Natati et-Torati b’kirbam, v’al-libam echtavenah

I will put my Torah into their inmost being
and inscribe it upon their hearts. (Jeremiah 31:33)

Through the prophet Jeremiah, God promises to make a new covenant. It will be different. You will find this one inside you. A covenant is always a two-way agreement… so when I chant these words, I am expressing my own commitment, so that I can stand up in partnership with the Divine force of Love.

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

• A New Covenant  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click New Covenant PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 263.

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Yelech na Adonay b’kirbaynu

Please God, Go within us. (Exodus 34:9)

In the Book of Exodus, which tells the story of our journey to Freedom, Moses realizes that the only way to accomplish this journey and reach The Land of Promise is for God’s Presence to be within, between and among us as we go. Even after all the trouble of the Golden Calf, the murmurings and rebellions… Moses knows that it is only this “innerness” that makes our holy journey worth all the bother.

I address myself to You, God — the Great Mystery — with the knowledge that, “I can’t and don’t want to do this without You!” In the silence after the chant, I make a place inside me for that Divine Presence to dwell.

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

• Go Within Us  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Go Within Us PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 254.

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

V’al bamotai yadrichayni

He prepares a path for me upon the High places. (Habakuk 3:19)

As I investigate my own vast inner spaces, I am shown pathways of exploration. The High places are my own capacities for love, forgiveness, courage, wisdom, compassion, perspective, curiosity and humor. God prepares the pathways to those places through the beauty of my world, through the gifts of my inheritance, through the stories of those who have walked this path before me, even through the humbling power of my mistakes. I chant these words as a reminder that I am guided on this path. I chant these words to affirm my commitment to embrace the possibilities of the extraordinary.

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

• Ascending  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Ascending PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 254.

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Amaych ammi vaylohayich elohai.

Your people are my people and your God is my God. (Ruth 1:16)

A Shavuot Practice

On Shavuot, we read The Book of Ruth, which recounts the story of love and loyalty. As we chant Ruth’s vow to Naomi, we can each find our own love and loyalty. Though Ruth was a Moabite (enemy of Israel) she became the honored ancestor of King David. Through her steadfast devotion to Naomi, her people and her God, Ruth found her own way. So too may we find a sense of belonging, and birth Maschiach consciousness into the world.

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.

• Ruth 1  
• Ruth 2  
• Ruth Mix  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Ruth PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 264.

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

Va’ochlah va’t’hi v’fi kidvash l’matok

So I ate, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. (Ezekiel 3:3)

God gives the prophet Ezekiel a scroll that is inscribed with lamentations, moaning, and woe and then commands him to eat the scroll. We are each given a life that is inscribed with the full range of what it means to be human — from the highest joy to the deepest depths of grief. God says that the scroll of our lamentations must be eaten, digested, and transformed within us. Otherwise we will be carrying a heavy burden.

This 3-part chant is designed to be chanted in a supportive spiritual group. Each participant lays on the altar a story of their own time of lamentation. Instead of carrying around that story, can we offer it up, into the vibrations of this chant, to be digested and transformed?

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.

• Sweet as Honey 1  
• Sweet as Honey 2  
• Sweet as Honey 3  
• Sweet as Honey Mix  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Sweet as Honey PDF.