Ki v-simcha tate-tzay-oo,
Oo-v-shalom toovaloon.

For in joy will you go out,
In peace be led across the Land,
Mountains and hills will burst into song,
And the trees of the field will clap their hands (Isaiah 55:12)
(CLAP!)

This is a practice that sends me to my life! It is joy that moves me into the world and it is joy that opens my ears to the song that Creation is singing.

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• For in Joy  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click For In Joy PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 309.

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Hoy! Kol Tzamay l’chu lamayim

All who are thirsty, come for water! (Isaiah 55:1)

Our spiritual challenge is to first acknowledge our thirst for Love, wisdom, comfort, nurturance and pleasure…. And then to “come for water.” Isaiah tells us that even if you feel that you have no money or worth… still you can come and buy this wine and this milk. The wine represents the power of transformation and the milk is that which nurtures our deepest yearnings. He warns us not to waste our life’s energy trying to buy something that in the end won’t nurture us. We chant these words to acknowledge our thirst and then to move us towards the true “water” which is as intoxicating as wine and as nurturing as breast-milk.

This chant is a two-part round. To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Come for Water  

For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 307.

The Magic of Hebrew Chant ©2013 Shefa Gold. All rights reserved.

Et-mi eshlach u’mi yelech lanu?
Hin’ni sh’lachayni

Whom shall I send, and who shall go for us?
Here I am. Send me. (Isaiah 6:8)

This is a practice of listening to “the call,” and responding. When I hear the question, “Who shall go for us?” I wonder who that “us” might be. As I step forth to fulfill my unique mission, I am doing this first for myself (because I must) and then for all those who need to hear my voice, for all those who do not yet found their voice, for all those who do not feel heard and have not found their way into the Great Conversation. I come into the fullness of my presence and then go forth for all of us. We depend on each other. My going forth will inspire others to also find their own voice, mission, power and destiny.

As you develop this practice, I suggest you begin by just chanting the question, allowing the answer to well up within you. Then let your willingness to be present and be deployed burst forth in response to “the call.”

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Send Me  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Send Me PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 313.

The Magic of Hebrew Chant ©2013 Shefa Gold. All rights reserved.

Shim’u shamoah aylai, v’ichlu-tov

If you really listen to Me, then you will eat what is good.
(And your souls will delight in richness.) (Isaiah 55:2)

In the language of Judaism, listening to God, (really listening!) means letting go of distraction, quieting your inner tumult, tuning in to the “still, small voice,” opening to the Divine Presence in this very moment. In the language of Buddhism this is called “mindfulness.”

So many of us experience anxiety around food. If it’s plentiful and good, “Will I eat too much?” If it’s scarce, “Will there be enough?” If it’s not what we prefer, “Will I be nourished and satisfied?” To bring a calm clarity in regards to what we eat, but also what we consume in general (What we buy and how we use our precious resources) is at the heart of a holy life.

Isaiah reminds us to listen, to really pay attention, to come into a state of expansive, receptive calm. Only then will we consume in just the right measure and be delighted in the richness of our lives.

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Mindfulness  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Mindfulness PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 314.

The Magic of Hebrew Chant ©2013 Shefa Gold. All rights reserved.

Sos asis badonay tagayl nafshi belohai,
ki hilbishani bigday yesha

I will rejoice in God who has dressed me in the
garments of Salvation. (Isaiah 61:10)

The Prophet Isaiah compares us to the bridegroom and the bride, decked out in our finery, bejeweled and shining in glory. What if each morning we claimed our rightful place of dignity, splendor and brilliance? This is a practice of rejoicing in our inheritance. This is a practice of matching up our outer countenance with our royal inner radiance.

To hear the chant, use the audio player. To download the chant, right-click the note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Garments of Salvation  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Garments of Salvation PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 313.

The Magic of Hebrew Chant ©2013 Shefa Gold. All rights reserved.