[HANASHIR:13575] Ki Tisa -- Sermon In Song

[Steve Meltzer <steve...>]

Chevrei --

This past August at CAJE, I had the privilege of taking a workshop about 
writing a D'var Torah with
Rabbi Joe Black. Two months ago Joe was at the one of the three synagogue I 
teach at for Friday
evening Shabbat Services, where he did a 'sermon-in-song'.  Both were great 
experiences -- not only
for Joe's music itself, but also for the way his sermon related to his music 
(and vice versa).

The reason I mention this is that I was asked by my Rabbi to give the D'var 
Torah this Friday
evening while he is in sunny Florida at a Wexner Fellows Weekend.  Immediately 
I thought to do a
'sermon-in-song'. While I would love to write a song related to this week's 
parsha -- Ki Tisa -- it
probably would not be finished in time.  A more likely possibility would be to 
base my D'var Torah
on a song that has already been written.

One song that immediately comes to mind is a personal favorite, Leon Sher's 
"Adonai Adonai" (Exodus
34:6-7).  "V'shamru" (Exodus 31:16-17) also comes from this parsha, but because 
it is already a part
of the Shabbat liturgy, perhaps it might seem redundant to do it a second time 
-- even if two
different versions are done.

Do any of you have any other suggestions for songs?  If you have a suggestion, 
please let me know
how you think it relates to the text (if it is a creative interpretation) or 
how you would interpret
the text used (if it is just Hebrew).  I would especially be honored if any of 
you had songs related
to or from Ki Tisa.  I am looking forward to your input.

Still digging out from near-blizzard conditions and record snowfall in central 
Massachusetts (some
of us aren't as lucky as Joe) . . . can't wait for Purim in Miami!


B'shalom,

Steve Meltzer
508-366-9457
steve (at) meltzerworld(dot)net
www.meltzerworld.net

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