Halleluyah (Psalm 148) - הַלְלּויָּה (תהילים קמ"ח)
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One of Nava Tehila original melody for Prayers - Shabbat and Weekdays. For bilingual display of verses click A/א above
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Kallah Conference, Ohio 2009
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Music: Yoel Sykes

Text

Psalm 148 is part of P'sukei D'Zimra on both Shabbat and weekdays. These specific verses are also recited as part of Birkat HaChama.
Click “Siddur Ashkenaz” below for the full text of the psalm
סידור אשכנז, שבת, שחרית, פסוקי דזמרה, תהילים קמח

הַלְלוּיָהּ, הַלְלוּ אֶת יהוה מִן הַשָּׁמַיִם, הַלְלוּהוּ בַּמְּרומִים: הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל מַלְאָכָיו, הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל צְבָאָיו: הַלְלוּהוּ שֶׁמֶשׁ וְיָרֵחַ, הַלְלוּהוּ כָּל כּוכְבֵי אור: הַלְלוּהוּ שְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם, וְהַמַּיִם אֲשֶׁר מֵעַל הַשָּׁמָיִם: יְהַלְלוּ אֶת שֵׁם יהוה, כִּי הוּא צִוָּה וְנִבְרָאוּ: וַיַּעֲמִידֵם לָעַד לְעולָם. חָק נָתַן וְלא יַעֲבור:

Siddur Ashkenaz, Shabbat, Shacharit, Pesukei Dezimra, Psalm 148

Hallelujah. Praise God from the heavens; give praise on high. Give praise, all you angels, give praise, all divine hosts. Give praise, sun and moon, give praise, all bright stars. Give praise, highest heavens, and you waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of God ,who commanded that they be created, and who made them endure forever, establishing an order that shall never change.

Halleluyah.

Halelu et Adonai min hashamayim, haleluhu ba-meromim. Haleluhu kol mal'achav, haleluhu kol tseva'av. Haleluhu shemesh veyare'ach, haleluhu kol kochvey or. Haleluhu shmey hashamayim, vehamayim asher me'al hashmayim. Yehalelu et shem Adonai, ki hu tsiva venivra'u. Vaya'amidem la'ad le'olam, chok natan velo ya'avor.

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.

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.
תהילים קמ״ח:א׳-ו׳
Psalms 148:1-6

Story

We wrote "Halleluyah" for Birkat HaChama 2009. This ritual takes place at sunrise once every 28 years (next occurrence is April 8, 2037). The video below was filmed while Yoel was still composing the piece, and the final version is slightly different. We also have a video shot at the ceremony, at sunrise featuring another melody we composed for the liturgy, "Hashamayim Mesaprim".

Covers

I love this a-cappela rendition of the Mazel Tonesy
In Nava Tehila, we make a point of composing for particular words, and the melodies themselves become a midrash on the liturgy. At the same time, prayer leaders and cantors have a tradition of making shiduchim between existing melodies and different parts of the prayer service. Here are two examples that work particularly well...
Craig Parks & Charlie Kramer settinf for Barechu - Song Leaders Bootcamp 2020
Rabbi Sam Bluestein & Eliana Light setting for psalm 150, Ahavath Achim, Atlanta, HH 2021
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