Giving Songs in the Night: The Art of Singing for Consolation
Regina Sandler-Phillips
Within the “containing wall” of the Nine Days before Tisha b’Av, we will practice the art of consolation through the power of community singing. We will turn our voices toward the ancient Jewish wisdom of the m’konenot, singers skilled in lamentation, as reflected in our sacred texts. We will share accessible rounds, chants, lullabies, and love songs in Hebrew, Ladino, Yiddish, and Aramaic that offer comfort as well as deepen mindfulness of the precious gift of life during happier times. And we will discover how singing through these days anticipates the “new song” of redemption promised in prophecy and psalm.
Regina Sandler-Phillips is a rabbi, chaplain, cantorial soloist, and “singer provocateur” trained in both classical and folk traditions. She has taught Jewish singing to all age groups in a range of Jewish and general community settings. As the founding chair of a 70-member hevra kadisha (burial fellowship), Regina is a leading innovator in reclaiming the sacred uses of Jewish song for healing through loss. Selections from her forthcoming CD, “MA’AVAR: Jewish Melodies, Chants and Songs of Passage and Transition” will be shared with participants.
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