Heart Walk: Et-halaych | Rabbi Shefa Gold

Et-halaych b’tam l’vavi, b’kerev bayti
Heart Walk Hebrew text
I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. (Psalm 101:2)

To ﬁnd the integrity of my heart is to return to its innocence, simplicity, and wholeness, and then live my life from that place. When Life gets complicated, tangled up and overwhelming, it’s time to “go for a walk.”

Et-halaych is a reﬂexive verb (to take yourself for a walk) that describes a way of living that is self-aware. I must take this walk within my own house, ﬁrst, if I am to manifest that integrity in the world. My own house might mean the workings of my inner life or the life of my family and intimate relationships, or the sacred realm of “HOME.”

This practice is a walking meditation.

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.

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Heart Walk PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 288.