Machol Dancers
Dance
Performances
Machol
Beit Yeshua's
10 Year Anniversary
"Ashreinu"
SILKS
Performance
Piece
"For Your Name
Is Holy"
2011
EVENING
HONORING
ISRAEL
"Ashreinu"
"Peace of Jerusalem"
2011
Beit Yeshua
PASSOVER
Sheleg Al Iri
"Psalms of Praise"
2010
Beit Yeshua
SUKKOT
Celebration
"Peace of Jerusalem"
"We Speak to Nations"
2010
Beit Shofarot
TORAH
DEDICATION
"On Your Walls"
2010
HIGHWAY
TO ZION
at Vision For
Israel
"On Your Walls"
2010
Beit Yeshua
Evening Honoring
ISRAEL
"On Your Walls"
2010
Beit Yeshua
PESACH
Celebration
"Watchman"
2009
Beit Yeshua
YOM TERUAH
Celebration
"A Resting Place"
2009
Beit Yeshua
SUKKOT
Celebration
"Latter Days"
Psalm 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance.Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together:
for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them,
and make them rejoice from their sorrow.2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all his might…Here Are A Few Traditional Israeli Folk Dance Songs:
The Machol Dancers did a repeat performance of the dance "Ashreinu"
which they had performed earlier this year at Beit Yeshua's "An Evening Honoring Israel"To watch the YouTube video of the dance
CLICK HERE
Silks Practice The Machol Dancers practice a silks piece to the song "For Your Name is Holy". YouTube Video Link 1
(Machol Dancers - Dance practice - October 2010)YouTube Video Link 2
(Machol Dancers - Dance practice - November 2010)
Carolyn tells the story of the song that accompanies the dance "Ashreinu"
The Story Behind the Song "ASHREINU"
In the fall of 1944, in the Auschwitz concentration camp, a group of 50 Hungarian Jewish boys under the age of 18 had been selected for the gas chambers. They had been told they were to take showers, but this was later in concentration camp history, and the boys knew the truth.
Inside the bathhouse, one boy shouted out, “Brothers! Today is the day of Simchat Torah! Before we die, let us celebrate Simchat Torah one last time! We don’t have a Torah Scroll to dance with, so let us all dance with God Himself—Who is surely here among us—before we return our souls to Him.”
50 young voices raised in song, and 50 pairs of feet stamped in joy before the L-rd:
Ashreinu mah tov chelkeinu u’ma nayim goraleinu u’mah yafah yerushateinu (How fortunate we are and how wonderful is our portion and how beautiful is our heritage.)
The commandant came and was infuriated. One boy told him, “leaving a world where Nazi beasts reign is a cause for celebration.” To teach them a lesson, the commandant had them all pulled out and put in a holding block overnight, telling them he planned to torture them the next day.
The next morning a high-ranking Nazi officer arrived, needing to conscript a large number of workers. He saw the group of boys and ordered them along with several hundred other inmates, to be transferred to his work camp. Survivors of Auschwitz report that all 50 boys survived the war.ASHREINU
"Fortunate Us"
Composed by Reb Aharon Charitonov
Sung by Avraham Fried
How fortunate are we, How good is our portion,
And how pleasant our destiny, How beautiful is our inheritance.
Ashrinu, Ashreinu, Ashreinu, Ma Tov chelkeinu
Ashrinu, Ashreinu, Ma Tov Chelkeinu.
U’ma Noim, U’ma Noim, Noim Goroleinu,
U’ma Yofo Y’rushoseinu.The Dance
To see the video of The Machol Dancers dancing to the Israeli Folk Dance "Ashreinu"
[Thanks to Susan Miles for this video]
The Machol Dancers dance to the song "Psalms of Praise" by Kirk Dearman
To see the video of the Machol Dancers dancing to "Peace of Jerusalem"
2011 Pesach Seder
The lady Machol Dancers danced the Israeli Folk Dance "Sheleg Al Iri" (Snow on the Mountain) to the song "Psalms of Praise" by Billy Whitman at Beit Yeshua's 2011 Pesach/Passover Seder. (Dancers Left to Right)
Beverly, Myrl, Bianca, Victoria, Cheryl, Iline, Gloria, Brittany, Janice, Christi, Janice
(Pictured Below) Logan & Marcia
Psalms of Praise
by Billy WhitmanWith every breath we’ll praise the Lord,
Making melody, we’ll praise the Lord,
With all your heart, sing to the Lord,
With songs of praise, lift up the Lord.
