Music, English lyrics and Recording © Alexander Massey, Aug 2014. Hebrew words (Trad.) Download the free sheet music of Hashkiveinu (voice & piano or guitar) – includes Adonai S’fatai Tiftach (to the music of the chorus) Dedicated to my Rabbi, Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi (ztz”l), completed during shloshim. The three Hebrew lines that I have set from the […]
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Watch/listen to Sim Shalom on YouTube Music and audio © July 2014 Alexander Massey Download the free sheet music (high voice & optional piano) Bestow (‘put’) peace, goodness and blessing, grace, and loving-kindness and mercy, on us and on all Israel Your people. Bless us, our Creator, together as one with the light of Your
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Mi Adir – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 13 Nov 2013 Download free sheet music (solo version) Download the free sheet music (solo voice & string quartet) Mi Adir is a text that is traditionally used at a Jewish wedding as the couple processes to the chuppah. Last year, I composed a new musical setting for
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Y’varech’cha Adonai – May You Be Blessed – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 3 July 2013 Download the free sheet music (solo voice & piano) Download the free sheet music (SATB & piano) The simple meaning I have always loved the sounds of this blessing (sometimes called the ‘Priestly Blessing’), whether in Hebrew or
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Music and audio © Alexander Massey 14 March 2013 Watch/listen on YouTube Download the free sheet music (solo & optional piano) Download the free sheet music (4 part choir & optional piano) The words of Mi chamocha are taken from the Song at the Sea (Shirat Hayam) in Exodus 15, and are included in every
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These are my personal notes that I made when I read: Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi (2012) Davening: A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer, Jewish Lights . When I make notes, they are just to jog my own memory of the book, so I am aware that they may not always make sense to the general
These are my personal notes that I made when I read: Mike Comins (2010) Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer Is Difficult and What to Do about It, Jewish Lights. When I make notes, they are just to jog my own memory of the book, so I am aware that they may not
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My tallit is one of my most personal and precious Jewish objects. It is what I wrap around me when I step into prayer – intimate, I-Thou encounter with God. When I had one handwoven for me by the wonderful Amy Smith at Blue Feet Studio, I wanted to personalise it so that it could have special
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Congregational version (lower key, Dm) Solo version (tenor, Fm) Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2011 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (duet & piano) With an unending love You have loved the house of Israel your people: You have taught us Torah and mitzvot, laws and precepts. Therefore, our God, when
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 22 June 2011 Download the free sheet music (voice & optional piano, piccolo) The Yotzeir Or blessing is a reminder to live joyfully and gratefully, to raise our voices in song, and our feet in dance. This nigun was shaped with that in mind – and heart. In the Yotzeir
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