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 …
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 …
Bring your Mother to Shul By Rabbi Amram Maccabi Everybody knows that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. But so is …
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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 …
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 …
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) …
I have an argument with my elder sister , For the record, Tehilla (my sister) is an Orthodox professor, that lectures mainly to young Jewish women who come to Israel for a one or two years programs. By now she has thousands of followers. On a personal note – Tehilla is responsible in many ways for …
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Dear all… It is generally believed that a community draws its character and style from the geographical background in which it is positioned. Coming from a hot-tempered middle- east environment, namely: Israel, I expected the Halifax Jewish community to be, somewhat more mild; less bubbly and less warm (for better as for worst) as fitting …
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Impression after four months We are a special family! The Shabbat before Rosh-Chodesh (the first of the month One Friday morning, while sitting in my office, preparing the services for the coming Shabbat I realized we will announce Rosh Chodesh/ the beginning of a new Hebrew month. I love chanting the melody recently composed …
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I called this article ‘The Victory of the dreidel’ because of an interesting fact about Chanukah. The Chanukah story, in a nutshell, contains two parts. First – The miraculous military victory of a few priests who never held a sword in their lives, against the mightiest undefeated army of ancient Greece. For this we add …