As we are all mourning the loss of Debbie Friedman, I am reminded of just how far her spirit reached. While visiting the Abayudaya - the Jews of Uganda - I was amazed to hear them start singing Debbie's Havdalah melody as we made Havdalah on a hill in rural Nabugoye, outside of Mbale, Uganda. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Rabbi Gershom Sizomu brought the melody back to Uganda from California, I think. Debbie, you truly reached the four corners of the earth with your amazing creativity and musical inspiration. May you be carried on the wings of the Shechinah.
As we are all mourning the loss of Debbie Friedman, I am reminded of just how far her spirit reached. While visiting the Abayudaya - the Jews of Uganda - I was amazed to hear them start singing Debbie's Havdalah melody as we made Havdalah on a hill in rural Nabugoye, outside of Mbale, Uganda. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Rabbi Gershom Sizomu brought the melody back to Uganda from California, I think. Debbie, you truly reached the four corners of the earth with your amazing creativity and musical inspiration. May you be carried on the wings of the Shechinah.