Kitka’s Daily Wintersongs Offering for December 12, 2020
KITKA: Lekoved Yontef, Lekoved Shabes (Live)
A song about Jewish comfort food for Chanukah...
LEKOVED YONTEF, LEKOVED SHABES (IN HONOR OF THE HOLIDAY, IN HONOR OF THE SABBATH)
Yiddish
As sung by sisters Zinaida Lyovina and Dasya Khrapunskaya), both born in Turov, Zhytkavichy region, Gomel Region, 169 km east of Pinsk, Belarus. Recorded by Nina Stepanskaya and Dmitri Slepovitch in 2005. Posted September 22, 2011 on the Yiddish Song of the Week blog - a project of the Center for Traditional Music and Dance’s An-ski Institute for Jewish Culture. Itzik Gottesman, Ph.D., Editor. www.yiddishsong.wordpress.com
Kitka learned this charming tune from the great folk singer and song collector Ethel Raim
“Gabe! – What does the rebbe wish?
When the rebbe wishes, he should be offered something.
What? – Latkes with goose fat,
So that the rebbe and his wife should have healthy throats. In honor of the holiday, bim, bam, bam, bam,
In honor of Sabbath, bim-bam-bam-bam
In honor of the holiday, bim-bam-bam-bam
In honor of Sabbath, bim-bam.
Gabe! – What does the rebbe wish?
When the rebbe wishes, he should be offered something.
What? – A plateful of fish,
So that the rebbe and his wife should have healthy feet.
Gabe! – What does the rebbe wish?
When the rebbe wishes, he should be offered something.
What? – A plateful of chicken soup,
So that the rebbe and his wife should have healthy stomachs.”
Performed by
Kitka Women’s Vocal Ensemble
Shira Cion and Michele Simon, lead vocals
Kelly Atkins, Caitlin Tabancay Austin, Natalie Bartlett, Barbara Byers, Erin Lashnits Herman, Janet Kutulas, and Corinne Sykes
Recorded in December, 2015 at Old First Concerts, San Francisco
Audio recording by Christopher Burt
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