Music for the Sabbath

Are you getting ready for the Happy Hour?  For me, that is when the sun goes down and the Sabbath arrives. 

This is such a beautiful rendition of the Aaronic Blessing  - Enjoy...and good Shabbos to you all, dear Gail-Friends.

Wisdom Wednesday #16 - Blessings

Last week, I said I'd talk about the hand sign Rabbi Jem uses when giving a blessing.  This is it:

If you are a Star Trek fan, you probably think this was stolen from Spock.  No, the truth is Leonard Nimoy is Jewish and learned this from his grandfather who was a rabbi.  

The fingers make the letter "shin" in Hebrew: ש
The letter shin is a the first letter of the Hebrew word "shomer" which means "guardian".  The rabbi is the guardian of the synagogue. 

Blessings are an important emphasis in Jewish life.  I wrote about the blessing for wives and children, and today I'll share about the Aaronic blessing.  The instructions for this blessing are found in Numbers 6: 23-26*

Speak to Aharon and his sons, and tell them that this is how you are to bless the people of Israel: you are to say to them,

May Adonai bless you and keep you.
May Adonai make his face shine on you and show you his favor. May Adonai lift up his face toward you and give you peace.

At the end of service, we gather in a circle.  The men hold up their tallits over their family members and Rabbi Jem gives the blessing. What a wonderful way to end our time together - going home being blessed and feeling under G-d's wings.

Well, we don't all go home then.  We have "oneg", which is a time of food and fellowship together.  It's a great time with "mishpacha" (family). 

Shalom (peace) to you all, and have a good week.
*quotations are from the Complete Jewish Bible

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31 Days of Praying For Our Children - Day 31

For Blessing

May Adonai bless you and keep you.

May Adonai make his face shine on you and show you his favor.

May Adonai lift up His face toward you and give you peace.

(Numbers 6:24-26... The Aaronic Blessing)

Father, thank You for blessing me with children.  I prayed to conceive them and You answered my prayer.  My prayer for them has always been to be blessed with Your blessings.  Not with wealth or fame or worldly acclaim.  I want them to know the riches of Your grace and the joys of Your Secret Place.  For them to know the depth of Your love and the tender sound of Your voice.

During every Erev Shabbat Service when we place the little children under the tallit and bless them, I think of my children, their spouses, and my grandson and pray for them to be blessed also.

Father, I will not have earthly riches to leave my children.  My wealth is in You alone, so I am a very rich woman.  I pray to be remembered as a woman who lived for You and who loved people.  Prayer will be my legacy, and I am confident of Your answers to these prayers for my children and for future generations.  May You and You alone be glorified forever.

In joy I lift these prayers to You in the Mighty Name of Yeshua Ha-Mashiach.