[HANASHIR:5610] Chordster, Niggunim, Vans

[Rick Lupert <Rick...>]

Chordster:

A note to anyone involved in the supplying of materials to Hava 
Nashira attendees this year: having received 2 copies of Shireinu at 
recent Hava Nashirim, I'm hoping this year, we'll be offered the 
Shireinu Chordster instead, or at least a choice between the two.


Niggunim:

I'm in love with the Rabbis of old's concept of why we sing niggunim, 
melodies without words.  We all come to pray from different places 
with different things going on in our heads...we come with our own 
unique melody.  We sing the niggun together to, in a way, clear our 
heads of all of these things, and intertwine our existing personal 
melodies into one, so we can move forward and pray together in a 
focused manner.  That, according to them, was the purpose of the 
niggun, to be the melody around which we wrap our own individual 
melodies.  Stories told to us by Danny Maseng at last years Hava 
Nashira) tell us that some Rabbis would not begin the service until 
the niggun was being sung exactly right by everyone, no matter how 
long it took.  (I'm paraphrasing)  So, from this perspective, it 
seems that the niggun is a crucial element of prayer and not 
necessarily a text-free free for all.


Van to Hava Nashira:

As some time has passed since my original invitation and more folks 
have probably considered travel arrangements to Oconomowoc, I'd like 
to reiterate my invitation to reserve a space on either the van to 
Oconomowoc from the airport, or the return trip at the end of Hava 
Nashira.  The times are as follows:

        Wednesday May 31 around 4:15pm to OSRUI

        Leaving OSRUI for the aiport on Sunday June 4 at 11am


Wednesday Shalom

Rick
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