B'Sefer Chayim ("In The Book of Life")
Song of the Week
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To help us wish you a good and sweet new year, we want to share this new setting of B’Sefer Chayim we commissioned from our friend Beth Styles. The prayer asks that we be “inscribed for life, blessing, sustenance, and peace in the Book of Life.” There can be no better summary of our hopes for the year. Shanah Tovah!
Music: Beth Styles, Commissioned by PAS
Music Director: David Enlow
AV: Oscar Acevedo, Erik Van Batavia, Russell Miller
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