Beshalah
The Shabbat of The Song
By Cantor Marcia Lane
Have you ever noticed that, when you fell in love, you fell in love with all
of your beloved? You fell in love with the shape of the face, with the
sound of the voice, even with the way your loved one walked. Believe
me, it’s that way with Torah, too. I fell in love with all of it: the
sound of Torah chanting, the content of the words and the concepts, how
they were juxtaposed phrase against phrase, and the very physicality of
the Torah scroll. I love the way you can look at each scroll and admire
the handwriting of the sofer who wrote it. And I completely love The Song.
On February 18th we will read Parashat Beshalah, which includes the Song at the Sea. For that reason this Shabbat is named Shabbat Shirah‘the
Shabbat of Song. This is only the second time that the word for song
has been used in Read More >