Jewish Year

“Let me see Your glory!” Davenen through the Four Worlds (Ki Tisa & Pesach)

Festivals /

D’var Torah on Ex. 33:12-23 At Pesach[1] we are called to go ‘up’, physically and metaphorically, to journey beyond our narrowness, and dare to live in our fullness. By the time of today’s reading[2], we’ve travelled into the desert, complained many times, received the Torah, ten commandments, and detailed instructions for building the mishkan, prayed […]

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Neir Adonai No.1 – Candle of God No.1 – Fun, lively setting

Festivals, Interfaith, Psalms / Tehillim /

Music & audio © 2023 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collections I used the same words to compose another setting with a very different, contemplative character: Neir Adonai No.2. This piece is part of the Themes of Light collection: compositions reflecting on light and

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Neir Adonai No.2 – Candle of God No.2 – Contemplative setting

Festivals, Interfaith, Psalms / Tehillim, Songs by theme /

Music and audio © 2 Dec 2023 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Listen/view on YouTube. Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) אֱלהַי נְשָמָה שֶנָתַתָ בִיטְהורָה הִיאנֵר יְהוָה, נִשְמַת אָדָםחֹפֵשׂ, כָל-חַדְרֵי-בָטֶןכִי-אַתָה, תָאִיר נֵרִייְהוָה אֱלֹהַי, יַגִיהַ חָשְכִי Chorus: My God, the soul you have given me is pure. [Berachot 60b, morning prayer]Verse 1: The

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Freebies

Fasts, Meditation /

Here are a few bits of free sheet music as PDFs to download. Some of the pieces are my transcriptions of music that is in the public domain and/or out of copyright. Others are my own pieces which you are welcome to download and distribute. You’ll see there’s a little coffee cup icon that allows

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Adonai Ori / Achat Sha’alti – God is My Light / Only One Thing I Ask – Psalm 27:1 & 27:4

Fasts, Prayer / T'fillah, Psalms / Tehillim /

Music and Audio © 2022 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano, including lead sheet) Collections This piece is part of the Themes of Light collection: compositions reflecting on light and its significance in Jewish thought. This piece is also one of many suitable for Elul and the

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