Song at the Sea

The story is told of the cantor who was approached after the synagogue services by an indignant member of the congregation. "That was the most awful rendition I ever heard in my life!" The president of the synagogue turned to the cantor to console him: "O...

The womanly strain in the "Song at the Sea"

And as many times as you hear it, you’re moved all the same. If the tune grabs you from the get-go, it will almost always continue to do so.

There is no one Torah model of leadership. We are each called on to fill a number of roles .

Do you remember your bar or bat mitzva and the heady excitement of entering a new stage in life, with endless possibilities stretching before you?

When language aspires to the transcendent, and the soul longs to break free of the gravitational pull of the earth, it modulates into song.

Our world needs more righteous people or, at least, more righteous acts.

After the great miracle of the Splitting of the Sea, Moses led the Jewish people in singing praises to G‑d. The Torah then describes how Miriam led the women in singing their own song of praise, while dancing and playing musical instruments: Miriam, the p...

After the miracle of the splitting of the sea, the entire Jewish people broke out into song. Moses led the men and Miriam led the women. What does this story teach us about separation of genders in Jewish tradition?

Unravel the mystical dimension of three Talmudic opinions on how the Song of the Sea was sung, and its expression in the unity between Moses and the Jewish people.