Ki ta’avor bamayyim itcha ani,
u’va’n’harot lo yishtafucha

When you pass through the waters, I am with you, yes, I am with you.
I won’t let the rivers overwhelm you, I will be with you. (Isaiah 43:2)

The Waters represent the times of transition, as we pass from slavery to freedom, from womb through birth into our lives, from life through death into the Sea of Oneness or into the embrace of The Beloved. The important thing is not to fear, to know that God’s Presence is and has always been with you… through every transition, through every transformation.

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• Through the Waters  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Through the Waters PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 312.

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Ma navu al he-harim raglay m’vasayr mashmiya shalom.

Oh how lovely — our footsteps on the mountain; we are Messengers; we are Heralds of Peace (Isaiah 52:7)

This chant came to me as I opened to an intention for Pilgrimage to The Holy Land. As I chanted these words from Isaiah, I felt a definite shift from being a victim of circumstance to being a “Messenger” — empowered, deployed, inspired and open to the flow of Mystery. With each step on the mountain, I plant blessing (the goodness that is in me); and with each step, I receive the blessing of “The Place,” that I might take that blessing home and share it with All.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Heralds of Peace 1  
• Heralds of Peace 2  
• Heralds of Peace Mix  

< For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 310.

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Az Titanag al Havayah

Then you will delight in God (Being itself!) (Isaiah 58:14)

The Prophet Isaiah admonishes us to live a Life of Justice and Love. He warns us that our complacency and complicity in the injustice of our time, will obstruct the Divine flow. Then he tells us about the treasures of Delight that await us…

“If only you would truly celebrate Shabbat, And put down your business, your buying and selling and bargaining and scheming with the resources that were never yours to begin with, If you would delight in the restful sanity of Pure Being, Then you are delighting in Me Participating in the holiness of God. Then I will set you on the high places, So you can get some perspective, So you can truly enjoy the precious inheritance of the life I have given you.”

I chant these words (using Havayah, a word that points us towards Being itself, to stand for the unpronounceable YudHayVovHay) and let waves of Delight wash me up onto the highest shores, where I can celebrate the persistent Radiance of Being that shines out through the ever-changing content of my life.

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• Delight  

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Harchivi m’kom ohalech

Enlarge the place of your tent. (Isaiah 54:2)

In dealing with emotional or physical pain, I have noticed a pattern of contraction. I become overwhelmed because the pain takes up the entire space of my awareness. I have found that even when I can’t “make the pain stop,” it is possible to create a spaciousness around the sensation, so that in that very large space of my awareness, the pain can be experienced as just a small part of who I am. When I can become spacious “enlarging the place of my tent,” then the pain becomes manageable and I am not overwhelmed. With this practice of spaciousness, I experience the vastness of my true Being. Instead of contracting around the pain, I expand my awareness into that spaciousness. The expansive harmonies really help.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Spaciousness 1  
• Spaciousness 2  
• Spaciousness 3  
• Spaciousness Mix  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Spaciousness PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 311.

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Hin’ni, noteh ayleha k’nahar shalom.

Here I am extending Peace to her like a river. (Isaiah 66:12)

This is a practice of receiving through our receptive presence (Here I am) the Divine Flow, and then immediately giving that gift to the world that is before us. The gift that pours through us is given with “no strings attached.” We become an extension of the Divine River, flowing unselfconsciously into our world. In becoming fully present, we find our true generosity. Peace, a sense of wholeness, is received and given at once.

To hear the various parts of the chant, use the audio players. To download a part, right-click a note and save (or download) the linked MP3 file.

• Peace Like a River 1  
• Peace Like a River 2  
• Peace Like a River Mix  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Peace Like a River PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 310.

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