Cantor Azi Schwartz and Cantor Rachel Brook offer Oseh Shalom, the Prayer for Peace, to the music of Shallow.
Shabbat Shalom
Category: Peace
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Shabbat Shalom
The penultimate stanza of Lecha Dodi asks you to carry the message of Adonai out into the world, literally to spread out to the right and to the left. This beautiful welcome of Shabbat is a gift from Joey Weisenberg and the Hadar Ensemble, featuring the beautiful voice of Debra Sacks.
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Shabbat Shalom
The Hashiveinu prayer reaches out for the comfort and safety from the night under the protective wing of the Shechinah. A beautiful prayer and metaphor.
May we all find shelter and peace.
Shabbat Shalom.
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Shabbat Shalom
The Hashkiveinu prayer asks that we are sheltered under Shechinah’s protective wing, so we might find peace to protect us through the night.
At the end of this week, this prayer seems particularly apropos.
May we find a safe harbor from the storm that has been this tumultuous week so that we do not fear the darkness or the unknown. Let us find strength and comfort under God’s protective wing and with each other.
Shabbat Shalom
I offer Craig Taubman’s rendition of Haskiveinu to set the mood and help us connect:
