Interfaith

Eilu V’Eilu

Interfaith /

Music and audio © Alexander Massey 13 June 2022 “These and these/those are the words of the Living God.” (Talmud, Eruvin 13b) – These words are said to have come from a bat kol, a voice from heaven. They were spoken to settle a dispute between two rabbis and their followers. Much can be learned

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Interfaith Jewish music

Interfaith /

Jewish texts offer rich opportunities for interfaith thinking, dialogue and encounters. Many Jewish prayer texts and Biblical verses, including the psalms, speak to universal human experience and spiritual yearning. Some are part of our regular liturgy; it is interesting to note how many could fit an interfaith context. Some Jewish texts specifically affirm inclusivity and

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B’makom She’ein Anashim

Interfaith, Jewish Year /

Composition & recording © Alexander Massey 6 Feb 2021 – All Rights Reserved BUY the sheet music (voice & piano) – $4.95 בּמָקוֹם שֶּׁאֵין אֳנָשִׁום, הִשְׁתַּדֵּל לִהְיוֹת אִישׁ B’makom she’ein anashim, hishtadeil lih’yot ish. Pirkei Avot / Ethics of the Fathers 2:5 As with so much Hebrew, a literal translation of this verse fails to

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Nigun Yom HaShoah

Interfaith, Jewish Year /

Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 15 March 2021 Genesis lists 70 descendants of Noah after the crisis of the Great Flood, and from this, Jewish tradition has it that there are 70 nations of the world, and that we all come from one family. This nigun has 70 notes. We, the Jewish people, are one

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Society for Old Testament Study Conference, Oxford University July 2019

Interfaith, Media & Events, Psalms / Tehillim /

Performance of Mah Gadlu (Ps 92) by Worcester College Choir, and first performances of Barchi Nafshi (Ps 103) and Shiru Ladonai (Ps 96) by Alexander Massey and Matthew Faulk as part of the final Psalms Concert. The Society for Old Testament Study (SOTS) is “a learned society of professional scholars and others committed to the study of the

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