Always giving thanks to Abba God above,
In Mashiach, He poured out all His love,
Build each other up with psalms of praise,
Yeshua the Messiah, Make Him your desire,
All consuming fire is He.To see the video performance of the ladies dancing Sheleg Al Iri to the song
"Psalms of Praise"
The Machol Dancers did two performance pieces as part of Beit Yeshua's 2010 Sukkot Celebration on Friday, September 24, 2010, 7pm, in the Family Life Center of Covenant Bible Church. Dressed in costumes from "the Nations"
the lady Machol Dancers dance to the song "Peace of Jerusalem"
"Lord we pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
Lord we pray for the peace of her people,
Lord we pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
Shalom Israel"
"As watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem,
We cry out night and day;
Till your streets overflow with rejoicing,
And your temples are filled with praise"
To see the video performance of the ladies dancing to the song
"Peace of Jerusalem"
The Machol Dancers prepared a special performance piece for Beit Yeshua's Sukkot Celebration
dancing to the song "We Speak to Nations""Hear the sound, the sound of the nations worshipping"
"Hear the sound, of sons and daughters singing"
"Who will go for us, Who will shout to the corners of the earth?"
"That Christ is King"
"We speak to nations, be open"
"We speak to nations, fall on your knees"
"We speak to nations, the kingdom is coming near to you"
"We speak to nations, be broken, powers of darkness, you have to flee"
"We speak to nations, the kingdom is coming near to you"
"We speak to you - Be free - Be free"
"Hear the sound, the sound of the nations calling"
"Hear the sound, the sound of the fatherless crying"
"We will go for you, We will shout to the corners of the earth"
"That Christ is King"
"We speak to nations, be open"
"We speak to nations, fall on your knees"
"We speak to nations, the kingdom is coming near to you"
"We speak to strongholds, be broken"
"Powers of darkness, you have to flee"
"We speak to nation, the kingdom is coming near to you"
"We speak to you - Be free - Be free"
"Be free - Be free - Be free - Be free"
"Be Free"
To see the video performance of the last practice of the Machol Dancers
dancing to the song "We Speak to Nations"
An earlier practice of "We Speak to Nations"
The Machol Dancers danced to the song "Al Chomatayeech Yerusalem"
(On Your Walls Oh Jerusalem) by Barry & Batya Segal during
Beit Shofarot's Torah Dedication on August 7, 2010.
To see the video of Machol Dancers' performance at Beit Shofarot
Machol Dancers with Rabbi Yossi
The Machol Dancers again dance to the song "On Your Walls" by Barry & Batya Segal
when Highway to Zion meet at Vision For Israel on May 21, 2010.
To see the video of Machol Dancers' performance at Highway to Zion
On Your Walls O Jerusalem
by Barry & Batya SegalThe Machol Dancers perform a military war dance in honor of the IDF to the song
"On Your Walls Oh Jerusalem" by Barry & Batya Segal at Beit Yeshua's
Evening Honoring Israel Celebration
Al cho-mo-ta-yeech, Al cho-mo-ta-yeech,
Al cho-mo-ta-yeech, Hifkadeti shom’rim.
On your walls, O Jerusalem,
I have set watchmen, I have set watchmen.
On your walls, O Jerusalem,
Who shall never hold their peace.
Day or night, (day or night,)
Day or night, (day or night,)
I have set watchmen on your walls.
‘Till He establishes, and ‘till He makes
Jerusalem A praise in the earth.
You who make mention of the Lord,
Do not keep silent, Do not keep silent,
On Your walls, O Jerusalem,
You shall never hold your peace.
"Watchman"
The lady Machol Dancers danced to the song "Watchman"
by Paul Wilbur using colored flags
(We did not record this dance, but do have a video of Myrl teaching the dance.)
To see the video of Machol Dancers' practicing "Watchmen"
Practice # 1
To see the video of Machol Dancers' practicing "Watchmen"
Practice # 2
Machol Dancers dance to the song "A Resting Place" by Paul Wilbur
at Beit Yeshua's Yom Teruah (Rosh Hashanah) Celebration in September 2009
Machol Dancers dance to the song "Latter Days" by Barry & Batya Segal
at Beit Yeshua's Sukkot Celebration in September 2009
The song "Latter Days" by Barry & Batya Segal speaks of the time in Zechariah 14 when Messiah Yeshua
is ruling & reigning in Jerusalem and all the nations will come up from year-to-year to keep the Feast of SukkotZechariah 14:16
And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem
shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.Dancers prepare for the nations dance to the song "Latter Days"
Latter Days
by Barry & Batya Segal"In the Latter Days, on the Mountain of Zion, all nations will flow to the House of the Lord ..."
"All people will bow down to the God of Jacob, Then His glory will appear ..."
"He’ll wash away the filth from the daughters of Zion, And purge all the blood of Jerusalem ..."
"When He pours out the Spirit of judgment and burning, Then His glory will appear. Come up!"
"Going up, Going up to the mountain, Going up to the House of the Lord."
Going up, going up to the mountain, He will teach us all His ways."
"He will make a covering, A tabernacle of the Lord,"
To see the video of Machol Dancers' dancing to "Latter Days"
(poor video quality)
