5.3 Asher lo Hayam - אֲשֶׁר לוֹ הַיָּם
One of Nava Tehila's melodies for Kabbalat Shabbat. For bilingual display of verses click A above
Pardes Hannah - Karkur 2020

Text

Click “Siddur Ashkenaz” below for the full Kabbalat Shabbat text

(ה) אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ הַיָּם וְהוּא עָשָֽׂהוּ, וְיַבֶּֽשֶׁת יָדָיו יָצָֽרוּ:

(5) The sea is God’s - the One who made it; and the land, fashioned by God’s hands.
Asher lo hayam vehu asahu, veyabeshet yadav yatzaru

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Method

More than the melodies! At Nava Tehila, we've developed chant-based prayer services that are inclusive, ecstatic, and transformative. Ready to bring this musical prayer method to your community? Check out our tutorials.

Research

In the Nava Tehila method, kavvanot, intentions for inner engagement with the words of prayer, are developed through close attention to the language of the psalms: Pshat, Midrash, and Kabbalistic and Hasidic illumination. Click the source title below to open these biblical verses in Sefaria, where rich commentary is directly linked to the text.
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Daphna with the community kids in the recording studio: Avital Meir, Avital Kagan, Mira Sykes and Uriel Gan Sinclair. Credit: Ruth Gan Kagan, 2008