Rosh Hashanah
Songs for the
Preschool Services
By Nechama Retting
B”H
WELCOME! Baruchim Habayim!
SONG #1
L’Shanah Tova
A Happy New Year to you
L’Shanah Tova Tikatavu
The same to you!
SONG: Tune: Shana Tova (Israeli way)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_i1jq10-1o
Shana Tova, Shana Tova
the New Year is upon us
Shana Tova to all of us
Shanah Tova everybody
Shana – Tova, Shana – Tova
Shana Tova, Shana Tov
we eat apples dipped in honey
Shana Tova to all of us
a sweet new year everybody
Shana – Tova, Shana Tova
Shana Tova, Shana Tova
Round challah dipped in honey
Shana Tova to all of us
a sweet new year everybody
Shana – Tova, Shana - Tova
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_i1jq10-1o
Song #2 (tune: Sukkot, Sukkot Sing this Sukkot Song)
Middot (Echo) Middot (Echo)
Manners for YOU and ME
Middot (Echo) Middot (Echo)
Say THANK YOU and say PLEASE
We try to use kind manners, each and every day
Excuse me, please and thank you; that is the best way.
Middot (Echo) Middot (Echo)
Manners for YOU and ME
Middot (Echo) Middot (Echo)
Say THANK YOU and say PLEASE
SONG #2 (Tune: Pick a Bale of Cotton)
Excuse me, thank you, pretty, pretty please (2x)
Whoa - always use your manners,
Whoa - be kind everyday
(2x)
Selichah, Todah, Bevakashah each day
Selichah, Todah, Bevakashah - Hooray!
Whoa - always use your manners, Whoa - be kind everyday (2x)
Excuse me, thank you, pretty, pretty please (2x)
Whoa - always use your manners,
Whoa - be kind everyday
(2x)
Song: B – (second day) Raffi’s Thanks a lot
(Please sing “Todah Rabbah” after “Thanks a lot”)
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabbah)
Thanks for the sun in the sky
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabbah)
Thanks for the new moon so high
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabbah)
Thanks for the New Jewish Year
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabah)
Thanks for the shofar I hear
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabbah)
Thanks for wonder in me
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabbah)
Thanks for the way that I feel
Thanks for the Torah
Thanks for our land
Thanks for the people everywhere
Thanks a lot (Todah Rabbah)
Thanks for all I’ve got!
Song #3 (Tune: This is the way we wash our clothes)
This is the way to be a friend, be a friend, be a friend
This is the way to be a friend L’Shanah Tova Tikatavu!
Friends always share their toys,
share their toys, share their toys.
Friends always share their toys
L’Shanah Tova Tikatavu!
Friends always use kind words,
use kind words, use kind words
Friends always use kind words,
L’Shanah Tova Tikatavu!
Song #4
Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to the world, Happy Birthday to you!
Ha Yom, Yom Huledet (2x),
Ha Yom, Yom Huledet L’Olam!
Ha Yom, Yom Huledet (2x),
Ha Yom, Yom Huledet L’Olam!
Song #5 (Tune: Drunken Sailor)
What do we do on Rosh Hashanah (3x)
Every New Year
We eat apples dipped in honey (3x)
Every New Year
We hear the shofar blow (3x)
Every New Year
We eat round challah (3x)
Every New Year
We eat honey cake (3x)
Every New Year
We eat pomegranates (3x)
Every New Year
We go to the river and do Tashlich (3x)
Every New Year!
Song #6 (BINGO tune)
G-d gave us lots of special gifts
that we must share with others
S-H-A-R-E (3x)
We share all that we have.
Song #7
Teshuvah, Teshuvah, Teshuvah
That is what we say
Repent and say I’m sorry before Yom Kippur day.
Tefillah, Tefillah, Tefillah
This is how we pray
Ask Hashem’s forgiveness
Pray each and every day.
Tzedakah, Tzedakah, Tzedakah
Give almost everyday
Helping one another
That’s the Jewish way!
Song #8 (tune: This is the way we wash the clothes)
This is the way we do Tashlich, do Tashlich, do Tashlich
This is the way we do Tashlich and think about what we did wrong
This is the way we throw crumbs in, throw crumbs in,
throw crumbs in. This is the way we throw crumbs in
And think about what I did wrong.
