Shabbat Shalom

"Shabbat Shalom" is dedicated to the Jews at prayer who were shot in Pittsburgh last Shabbat This is a song for the Jewish sabbath. Shabbat is the Hebrew word for Sabbath, and Shalom means peace. Shabbat Shalom is a common greeting on Friday evening or throughout the day until evening on Saturday. So when you say, "Shabbat Shalom" you are wishing someone peace on the Sabbath or wishing them the peace that the Sabbath itself brings. A First Pieces version has the part of the song with the most memorable melody, one which opens with three syncopated notes. The version here in Level 1 adds a part with an insistent repeated note usually sung in a higher register but arranged here in a lower octave for simplicity. People often sing yet a third part with the nonsense syllables, "Bim bam" but this third section does not appear in either of your arrangements. Pictured above the score are the ritual bread (Challah), candles and wine for Friday night's Sabbath dinner.