Here is a list of songs to cover a wide range of lifecycle moments: birth & baby blessings, death (including funeral, Yizkor, memorial), bar/bat mitzvah, conversion, weddings, illness & healing, and moments of crisis or heightened need. There are also songs for making sacred space, celebrating joy, and offering general blessings of goodwill. Making sacred […]
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My first article on the topic of circumcision was in 2011, and called: “If male, is he circumcised?” Covenant, community, compassion and conscience Jewish boys and the choice not to circumcise Even though circumcision is not a halachic criterion for establishing Jewish status for a boy, there is a strong and widespread religious and social
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Here is a list of the music that I have written to Jewish texts that be used for Jewish baby blessings, for boys or girls: B’ruchah Haba’ah – Blessed Is She – A blessing for the baby girl; a simple tune, the guests can pick up the refrain easily by ear and join in. Nir’eh
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Here is a list of the music that I have written to Jewish texts that can fit into a Jewish wedding: B’ruchah Haba’ah (Blessed Is She) – A simple tune, the guests can pick up the refrain easily by ear and join in. Kumi Lach Rayati (Rise Up, My Love) – verses (and part verses)
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Here is a collection of pieces that I have written that celebrate women and girls at the centre of Jewish ritual: B’ruchah Haba’ah (Blessed Is She) – baby blessing for a girl. There is a companion piece which, in English version can also be for a girl: ‘In your light, we see light’ (Nir’eh Or)
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Music & audio © Alexander Massey, 23 March 2014 Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices & optional guitar chords & descant) Collections This piece is part of the eight-part collection, Jewish Baby Blessings, for welcoming infants into the covenant & community with love and joy. Nigun Oneg is also among my collection
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Psalm 36: 8-10 – Music and audio © Alexander Massey 16 Sept 2018 Music, English lyrics & audio © Alexander Massey 16 Sept 2018 Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collections I wrote this as a companion piece for B’ruchah Haba’ah (Blessed is She), the song for the blessing of a baby girl.
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In Hebrew In English – ‘Rise up, my love, my fair one’ Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 9 Dec 2015 This recording and a version of this article were published on Ritual Well (USA) as ‘Arise, my love‘. English duet version (a recording with women’s voices is coming soon!) Hebrew duet version (a recording with
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 5 Dec 2015 Download the free sheet music (voice & optional guitar or piano) Collections This piece is one of many suitable for the High Holy Days. Enjoy the rest of the High Holy Days collection, here. The Kaddish also features in my collection for Shabbat Shacharit, as it
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 12 Dec 2015. An earlier recording and a version of this article and song were published on Ritual Well (USA), June 2016. Download the free sheet music (for 1, 2, or 3 voices & optional guitar) Collections This has a companion piece, Nir’eh Or – In Your Light, We
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