Welcoming Shabbat with a Special Version of Lecha Dodi for the Shabbat Before Tisha B'Av

A special melody is used once in a year in many Jewish communities for Shabbat Chazon, the Shabbat preceding Tisha B'Av. The melody is taken from the last of the poems of mourning from the Tisha B'Av service. 

In this video, Rabbi Lia Bass, founder and spiritual leader of JILLI, the Jewish Institute for Lifelong Learning and Innovation, explains its origins and sings the first stanza.

Lia Bass is a Brazilian-born American rabbi and the second Latin American female rabbi in the world. She is also Northern Virginia's first female Conservative rabbi and the first woman from Brazil to be ordained as a rabbi.

Enjoy, and Shabbat Shalom!

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