Writings (Wisdom) / Ketuvim

Yism’chu HaShamayim – Let Rejoice the Heavens – Psalm 96:11

Music and recording © Alexander Massey 12 Sept 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collections I wrote this setting on 2020 for our Musaf service at Yom Kippur in Oxford. Enjoy the rest of the High Holy Days collection here. This text also occurs as part

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Libavtini Achoti Chalah – ‘You have ravished my heart, my sister’

Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 9 Dec 2015 Download the free sheet music (voice & guitar) This recording and a version of this article were published on Ritual Well (USA) as ‘You have ravished my heart, my sister‘. Where in the Tanach can we find a text for celebrating a lesbian wedding, and an

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Your People Will Be My People (Ruth)

Ruth 1:16-18 Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 9 Nov 2011 Download the free sheet music (2 voices & piano) Vatomeir Rut al-tifgi-bi, l’azveich lashuv meiachara’ich: ki el asher teilchi eileich, uva’asher talini alin – ameich ami, veilohayich elohai; ba’asher tamuti amut, v’sham ekaveir; koh ya’aseh adonai li, v’choh yosif – ki hamavet, yafrid

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