This weekend is HISTORIC. Saturday we chant Shirat Hayam, the Torah portion that holds the Song of the Sea. In this Torah portion, the people of Israel stand on the precipice between slavery and freedom. Their oppressors at their backs, and the unknown expanse of the sea before them, the Israelites choose to step into the waters, which miraculously part. When the people of Israel step into freedom, their emotions are such that they can only sing to God with joy: Michamocha Ba-elim Adonai, Michamocha Nedar Bakodesh? Who is like You among the Gods, who is like you in glorious holiness? If those words sound familiar, it is because they are! We sing Michamocha as a part of our Geulah, or prayers of redemption section of our daily, Shabbat, and holiday services. There are many fun melodies for this prayer! Check out Debbie Friedman’s famous version HERE Monday, we recognize a very different march to Freedom. This Monday we honor Dr. Martin Luther King and the incredible life and work he … [Read more...]
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Take the Long Way Home
This week’s Torah portion, Beshalach, from the book of Exodus is considered by many rabbis as the central part of our Jewish narrative… the splitting of the Red Sea. Remember, we had been slaves in Egypt for more than 400 years when God (via Moses) brought the ten plagues unto the Egyptians, the last of which was the slaying of their first born sons. Only at that point did Pharaoh relent and release us. And so we began our journey towards Israel. Looking at a map, one can see that the shortest route from Egypt to Israel is northeast, along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Torah tells us that God deliberately did not lead us the shortest route… “because it was near (!) (fearing that) perhaps the people would reconsider when they see a war, and then will return themselves to Egypt.” (Exodus 13:17) The 10th century sage known as Rashi explains that even though we ‘were armed’ when we left Egypt (Exodus 13:18), God knew that we were in a very vulnerable place, newly … [Read more...]
Forty Days of Waiting at Sinai and to the Moon
Tonight Israel will write a new chapter in human history. At 8:45pm EST SpaceIL, a privately funded Israeli space exploration company will launch Beresheet, an lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. To date, only three countries have ever landed on the moon: the United States, Russia, and China. Forty days from now, Israel will be the fourth country, in human history, to land on the moon. Forty days can pass in the blink of an eye or it can feel like an eternity. For our ancestors wandering in the desert, forty days was enough time to lose faith in God, build a golden calf, and worship a foreign idol. This week’s parasha is Ki Tisa, the parasha in which Moses tells the Israelites that he’ll return in forty days, but he ends up delaying a bit. Forty days of waiting at the foot of Mt. Sinai led the Israelites to throw their hands in the sky and turn to their other leader, Aaron, Moses’ brother, for a new path to follow. Over the next forty days, our … [Read more...]
March Music Madness
March is the month for music! Just one week from today, the 10th annual Atlanta Jewish Music Festival begins. “Celebrating Jewish Contributions to Music” brings music for everyone. Here is what I am SUPER excited about: If you are a Jazz/Broadway lover like I am, then you MUST go see the Bill Charlap Trio at the Atlanta History Center. They are playing March 7th @7:30 featuring the Songs of Leonard Bernstein. Leonard Bernstein a prolific composer spanning the gamut from classical music, to Broadway and Jazz, and often utilized sounds and themes of Jewish music. This is a great date night! Movie music and Hollywood lovers will want to check out AJMF’s Salute to Hollywood. You will hear Jewish Contributions to the Academy Awards best Original Songs, held at the Breman Museum Sunday March 10th. If you love Judaism, history, and American popular music, then this next event is for you. Jazz pianist, producer, singer and composer Ben Sidran will bring his interpretation and first person … [Read more...]
A Blessing for Israeli Elections
There is a blessing for everything. We have blessings for the bad and the good. A blessing is, at its core, an acknowledgment. Some of our blessings give gratitude like when we recite the Motzi before eating bread, we recognize that many hands and a divine power were part of bringing food to our table. Other blessings ask for God’s intervention in our lives, like when we sing Mi Shebeirach for those in need of healing, we acknowledge our fragile health, the need we have for healing, and the gratitude we give to our doctors, nurses, caregivers, and ourselves to heal. So too do we offer a blessing, an acknowledgment, following the 2019 Israeli elections for the 21st Knesset. As it stands right now, Benjamin Netanyahu will lead Israel’s government for an unprecedented 5th term. Our blessing for Israel and its future leaders must give gratitude for the democratic process, for free elections, and for the power of the people to choose their representatives. Yet, our blessing also … [Read more...]
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