In the Ha’azinu teaching, we give some history for how this song was used at the Temple, connect Ha’azinu to the calendar, explore the relationship between song and the salvation pattern – including a dip into the spiritual significance of what is likely the most common chord progression in modern music – and explore how […]
September 22, 2023 in Media, Torah 5783 (2022 - 2023), Torah Commentary by Beth Tikkun
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In parsha Beshalach, David explores the sending out of missionaries, the need to know when to get moving, leaps of faith, the great power God makes available to us, unity through song, and Tu BiSh’vat (the new year for trees). Beshalach (David): Vimeo | YouTube To download resources, right-click the PDF file and save. Parsha […]
February 2, 2023 in Media, Torah 5783 (2022 - 2023), Torah Commentary by Beth Tikkun
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This week’s teaching is all about the music – 3 songs in particular. We begin with a comparison of The Song of the Sea to The Song of Moses. Next we examine some curiosities from the Hebrew text of The Song of Moses. Moving on, we draw out four questions from the curious fact that […]
September 17, 2021 in Torah 5781 (2021-2022), Torah Commentary by Beth Tikkun
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This week, we explore within the two short Torah portions of Vayeilech and Ha’azinu, finding much treasure. Our main focus is the two great songs of Scripture, the Song of Moses and the Song of the Lamb. As we consider the Song of Moses, we uncover a fascinating menorah pattern which balances the exodus on […]
October 20, 2019 in Media, Torah 5779, Torah Commentary by Beth Tikkun
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Join us as we dive into the “most spiritual” of King Solomon’s 3 books, the Song of Songs. We begin by acknowledging the intimate subject of the book; this rather plain-spoken introduction is followed by a lesson on interpreting allegory with the help of the Hebrew word “ani” which means “I” or “boat.” We then […]
July 29, 2018 in Media, Song of Songs, Tanakh by Beth Tikkun
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