Said to Myself

Here are some Torahs connected to Songs:

• Alex Clare– Tight Rope:The Opposite of Fear
• Alicia Keys – Girl on Fire: Burning Ladder: Alicia Keys and Yaakov
• Arik Einstein z”l- Ani VeAta: You and I, We Will Change the World
• Arik Einstein z”l- Ani VeAta: Said It Before: Tisha B’Av and Ani V’Ata
  • For a longer study of the song Ani Ve’Ata see here.
• Louis Armstrong, Bob Thiele, and George Weiss- What a Wonderful World: What A Wonderful World Daf (with Eden Pearlstein)
• Chainsmokers-  Hope : I Love Israel: Growing Past Hope
• Eric Bazilian and Joan Osborn- What If God Was One of Us
• Grateful Dead   Ripple: The Sound of a Ripple
• Haim Hefer z'”l– Hafinjan: Sacrifices of Israel
• Hanan Ben Ari– Shemesh- A Majestic Light: Shanah Tova
• John Legend and Common-  Glory from Selma :Hands Up Don’t Shoot
• Kanye West, Jay -Z, and Frank Ocean: No Church in the Wild 
• Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper– Shallow (from a Star is Born):Far From the Shallows: Nachshon and Our Love Affair with God
• Linkin Park– Faint: Feeling Faint on Tisha B’Av
• Lukas Graham-7 Years Old : Once I was 7 Years Old: Chayai Sara
• Mackelmore & Ryan Lewis – 10,000 Hours: 10,000 Hours or 40 Years: Ki Tavo
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis– Thrift Shop:Tu B’Av Shop
• Maroon 5– Animals: Balak and Maroon 5
• Ava Max– Kings & Queens: Merit of Female Leadership: Exodus and Our Generation
• Metalicca-  Unforgiven      Unforgiven: Preparing Myself for Yom Kippur 
• Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie- We are the World : We Are the World Daf (with Eden Pearlstein)
• Muppet Moive- I’m Going to Go Back There Someday: Gonzo’s Old Friends: Self-Actualization and Chaye Sarah
• John Newman- Love Me Again: Shabbat Growth Mindset
• Noey‘s King David Remix of Drake‘s One Dance: One Dance Remix for Shemini
• One Direction, Story of My Life: Story of My Life: Korach and Rejection
• Pharoah’s Daughter- Lev Tahor: Bitter Sweet Goodbye
• Rage Against the Machine‘s song Wake Up: Wake Up Rage: MLK Today
• Ed Sheeran– Castle on the Hill : Camp of the Hill
• Shira Choir- Im HaShem LoYivneh Bayit
  • Awake Standing Guard: A Tune for the End of Sukkot
  • Protector of Israel: Painful Wake Up Call
  • Never Sleeps: Learning and Living with Chaos
  • The Kiffness remix of Im HaShem LoYivneh Bayit
• Shlomo Gronich & The Sheba Choir -Motherless Child: Motherless Child: Esther And Our Nation
• Simon and Garfunkel- Kodachrome: Kodachrome and Curating Memories
• Stan Rogers – Bluenose: My Father’s Yahrzeit and Stan Rogers: Who Will Know?
• Hannah Szenes- Eli Eli: Eli Eli
• Tove Lo: Talking Body
• U2- Stranger in a Strange Land: Stranger in a Strange Land
• Yishai Ribo –Ahat Uletamid– Once and Forever: Purim and Yom Kippur
• Yishai Ribo– Keter Melukha: 3rd Times the Charm
• Yishai Ribo– Lev Sheli– My Heart: A Different Love Song
• Yishai Ribo– Lev Sheli– No Need to Ask: On Love, Spring, Vulnerability, and the Splitting of the Sea
• Yishai Ribo– Lev Sheli–Passover: A Love Song
• Yishai Ribo– Nisayon Hazeh- This Trial: Ribo on the Akeydah
• 21 Pilots– Heathens: One of Us: Heathens

Here are some Torahs connected to Movies:

• Apocalypse Now: Egel Arufa Now
• Aristocrats: What, Too Soon?
• Avatar: Joseph’s Avatar
• Batman: The Dark Knight: Saving Gotham
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Yizkor
• Incredible Hulk:Moses and the Hulk
• The Invention of Lying: Breaching the Tablets
• Inception: The Inception of Blessing
• Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom: Choice Leftovers
• Moana: Baby Moana Baby Mosche
• Serious Man: Serious Man
• Slumdog Millionaire: Slump Dog Millionaire
• Taken: Taken: Coaching Moshe to Lead
• Thor: Ragnarok: The Binding : Fenrir and Isaac , Gog, Magog, & Ragnarök  and Bone Breaking: Between Liberation and Apotheosis