Charles Wesley’s well-known hymn is based on an older Bohemian hymn, whose author is unknown. The version we know today was written by Wesley, co-founder of the Methodist movement, in 1739. The original Bohemian title was “Jesus Christ is Risen Today,” while Wesley’s title was “Hymn for Easter Day.” More recently, it’s most often known by its first line, “Christ the Lord is Risen Today.”
Enjoy this lovely hymn, played on lyre, and have a blessed and happy Easter!
Here is a Passover song, popular at Jewish-American seders. It’s arranged for a small, 15-string zither, and you may contact me
for a free tutorial if you want to learn it by ear.
I first heard this song in an Elementary School music class. At the time I didn’t know its significance, but I loved it. The next time I heard it was during a self-study Hebrew course, when I purchased CD’s of Jewish children’s music. I’ve always found music and singing to be helpful in learning languages. I’d forgotten about the song in the intervening years, but it showed up again when I was looking for Passover music. My heart leapt, “I remember that song!”
As this history
points out, “It’s rare to hear people say, when commenting on a blessing in their lives, “It’s enough.”
Don’t miss this fun version by the Maccabeats:
Whether you’re celebrating Passover or not, may you realize, not intellectually but spiritually, that wherever you are and whatever you have right now, it’s enough!
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