) I think ill post some kumzitz songs. If I'm not mistaken, the purpose of a kumzitz is to bring feelings and emotion into our yiddishkeit; to help us accomplish a closer relationship with Hashem. Unfortunatly, shuckeling and closing our eyes in deep concentration, only takes us so far without having a clue what the words we are singing mean. So lets see if we can remedy that. (once again- requests are of course welcome and highly recommended)

Easily Find a Song...

Check out the "Song Index" on the right side to easily find a song by checking the date it was posted in the blog archive... (I think this will be a big help once there are lots more songs posted Be'Ezras Hashem)

New Song Clips!!

Thanks to a friend we now have short audio clips of all the songs that are posted! Check it out on the right side...Now there is NO way you wont know what song I'm talking about. Just click on the song name and enjoy!

Having trouble reading the Hebrew?

I've been told by a few mac users that they are having trouble reading the hebrew words on the posts. Normally I don't really care about mac users because they think they are better than everyone else(HA!), But seriously-I want them to get as much as they can out of the blog, just like any other "regular" person. So from now on, bli neder, I will do my best to transliterate the words so EVERYONE can understand.

Added Objective...

I think I'm going to not only do simcha songs, but also songs sung on other occasions. Like Shabbos, Yomim Tovim, Kumzitzes etc. We'll see how it goes... Please leave comments! Tell me what im doing right/wrong!

Our Objective:

Have you ever been to a simcha where everyone is going nuts, dancing around in circles with the music blasting, and you're "singing along" to the songs? I think we've all been there, but the question is- Do we really know the words? Many a time I've found myself just mumbling along, not knowing a single word. I look around trying to read people's lips, trying to make out the words (cmon you know you've done that!). I think to myself "What am I doing??" These are the words of G-d; The words of Tanach and Chazal... the most amazing, inspirational words. Words that have the ability to really touch your Neshama. And I'm standing there pretending to know the words?! I can be having an aliyah every second I'm on the dance floor! If only I were to concentrate a little less on who is looking at me dancing, or what I have to do next to be the craziest guy there, and concentrate more on what the words that are blasting in my ears are, and what they mean, then every simcha could be an unbelievably uplifting experience! If only we could concentrate less on Samuel, Jack and Johnnie, and start getting "drunk" on Shlomo, David, Ravina and Rav Ashie!!
But therein lies the problem; for the most part, the general "we" don't know the words!! And even if we do, we still have no clue what they mean!! We just run around screaming like a buncha maniacs, making things up as we go along!!
So that is where this blog comes in. I would like to attempt to somewhat solve this big problem of ours. Slowly but surely I hope to compile as many simcha songs (and eventually other types of songs) as i possibly can, with their words, source, meaning, and maybe even something a little deeper.(of course, comments left with requests for info on other songs are greatly appreciated and highly recommended)
Hopefully, with Hakadosh Baruch Hu's help, together we will be able to end this epidemic of our constantly asking "What are the words??" And soon we will all be dancing and singing together in Yerushalayim (knowing exactly what it is we are saying), with the building of the third and final Beis Hamikdash BB"A!