Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 5 Dec 2015 Download the free sheet music (voice & optional guitar or piano) Much could be (and has been) written about the Kaddish (to which I have put links below). Although one version is referred to as mourner’s kaddish, it is part of our daily prayers, and comes, […]
Kaddish (song in praise of God and Life) Read More »
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
Protected: Facing the Future (Ruach Chavurah) Read More »
>> Download ‘Facing the Future Checklist’ Introduction It’s never ‘too soon’ to put our affairs in order so that all is prepared in the event of our death. After all, it is going to happen – we just don’t know when. But why bother? After all, once we’re dead, doesn’t it all become someone else’s problem?
This article outlines many of the customs that have grown up around death in Jewish communities. Many of the practices follow halachah, rulings from the Rabbis of the Talmud, or subsequent decisions from rabbinic authority. As in all Jewish life, the level of observance – or deferring to a rabbinic ruling – varies considerably. Those
Jewish customs around death and mourning Read More »
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 23 January 2014 In English: In Hebrew: Download the free sheet music (solo voice, English & Hebrew) Written and first performed for the Council of Christians and Jews gathering with the Oxford Unitarians service at Harris Manchester College, Yom HaShoah 5774 / Holocaust Memorial Day 2014. Many commentators have
Essa Einai (I Lift My Eyes – Ps. 121) Read More »
In Lev. 10, Aaron’s two sons are consumed by fire, and die. There is a cryptic sentence in the text: “Vayidom Aharon.” This is often translated as ‘Aaron was silent’, or ‘Aaron held his peace.’ But neither of these does justice to the Hebrew verb, which really means, ‘Aaron was struck dumb / became still’. Rabbi
Before we ever said hello (poem) Read More »