Ve'ahavta Lere'echa  (And You Shall Love Your Neighbor)

                      Dance by Shorer Shimon

        Notes by Phillip M. Feldman  5/21/1986  Rev. 8/7/1987

     This is an easy/intermediate three-part line dance in the
Hassidic style.  The music has an 8-count introduction.  The whole
dance repeats three times.

       Part 1: Put your left hand on your own right shoulder and
your right hand on the left shoulder of the person in front of you.

  1-8: 8 small, bouncy steps forward, beginning with R.
 9-10: Step forward on R and lean forward.
11-12: Close R to L, bringing body into vertical position (do not
       lean backwards).
13-14: Step to the right with R and lean to right.
15-16: Close R to L, bringing body into vertical position.
17-64: Repeat counts 1-16 three more times.

       Part 2: Begin facing 90 degrees to the left of LOD (the
direction of travel during part 1).

  1-2: Touch with right heel and then step forward onto R.
  3-4: Step forward with L and pause for one count.
       Hand motions: On 1, reach upwards with both hands, as though
       in supplication.  On 3, lower the hands with palms downwards.
  5-8: Repeat 1-4.
 9-10: Lean to right, reach upwards, and open fingers as though
       releasing a bird.
11-12: Mirror image of 9-10: Lean to left and reach upwards.
13-16: Make a 3-step half turn to the right with R-L-R and close with
       L.  You should now be facing 90 degrees to the right of LOD.
17-32: Repeat counts 1-16 (to finish facing 90 degrees left of LOD).

       Part 3: Music is same as for part 2.

  1-2: Leap in-place onto R and lift (or kick with) L, bending the
       left knee.
  3-4: Leap in-place onto L and lift R.
  5-8: Repeat 1-4.
 9-12: Leap onto R and hop three times, turning 360 degrees to the
       right (CW).
13-16: Four quick scissors kicks: Jump onto L and kick with R, jump
       onto R and kick with L, and repeat.

17-32: Mirror image of counts 1-16: On 17-18, leap in-place onto L
       and lift R, bending the right knee...  During counts 25-28,
       leap onto L and hop 3 times, making a full turn to the -1left-0.