Magic Of Hebrew Chant: Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, Deepening Love (For People of All Faiths, All Backgrounds) - Softcover

Rabbi Shefa Gold

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580236715 ISBN 13: 9781580236713

Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

Chant is a meditative practice that fully engages body, heart and mind, and facilitates healing and the expansion of consciousness. * It will teach you the theory and foundations of chant-its relation to beauty, pleasure and the deep wisdom buried in our sacred texts. * For the first time, it will provide complete musical notations for the many chants created by Rabbi Gold, and it will give you practical instruction about how to use the power of chant to set you on the path of self-awareness and love. * It will teach you the music that can help you unlock the power of sacred texts and take prayer and meditation into the delight of your life. This groundbreaking book will be a treasure for seekers of wisdom from every spiritual tradition who want to embody and share the wisdom of scripture and prayer. It will also be a great tool for synagogues, havurot, meditation groups and spiritual communities who are seeking to deepen and beautify their communal practice.

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Review:

Gold, Rabbi Shefa. The Magic of Hebrew Chanting: Healing the Spirit, Transforming the Mind, DeepeningLove. Woodstock, Vermont: Jewish Lights Publishing, 2013. 326 pp. $24.99. (9781580236713).

Chanting is a form of meditation. Rabbi Shefa Gold has written a book presenting both the theory of chanting and also providing musical notations for her popular chants. Gold explains that the root: zayin-mem-resh ((רמז for chanting "has a double meaning: z-m-r means to chant, but it also means to prune." By chanting, we are removing the nonessential and uncovering our soul or neshamah. Chanting can bring spirituality, healing and togetherness as a community. The book is well organized and the explanations are clear. One suggestion, however, I would also purchase Gold's audio discs if you truly want to experience the power of chanting. If you can play a musical instrument, you can play and sing the chants yourself.

Ellen Share, Librarian, Washington Hebrew Congregation

(Ellen Share Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews)

About the Author:

Rabbi Shefa Gold, is director of C-DEEP: The Center for Devotional, Energy and Ecstatic Practice in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Shefa composes and performs spiritual music, has produced several recordings and her liturgies have been published in many prayer books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1580236715
• ISBN 13: 9781580236713
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352