Tzur Mishelo
Tzur Mishelo, a Sabbath table song, in Hebrew to a German melody printed in 1906, for 2 to 4 singers. The refrain calls the faithful to bless the Rock whose food we have eaten: we have eaten our fill and left over, as Hashem promised. Verse 1 thanks the One who feeds the world, our shepherd and father, and verse 4 asks for the Temple to be rebuilt, with a new song and a full cup of wine.
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The first verse
Words: traditional Hebrew Sabbath table hymn (zemer), anonymousTune: German melody for the Sabbath zemirot (printed by Francis L. Cohen, 1906)
Tzur mishelo achalnu, barchu emunai,savanu vehotarnu kidvar Adoshem.
About Tzur Mishelo
Tzur Mishelo is one of the zemirot, the Hebrew songs sung at home at table, most of all before or after the grace after the Sabbath's main meals. The Jewish Encyclopedia names this German melody as the most frequent air for the table songs, sung with this song or with another, "Yom Zeh le-Yisrael". Our tune is read from its 1906 printing, in G minor as printed; the Hebrew is fitted by us, and the four parts are our own. It is sung in Hebrew, transliterated, for 2 to 4 singers: the refrain, blessing the Rock whose food we have eaten, around verses 1 and 4. It is sung with the substituted name customary when singing outside prayer: Adoshem.
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