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Asaph ben Berechiah  Asaph ben BerechiahAsaph is identified with twelve psalms (no. 50 and 73-82). He is said to be the son of Berechiah, and an ancestor of the Asaphim. The Asaphim were one of the guilds of musicians in the Jerusalem temple. This information is clarified in the books 1 and 2 of Chronicles. In Chronicles, it is said that Asaph was a descendant of Gershom the son of Levi and he is identified as a member of the Levi'im. He is also known as one of the three Levi'im commissioned by King David to be in charge of singing in the Temple. In 1 Chronicles 6:39 David appoints a man named Heman as the main musician or singer and Asaph as Heman’s right hand assistant and the Merari at his left hand. Asaph is also credited with performing at the dedication of Solomon’s temple in 2 Chronicles 5:12. Filter resources by Category Tehilim Book 3 (Psalms 73–89) | Imminent Communal Danger & Distress | Psalm of the Day | Shiv'ah Asar b'Tamuz | Thursday | Tuesday Filter resources by Tag על הגתית Al HaGitit | Colleyville synagogue hostage crisis | devotional interpretation | English Translation | First Temple Period | interpretive translation | ירושלם Jerusalem | למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ | מזמור Mizmor | Psalm of the Day | תהלים Psalms | Psalms 79 | Psalms 81 | Psalms 82 | Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim (Colleyville Texas) | שיר של יום Shir Shel Yom | Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) | Thursday | Tuesday | vengeance Filter resources by Name Filtered by tag: “למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ” (clear filter) Sorted Chronologically (new to old). Sort oldest first? תהלים פ״א | Psalms 81, the psalm for Thursday (translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)Contributed on: 27 Jul 2017 by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation) | Asaph ben Berechiah | the Masoretic Text | ❧ Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Psalm of the Day for Thursday (Psalms 81) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the Psalm. . . . | ||
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