Psalm 34 – SING & LEARN – Satisfaction already in the search for G-D

Thanks Sherri for the summary. Please see below the recording. We read this psalm (34) during P’sukei d’Zimrah every Shabbat.  The Rabbi explained that this was written after David ran for his life from King Saul – he left Israel (where everyone knew and venerated him as their hero for having killed Goliath) and fled …

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Psalm 42 – SING & LEARN

Summary by Sherri, below the video 1. For the conductor, a maskil of the sons of Korah. 2. As a hart cries longingly for rivulets of water, so does my soul cry longingly to You, O God. 3. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when will I come and appear before God? …

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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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