“Shivitis” are contemplative offerings inviting connection to the divine. Flowing from ancient teachings and transformed with gender-neutral/feminine language, these audio/video meditations can be used in prayer, invocation, ritual, and blessings.
This shiviti is for week 4 of counting the OmerFrom the second day of Passover until Shavuot, Jews count seven weeks – seven times seven days – to commemorate the period between the Exodus from Egypt and the Revelation at Sinai. When the Temple stood, a certain measure (omer) of barley was offered on the altar each day; today, we merely count out the days.: Netzach: passion ~ power ~ perseverance
Inspired by Psalms 148:6 (the gematriaThe equation of Hebrew letters to numbers and the derivation of meaning from these equations. For instance, Jacob, in Genesis 28, dreams of a ladder on which angels ascend and descend from heaven to earth. A ladder, in Hebrew sulam, has the numerical value of 130 – samech 60, lamed 30, mem 40 – which is equivalent to Sinai – samech 60, yud 10, nun 50, yud 10. This means, according to gematria, that the ladder in Jacob’s dream was in fact Sinai or that this revelation was a precursor to God’s revelation to Moses at Sinai. of the word netzach is 148), netzach is how we are sustained in the critical work we do. Scroll down to download a PDF of the lyrics and chords.
Lyrics
l’olam va-ed ta’a’mi-dei-nu
ta’a’mi-dei-nu l’olam va-ed
u’l’neitzakh netzakhim
keep us tall
keep us rising up
(forever)
A D C A
l’olam va-ed ta’a’mi-dei-nu
D A C A
ta’a’mi-dei-nu l’olam va-ed
G F D
u’l’neitzakh netzakhim
F D
l’neitzakh netzakhim
