Evening as Encounter: Ma’ariv & Workshop Live from SLBC
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accepting the invitation…
Welcome back to our three part pray-along series, live from Songleader Boot Camp. We’re closing it out in the evening with some ma’ariv magic. Join a glorious group of musicians, prayer-leaders, and participants to sing, feel, and perhaps open to something unexpected. And remember to register for our s*ngs ab-ut g?d curriculum & educator training in August!
How can t’fillah-as-encounter help us encounter the world anew?
show notes
[1] Learn more about (and register for) our upcoming s*ngs ab-ut g?d curriculum & educator training!
[2] You can follow along with these siddur slides, created on canva.
[3] The Ma’ariv Magic prayer ensemble you hear is:
Chava Mirel (guitar)
Noah Diamondstein (guitar, percussion)
Eliana Light (guitar, percussion)
Josh Ehrlich (keys)
Ariel Wyner (mandolin)
Eitan Kantor (violin)
Steven Chaitman (guitar)
[4] This teaching about the evening service as “encounter” comes from Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, based on Berachot 26b.
[5] The walk home niggun is off of Eliana’s album ORAH HI and is used here also as a melody for barchu. (it works well as a v’shamru, too!)
[6] Roll into Dark by Noam Katz is led by Cantor Jordan Goldstein.
[7] This Ahavat Olam is by Eliana.
[8] Yael Greene and Kayla Gittlin led this Sh’ma, written by Sam Powers, Zach Powers, and Meryl Rudy when they were teens at Am Shalom in Chicago.
[9] Mi Chamocha is led by, and written by, Rabbi Noah Diamondstein.
[10] Hashkiveinu by Steven Chaitman is led by Steven Chaitman, along with Ari Weinbaum. Ari holds musical space and community at Kehillah Synagogue in Chapel Hill, especially on third Fridays.
[11] As my teacher Rabbi Daniel Greyber (of Beth El Synagogue in Durham, NC) says, the siddur is the map, not the journey.
[12]Sefatay Tiftach (Open My Lips) by Beit T’fillah Israeli is led by Noah and then Mayta Cohen.
[13] “Collective Effervescence” is a phrase coined by French sociologist Emile Durkheim for the vibrancy and energy we feel when “engaged in a shared purpose” with a large group of people. Read more on this sweet blog here.
[14] We close with Vehasheivota Aleinuby Shir Meira Feit.