Sung at the beginning of Shabbat, around the festive table. It imbues an otherwise ordinary meal with the Sabbath sanctity. According to tradition, two angels enter our homes each Friday night to bless the family that celebrates the Shabbat properly. We welcome them with Shalom Aleichem.
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Shalom Aleichem A nice original swing melody, from Cantor Mike Stein.
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Shalom Aleichem Peace To Us: Carol Boyd Leon and kids sing an original english version.
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Shalom Aleichem Welcoming the Angels / Shoshannah plays a gorgeous piano arrangement of the traditional melody.
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Shalom Aleichem Allan Soberman has a take on the traditional melody that, well, you just have to hear. It's very cool.
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Shalom Aleichem A nice instrumental rendition by SpiriTune.
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Shalom Aleichem Here is Reb Shlomo Carlebach
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