From the recording Stepakoff Sessions (Vol 1)
This is from the traditional liturgy and I always thought the melody of that traditional liturgy is a bit clunky with too many syllables so I was happy when Michael proposed an alternative version as an option. I pray this gets adopted into the liturgy for the next millennium.
Lyrics
V’shamru b’nei Yisrael et haShabbat
La’asot et haShabbat
L’dorotam brit olam
Bei-ni u-vein b’-nei Yis-ra-el,
Ot hi l’-o-lam
Ki shei-shet ya-min, a-sah A-do-nai
Et ha-sha-ma-yim v’-et ha-a-retz
U-va-yom hash-vi-I, sha-vat va-yi-na-fash,
V’shamru b’nei Yisrael et haShabbat
La’asot et haShabbat
L’dorotam brit olam
V’shamru b’nei Yisrael et haShabbat
La’asot et haShabbat
L’dorotam brit olam
Bei-ni u-vein b’-nei Yis-ra-el,
Ot hi l’-o-lam
Ki shei-shet ya-min, a-sah A-do-nai
Et ha-sha-ma-yim v’-et ha-a-retz
U-va-yom hash-vi-I, sha-vat va-yi-na-fash,
V’shamru b’nei Yisrael et haShabbat
La’asot et haShabbat
L’dorotam brit olam
V’shamru b’nei Yisrael et haShabbat
La’asot et haShabbat
L’dorotam brit olam