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Lekha Dodi

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// EXHIBIT 15 · THE SHOWCASE SAMPLER

Lekha Dodi

Ancient door cracked open, warm golden light spilling onto a wet reflective stone floor, ribbon of light like a soundwave — cover artwork for Lekha Dodi

“LEKHA DODI”
1-OF-1 COVER ARTWORK

Lekha Dodi is about welcoming the Sabbath ("Go, my beloved, to meet the bride"). This image captures that perfectly. The heavy, ancient door is cracked open, and the warm, golden light spills out onto a wet, reflective stone floor. The ribbon of golden light swirling across the floor. It looks exactly like a physical soundwave or the groove of a vinyl record. It’s a brilliant visual metaphor for the "swung drums" and "qanun arpeggio" in the track

// THE CONCEPT

A dusty, swung groove meets ancient liturgy. "Lekha Dodi" takes the traditional Sabbath welcoming hymn and filters it through a warm, late-night soul aesthetic. Featuring soft qanun strings, chopped oud stabs, and intimate call-and-response vocals, it’s a head-nodding, vinyl-crackle invitation to slow down and welcome the evening

// LYRICS

[Intro]
[Vinyl + soft swung groove]
[Chorus]
Lekha dodi likrat kallah
Penei Shabbat nekabelah
Lekha dodi
Lekha dodi
[Female chop]
Likrat kallah…
[Verse 1]
Shamor vezachor bedibur echad
Hishmi’anu El hameyuchad
Adonai echad ushmo echad
Leshato ule’tiferet ule’tehilah
[Chorus]
Lekha dodi likrat kallah
Penei Shabbat nekabelah
Lekha dodi
[Stacked]
Likrat kallah…
[Verse 2]
Likrat Shabbat lechu venelcha
Ki hi mekor haberacha
Merosh mikedem n’sucha
Sof ma’aseh bemachashava techila
[Chorus]
Lekha dodi likrat kallah
Penei Shabbat nekabelah
[Female chops layered]
[Bridge]
[Drums thin]
Penei Shabbat
Penei Shabbat nekabelah
[Bass returns]
[Final Chorus]
Lekha dodi
Lekha dodi
Likrat kallah
Nekabelah
[Slow fade on crackle]

Traditional Sabbath welcoming hymn, transliterated

INTRO · CHORUS · VERSE 1 · CHORUS · VERSE 2 · CHORUS · BRIDGE · FINAL CHORUS

// PRODUCTION COMMENTARY

Jewish chop soul — dusty swung groove, soft qanun strings, chopped oud stabs, intimate call-and-response vocals, vinyl crackle. A traditional Sabbath welcoming hymn filtered through a warm, late-night soul aesthetic.

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WAV master + MP3 + cover art + liner notes & lyrics

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