To Life (album)

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The Rabbis' Sons: To Life
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1968
GenreJewish, Chassidic
Length38:27
LabelEmes Record Co. ES-102 (stereo)
ProducerItzy Weinberger, Baruch Chait
The Rabbis' Sons chronology
Hal'lu
(1967)
The Rabbis' Sons: To Life
(1968)
Shalom
(1970)
FormatLP
Main musical personnelSharfman, Weinberger, Zheutlin, Chait, David Nulman
Other musical personnelJoshua Goldberg (later of Or Chodosh), Mickey Lane, Stanley Miller, Yehuda Isaacs, Steven Gasner, Herbert Goldenberg

The second Rabbis' Sons album contained one of the only two songs they ever released with Yiddish lyrics (Mazel Tov). Tov Lehodos was one of the group's most popular songs. The liner notes to the album indicate that Baruch Chait had left the group to concentrate on his Talmudic studies at this point. However, he contributed three new songs, played guitar and co-arranged the music.

Track listing[edit]

Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicNotesLength
1."Lecho Hashem" (לך ה' הגדולה)הוצאת ספר תורהChaitalso appears on Greatest Hits as track 13:04
2."V'lyrushalayem" (ולירושלים)שמונה עשרהDavid Nulmanvocal: Weinberger3:05
3."Me Yidmeh Loch" (מי ידמה לך)נשמתRafi Wachsmanvocal Sharfman3:56
4."Anim Zmiros" (אנעים זמירות) Zheutlin4:35
5."Rabi Akiva" (רבי עקיבא)ירושלמי נדרים ט:ד:Chaitvocal Sharfman; also appears on Greatest Hits as track 64:20
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicNotesLength
1."Dirshu" (דרשו)Psalms 34:9Zheutlin 2:30
2."Tov Lehodos" (טוב להודות)Psalms 92:2,3 4:21Itzy Katzvocal: Zheutlin; also appears on Greatest Hits as track 84:21
3."Oz Yoshir" (אז ישיר)Exodus 15Zheutlin3:30
4."Anah Bekoach" (אנא בכח)קבלת שבתZheutlinvocal: Weinberger3:11
5."Me Chomocha" (מי כמוך)שמונה עשרהChait2:26
6."Mazel Tov (Yiddish)" (מזל טוב) Traditional Yiddish Folk Songvocal: Weinberger3:29

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