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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Bring your Mother to Shul (Published July 21st, Beth Israel Bulletin)

                                                                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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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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Psalm 1:2 Free will, Absolute truth and Individualism

“כִּי אִם בְּתוֹרַת יְהֹוָה חֶפְצוֹ וּבְתוֹרָתוֹ יֶהְגֶּה יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה” “But his desire is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night.” Individualism is an important key for the prosperity of the world. Indeed, how can you improve the world while being worthless.  If the world is some sort …

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