Shabbat this week is known around the Jewish world as Shabbat Shira – the Shabbat of Song. It is given this name because our Torah reading contains Shirat Hayam – the Song of the Sea – sung by the Children of Israel after the waters of the Red Sea miraculously parted.
So let’s take this opportunity to talk about music and song.
- Why do we sing?
- What does music do for us?
- Can you define how music interfaces with your emotions? Music can soothe and relax, inspire and energize, give voice to our feelings, activate our emotions. How does music affect you?
- Does music play a role in your religious life?
Click here to read more from Rabbi Alex Israel in this week’s Parsha Discussion: Beshalach — The Sound of Music.
