{"id":52176,"date":"2019-03-26T16:10:53","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T14:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=52176"},"modified":"2022-10-18T16:15:41","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T13:15:41","slug":"singing-the-song-of-torah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/singing-the-song-of-torah\/","title":{"rendered":"Singing The Song Of Torah"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[512,362,410],"acf":{"old_id":"52176","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":46656,"related_cahpter":"184","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Not just each generation but each individual must write their own song, connecting mind to heart","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shortly after assuring the Israelites that keeping the Torah and passing it down to their children is within their grasp and achievable (Chapter 30), the Israelites are given their final, collective, 613<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commandment: \u201cWrite this song for yourselves, teach it to the children of Israel and place it in their mouth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our sages agree that this refers to the commandment for every Israelite to write or participate in the writing of a Torah scroll. But the commandment to \u201cwrite this song for yourselves\u201d ties right back to the verses in Chapter 30 that tell us that the internalization of Torah comes from the heart, not the head, and that is what will ensure our continuity. With this final commandment we\u2019re reminded that the Torah must be realized anew and brought to life by each generation. It\u2019s not sufficient to pass it down cerebrally \u2013 it must speak to the heart so that not just each generation but each individual, can write their own song.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not just through words on a page but through song is how, until today, we express our national experience. We don\u2019t merely read the Torah, we chant it; we don\u2019t say prayers, we sing them, and even in studying the Talmud, we don\u2019t simply read aloud, but we inject a very identifiable sing-song quality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> century lyricist E.Y. Hamburg said \u201cWords make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.\u201d So, to be effective Torah transmitters, we\u2019re not told simply to write a Torah, we\u2019re commanded to write a song, thus connecting the fulfillment of our destiny from ours mind to our hearts, and to the hearts of generations to come.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image by Gordon Johnson from Pixabay<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":52177,"id":52177,"title":"dt31-song","filename":"dt31-song.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt31-song.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/singing-the-song-of-torah\/dt31-song\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt31-song","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":52176,"date":"2019-03-26 14:10:34","modified":"2021-01-27 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