To Life

The Rabbis' Sons: To Life
Studio album by The Rabbis' Sons
Released August 1968
Genre Jewish, Chassidic
Length 38:27
Label Emes Record Co. ES-102 (stereo)
Producer Itzy Weinberger, Baruch Chait
The Rabbis' Sons chronology

Hal'lu
(1967)
To Life
(1968)
Shalom
(1970)
Format LP
Main musical personnel Sharfman, Weinberger, Zheutlin, Chait, David Nulman
Other musical personnel Joshua Goldberg (later of Or Chodosh), Mickey Lane, Stanley Miller, Yehuda Isaacs, Steven Gasner, Herbert Goldenberg

The second Rabbis’ Sons album contained one of the only two songs they ever released with Yiddish lyrics (Mazel Tov). Tov Lehodos was one of the group’s most popular songs. The liner notes to the album indicate that Baruch Chait had left the group to concentrate on his Talmudic studies at this point. However, he contributed three new songs, played guitar and co-arranged the music.

Track list

Side one
No. TitleLyricsMusicNotes Length
1. "Lecho Hashem" (לך ה' הגדולה)הוצאת ספר תורהChaitalso appears on Greatest Hits as track 1 3:04
2. "V'lyrushalayem" (ולירושלים)שמונה עשרהDavid Nulmanvocal: Weinberger 3:05
3. "Me Yidmeh Loch" (מי ידמה לך)נשמתRafi Wachsmanvocal Sharfman 3:56
4. "Anim Zmiros" (אנעים זמירות) Zheutlin 4:35
5. "Rabi Akiva" (רבי עקיבא)ירושלמי נדרים ט:ד:Chaitvocal Sharfman; also appears on Greatest Hits as track 6 4:20
Side two
No. TitleLyricsMusicNotes Length
1. "Dirshu" (דרשו)Psalms 34:9Zheutlin  2:30
2. "Tov Lehodos" (טוב להודות)Psalms 92:2,3 4:21Itzy Katzvocal: Zheutlin; also appears on Greatest Hits as track 8 4:21
3. "Oz Yoshir" (אז ישיר)Exodus 15Zheutlin 3:30
4. "Anah Bekoach" (אנא בכח)קבלת שבתZheutlinvocal: Weinberger 3:11
5. "Me Chomocha" (מי כמוך)שמונה עשרהChait 2:26
6. "Mazel Tov (Yiddish)" (מזל טוב) Traditional Yiddish Folk Songvocal: Weinberger 3:29

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