Yachil Midbar - יָחִיל מִדְבַּר
One of Nava Tehila's melodies for psalm 29, Kabbalat Shabbat. For bilingual display of verses click A/א above
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Levites rehearsal, Jerusalem 2015

Text

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

(ח) קוֹל יהוה יָחִיל מִדְבָּר, יָחִיל יהוה מִדְבַּר קָדֵשׁ:

(8) The voice of God makes the desert tremble, God makes tremble the desert of Kadesh.

Kol Adonai yachil midbar, yachil Adonai midbar kadesh.

Resources

Method

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Kavvanot

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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