Psalm 57– SING & LEARN – Words of weapon are defeated by words of G-d’s praises

We are fortunate again to have Professor Victoria’s analysis to the chapter, Psalm 57. Below the analysis you can find the historical background for the Psalm. Last, there are few short comments I remember we brought up in the study. Psalm 55 – Analysis  The imagery in song 57 is very like that of song 55, …

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Psalm 55 – SING & LEARN

Gladly I added Victoria’s analysis to chapter 55. A different point of view from an English literature professor.  Below the analysis you can find the historical background. Last, there are few short comments i remember we brought up in the study. Enjoy ! — Psalm 55 – Analysis Three images dominate the poem: the VOICE of the …

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Psalm 24 – SING & LEARN

שְׂאוּ שְׁעָרִים, רָאשֵׁיכֶם, וְהִנָּשְׂאוּ, פִּתְחֵי עוֹלָם; וְיָבוֹא, מֶלֶךְ הַכָּבוֹד. Psalm 137  – Summary by Sherry: 1. By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, we also wept when we remembered Zion. 2. On willows in its midst we hung our harps. 3. For there our captors asked us for words of song and our tormentors …

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Psalm 27 – SING & LEARN

אַחַת, שָׁאַלְתִּי מֵאֵת-יְהוָה– אוֹתָהּ אֲבַקֵּשׁ:    שִׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית-יְהוָה, כָּל-יְמֵי חַיַּי ACHAT SHA-ALTY ME-ET HASHEM, OTA AVAKESH, SHIVTI BE-VET HASHEM KOL YEMEY CHAYAY     One [thing] I ask of the Lord, that I seek-that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to see the pleasantness of the …

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Psalm 23 – SING & LEARN

The famous ‘God is my shepherd’ chapter – Hope to have a brief summary soon… for a meanwhile you can read the translation for Psalm 23 here , and study the literary analysis of the Psalm here. Here is the recording of the group singing together: GAM KI ELECH BEGEI TZAL-MAVET LO IRA RA KI ATA …

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Psalm 19 – SING & LEARN

The poster and/or the transliteration below are link to the recording. Enjoy! HA-SHA’MA’YIM MESAP’RIM KEVOD EL U-MA’SE YADAV MAGID HA-RA’KIAA הַשָּׁמַיִם מְסַפְּרִים כְּבוֹד אֵל וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדָיו מַגִּיד הָרָקִיעַ Psalm 19’s first part is about the perfectness of the world, from the big things that makes the world what it is, to the most minor details …

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Psalm 13 – SING & LEARN

VANI BECHASDECHA – PSALM 13, 6 At the link above you can find the recording from my Cellphone for Tehilim 13,6 that we sang together. Our discussion in a nut shell: It seems that this chapter was written by king David after some sort of a defeat in battle. The first verses (Psalm 13, 2-3) …

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