Hashiveinu |
Return us to ourselves Return us to each other Return us to the earth Return us to This Moment Return us to our knowing Return us to our rhythms Return us to sleep in the middle of the night Return us to our deepest desires Return us to our bodies Return us to knowing Return us to ourselves Return us to our good questions Return us to our Shrines Return us to our places of peacemaking Return us to trusting each other Return us and be in harmony with You Return us for sweetness is |
A playful, expansive, embodied riff on Eikhah 5:21 הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ ה׳ אֵלֶיךָ ונשוב [וְנָשׁוּבָה] חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם (Hashiveinu Hashem eilekha v’nashuva, ḥadeish yameinu k’qedem). Suitable for Tishah b’Av, Elul, the Days of Awe, and every day. You can listen to a recording of this text being chanted at Soundcloud.
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“Hashiveinu, by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit (2013)” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
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