Shir Lach Shar: A Poem is Singing to You
Saturday, June 6 • 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
In Hebrew, the word shir means both “poem” and “song.” Join Cantorial Intern Will Brockman on Saturday, June 6 following ReSoul services for a journey into the meeting place of Israeli poetry, music, and prayer.
Together, we will listen closely to Hebrew poems and song whose words carry longing, tenderness, grief, hope, and love — and ask how they can become prayerful, even when they were not written as liturgy. We will explore how melody changes the meaning of a poem, how poetry deepens the emotional world of music, and how Israeli secular songs can sometimes open sacred space in unexpected ways.
This session will invite us to hear familiar categories a little differently: a poem as a song, a song as a prayer, and prayer as the place where the heart learns to speak. No previous Hebrew knowledge is required.
In Hebrew, the word shir means both “poem” and “song.” Join Cantorial Intern Will Brockman on Saturday, June 6 following ReSoul services for a journey into the meeting place of Israeli poetry, music, and prayer.
Together, we will listen closely to Hebrew poems and song whose words carry longing, tenderness, grief, hope, and love — and ask how they can become prayerful, even when they were not written as liturgy. We will explore how melody changes the meaning of a poem, how poetry deepens the emotional world of music, and how Israeli secular songs can sometimes open sacred space in unexpected ways.
This session will invite us to hear familiar categories a little differently: a poem as a song, a song as a prayer, and prayer as the place where the heart learns to speak. No previous Hebrew knowledge is required.