I’m sorry for not sharing toys, not sharing toys,
not sharing toys
I’m sorry for not sharing toys,
I’ll try so hard to do better.
I’m sorry I didn’t listen, didn’t listen,
didn’t listen
I’m sorry I didn’t listen
to my mom and dad.
This is the way we do Tashlich, do Tashlich, do Tashlich
This is the way we do Tashlich on Rosh Hashanah
Prayer # 6 - Ha-Yom (Traditional tune)
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Today, today, today
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Please bless us with good health, AMEN!
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Today, today, today
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Please help us to be kind, AMEN!
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Today, today, today
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Please forgive all of us, AMEN!
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Today, today, today
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Ha-Yom, ha-yom, ha-yom, ha-yom
Please accept our prayers, AMEN!
Song #9
Apples and Honey for Rosh Hashanah (2x)
A good New Year, a sweet New Year
Apples and Honey for Rosh Hashanah
Tapuchim u’dvash L’Rosh Hashanah (2x)
L’Shanah Tovu, Shanah Metukah (2x)
Tapuchim u’dvash L’Rosh Hashanah
Honey Bees make honey for Rosh Hashanah (2x)
Honey is sweet, a Rosh Hashanah treat.
Honey bees make honey for Rosh Hashanah.
Song #10 (tune: The Macarena)
Apples, apples, honey, honey.
They're so yummy in my tummy.
Apples, apples, honey, honey.
Hey, it's Rosh Hashanah
Song #11 (Tune: I had a little dreidel tune)
I made a little challah
I made it round and sweet
I’ll dip it into honey
For a Rosh Hashanah treat
L’Shanah Tova Mommy
And to my Daddy too
A sweet and Happy New Year, that’s what I wish for you!
Song #12A (Tune: Muffin Man)
Pomegranates, Rimonim
Both words mean the very same thing
Pomegranates, Rimonim
We eat the pretty seeds
Rimonim are red and round
On the top there is a crown
Rimonim are red and round
We eat the tasty seeds
Song #12B (Tune: Learned by Letters A, B, C)
Pomegranates - 613, 613!
Mitzvot inside the Rimonim, Rimonim
Red and juicy, they grow on a tree
Pomegranates – 613, 613!
Chant:
Pomegranates, Pomegranates
Red and Round
Pomegranates, Pomegranates
Have a crown
Open it up, what do you see?
As many seeds as Mitzvot
in the Torah can be seen!
Song C (The wheels on the bus)
The Shofar in the shul goes
Tekiah, Tekiah, Tekiah
The Shofar in the shul goes
Tekiah
on Rosh Hashanah
The Shofar in the shul goes
Shevarim, Shevarim, Shevarim
The Shofar in the shul goes
Shevarim
on Rosh Hashanah
The Shofar in the shul goes
Teruah, Teruah, Teruah
The Shofar in the shul goes
Teruah
on Rosh Hashanah
The Shofar in the shul goes
Tekiah Gadolah (3x)
The Shofar in the shul goes
Tekiah Gadolah
on Rosh Hashanah
Song #13
(Chorus)
I like to hear the shofar blast, sometimes slow and sometimes
fast.
I like to hear the shofar blast, Happy, happy happy New Year!
Tekiah (repeat)
(Chorus)
Shevarim (repeat)
(Chorus)
Teruah (repeat)
(Chorus)
Tekiah Gadolah (repeat)
(Chorus)
Song D
(Tune: Dinosaur knocking at my door)
There’s a dinosaur
BLOWING A SHOFAR
for the New Year - Tekiah!
There’s a dinosaur
BLOWING A SHOFAR
and he wants to blow it just for you!
First he blows Tekiah (Toot)
Then Shevarim (toot toot toot)
Then Teruah (Toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot-toot)
Then Tekiah Gadolah
That’s the LONG one
It is so much fun! (Toooooooooooot)
There’s a dinosaur
BLOWING A SHOFAR
he wants to blow shofar
he wants to blow shofar
he wants to blow shofar for me and YOU!
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Song #14 (Traditionally not sung on Shabbat)
Avenu Malkaynu, Our Father, Our Holy King
Hashem please forgive us, we’ll try to d
