Yayd’u ki-atah shimcha HAVAYAH l’vadecha

May they know You, whose name is BEING as One Alone. (All there is) (Psalm 83:19)
[Click (or tap) to see the entire Psalm 83 in Hebrew and English (JPS 1985).]

Illusions of separateness bring so much suffering into the world. When we finally know that there is only One of us, we learn respect, kindness and compassion. When we know that the Divine spirit permeates everything with holiness, we live differently. This is a prayer that all may know this essential truth, that there is nothing but God, and we are all connected in that Oneness.

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• Knowing You (melody)  
• Knowing You (harmony)  
• Knowing You (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Knowing You PDF.

Tiku vachodesh shofar
Ba’keseh l’yom chagaynu
Ki chok l’Yisrael hu mishpat L’Elohai Ya’akov

Sound a shofar at the New Moon…. at the moment of concealment/potential for our Celebration Day. It is a statute for Israel; it is a rule for Jacob. (Psalm 81:4-5)
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We live our lives in the holy cycles of exile and return, forgetting and remembering, going out from ourselves and returning again to center. We cycle between being Jacob, the ego struggling to manipulate the world, to being Israel, the one who encounters God directly. Through our calendar and festivals we attune to the cycles of the moon whose waxing and waning reflects our own spiritual cycles. As awareness of those cycles deepens, the circles of our lives become spirals, connecting the mysteries of the universe with our own Center.

NOTE: This is the Thursday chant of the Journey Through the Daily Psalms chants.

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• New Moon  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click New Moon PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 302.

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Kumah Elohim Shaftah Ha-Aretz

Arise God, and judge the land. (Psalm 82:8)
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As we explore the inner landscape, we find places of shadow — corners of the heart that are unhealed or hidden in shame. We call on the God-force within us to rise up, to reveal the Divine perspective so that the entirety of our inner landscape can be bathed in Awareness.

NOTE: This is the Tuesday chant of the Journey Through the Daily Psalms chants.

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• Judge the Land 1  
• Judge the Land 2  
• Judge the Land (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Judge the Land PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 300.

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

Elohim hashivaynu v’ha’ayr panecha v’nivashay’ah

Oh God return us; shine the light of your presence;
thus we will be delivered. (Psalm 80:4)
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Return us to our true selves, God. To our spacious awareness, to our complete acceptance of what is. When You shine on and through us, the light of compassionate awareness, with the radiance of Your Presence, we are saved from our pettiness, from our reactivity, from our grudges, from small-minded impulses for revenge. Then, we are delivered into our true capacities for generosity and joy.

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• Return Us  
• Return Us (4-part round)  

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L’dor vador n’sapayr t’hilatecha

From generation to generation, we will recount your praises. (Psalm 79:13)
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One key to our wholeness and wellbeing is establishing a connection with our ancestors and descendants. When we become a link in the chain of blessing, we are being inspired by both the merit of our lineage and the hope of our children. We pass on the stories of the past and are called by a vision for the future. Often that chain has been broken and needs our compassion and repair, which we can manifest with this practice.

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• Through the Generations (melody)  
• Through the Generations (harmony)  
• Through the Generations (mix)  

To download the PDF file for this chant, click Through the Generations PDF.