The Song Remains the Same?

The purpose of this blog is to add melody and harmony the Shabbat table.... Please print and share.

 

Although last week's hard-to-believe "Jewish or Just Jew-ish" email was explicit enough, a regular reader once accused me of not making this weekly Table Talk email "Jewish" enough.

But careful readers have discovered that there is always a Jewish connection, and almost always a reference to the weekly parsha.

(I admit that the parsha reference is often subtle, but let that be a puzzle for the puzzle-lovers out there to solve. Sometimes it's merely in the title...)

Here's a new year's challenge for everyone out there, including yours, truly.

We have a reliable tradition in the name of the Vilna Gaon that anyone who doesn't understand music does not fully understand Torah.

Translation: appreciating music is a key to wisdom.

Here's your challenge: make a commitment (resolution) to increase your musical wisdom this year, in one of the following ways:

• practice an instrument for 15 minutes a day for 30 days (voice counts)
• listen to a new piece of complex music every day for 30 days
• study music theory for 15 minutes a day for 30 days (there are apps for that)
• watch a Rick Beato video every day for 30 days
• learn a new Shabbat or other holy song every week for 4 weeks

If this challenge appeals to you - please forward this email to others - let's see how much we can increase  musicality and wisdom!

If you send me your musical resolution, I'll send you mine....

Question for your table: What's the connection between music and wisdom?

Shabbat Shalom
 

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