tagged: Psalms 67 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari (ca. late 19th – early 20th c. Herat, Afghanistan)

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Andrew Meit and Mashiaḥ Asgari

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Art & Craft, Shiviti

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19th century C.E., meditation, שויתי shiviti, Psalms 67, 57th century A.M.

A digital reproduction of a Shiviti held in the Royal Library of Denmark’s Simonsen Manuscripts Collection. . . .

תהלים ס״ז | Psalms 67 (interpretive translation by Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l)

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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Unknown Author(s) and the Masoretic Text

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Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72)

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תהלים Psalms, English Translation, Psalms 67, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מזמור Mizmor, שיר Shir, למנציח Lamnatse'aḥ, Binginot, devotional interpretation, interpretive translation

This English translation of Psalms 30 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification by Aharon Varady. . . .

📄 Scaling the Walls of the Labyrinth: Psalms 67 and Ana b’Khoaḥ

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Aharon N. Varady and Unknown Author(s)

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Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72), Sefirat ha-Omer, Shabbat, Sukkot, Ḥanukkah, Slavery & Captivity

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Psalms 67, Raḥav, shalmah, labyrinth, a red ribbon, cyclical, walled cities, barley, captives, wheat, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, first fruits, 42 letter divine name, acrostic, anxiety, Divine name acrostic

Psalms 67 is a priestly blessing for all the peoples of the earth to be sustained by the earth’s harvest (yevulah), and it is a petition that all humanity recognize the divine nature (Elohim) illuminating the world. Composed of seven verses, the psalm is often visually depicted as a seven branched menorah. There are 49 words in the entire psalm, and in the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l there is one word for each day of the Sefirat haOmer. Similarly, the fifth verse has 49 letters and each letter can be used as a focal point for meditating on the meaning of the day in its week in the journey to Shavuot, the festival of weeks (the culmination of the barley harvest), and the festival of oaths (shevuot) in celebration of receiving the Torah. Many of the themes of Psalms 67 are repeated in the prayer Ana b’Koaḥ, which also has 49 words, and which are also used to focus on the meaning of each day on the cyclical and labyrinthine journey towards Shavuot. . . .