Bogrim Tefilla: Kickoff for JV Yom Roo!

Bogrim had a ruach-filled Tefilla this morning.  Rosh Edah Emily Farbman gave a great D’var Tefilla about the prayer “Az Yashir” and she connected concepts in this tefilla with our day’s agenda: JV Yom Roo.  She asked the chanichim (campers) to find the specific wording in this prayer that is aggressive, forceful, or battle-like (see text, below; how would you answer?).  She also discussed the difference between this type of prayer and prayers that focus on peace.  When the kehilla recited the prayer, there was added vim and vigor given to the two words: וַיֹּאמְרוּ (VaYomRoo!) and רָמָה (Ramah!).  What a great start to our JV Yom Roo!

 

Exodus Chapter 15 שְׁמוֹת

א  אָז יָשִׁיר-מֹשֶׁה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת-הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת, לַיהוָה, וַיֹּאמְרוּ,  {ר}  לֵאמֹר:  {ס}  אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי-גָאֹה גָּאָה,  {ס}  סוּס  {ר}  וְרֹכְבוֹ רָמָה בַיָּם.  {ס} 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying: I will sing unto the LORD, for He is highly exalted; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.
ב  עָזִּי וְזִמְרָת יָהּ, וַיְהִי-לִי  {ר}  לִישׁוּעָה;  {ס}  זֶה אֵלִי וְאַנְוֵהוּ,  {ס}  אֱלֹהֵי  {ר}  אָבִי וַאֲרֹמְמֶנְהוּ.  {ס} 2 The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation; this is my God, and I will glorify Him; my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
ג  יְהוָה, אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; יְהוָה,  {ר}  שְׁמוֹ.  {ס} 3 The LORD is a man of war, The LORD is His name.
ד  מַרְכְּבֹת פַּרְעֹה וְחֵילוֹ, יָרָה בַיָּם;  {ס}  וּמִבְחַר  {ר}  שָׁלִשָׁיו, טֻבְּעוּ בְיַם-סוּף.  {ס} 4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea, and his chosen captains are sunk in the Red Sea.
ה  תְּהֹמֹת, יְכַסְיֻמוּ; יָרְדוּ בִמְצוֹלֹת, כְּמוֹ-  {ר}  אָבֶן.  {ס} 5 The deeps cover them–they went down into the depths like a stone.
ו  יְמִינְךָ יְהוָה, נֶאְדָּרִי בַּכֹּחַ;  {ס}  יְמִינְךָ  {ר}  יְהוָה, תִּרְעַץ אוֹיֵב.  {ס} 6 Thy right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, Thy right hand, O LORD, dasheth in pieces the enemy.
ז  וּבְרֹב גְּאוֹנְךָ, תַּהֲרֹס  {ר}  קָמֶיךָ;  {ס}  תְּשַׁלַּח, חֲרֹנְךָ–יֹאכְלֵמוֹ, כַּקַּשׁ.  {ס} 7 And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.
ח  וּבְרוּחַ  {ר}  אַפֶּיךָ נֶעֶרְמוּ מַיִם,  {ס}  נִצְּבוּ כְמוֹ-נֵד  {ר}  נֹזְלִים;  {ס}  קָפְאוּ תְהֹמֹת, בְּלֶב-יָם.  {ס} 8 And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up–the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
ט  אָמַר  {ר}  אוֹיֵב אֶרְדֹּף אַשִּׂיג,  {ס}  אֲחַלֵּק שָׁלָל; תִּמְלָאֵמוֹ  {ר}  נַפְשִׁי–  {ס}  אָרִיק חַרְבִּי, תּוֹרִישֵׁמוֹ יָדִי.  {ס} 9 The enemy said: ‘I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.’
י  נָשַׁפְתָּ  {ר}  בְרוּחֲךָ, כִּסָּמוֹ יָם;  {ס}  צָלְלוּ, כַּעוֹפֶרֶת, בְּמַיִם,  {ר}  אַדִּירִים.  {ס} 10 Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters.
יא  מִי-כָמֹכָה בָּאֵלִם יְהוָה,  {ס}  מִי  {ר}  כָּמֹכָה נֶאְדָּר בַּקֹּדֶשׁ;  {ס}  נוֹרָא תְהִלֹּת, עֹשֵׂה  {ר}  פֶלֶא.  {ס} 11 Who is like unto Thee, O LORD, among the mighty? who is like unto Thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
יב  נָטִיתָ, יְמִינְךָ–תִּבְלָעֵמוֹ, אָרֶץ.  {ס} 12 Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand–the earth swallowed them.
יג  נָחִיתָ  {ר}  בְחַסְדְּךָ, עַם-זוּ גָּאָלְתָּ;  {ס}  נֵהַלְתָּ בְעָזְּךָ, אֶל-נְוֵה  {ר}  קָדְשֶׁךָ.  {ס} 13 Thou in Thy love hast led the people that Thou hast redeemed; Thou hast guided them in Thy strength to Thy holy habitation.
יד  שָׁמְעוּ עַמִּים, יִרְגָּזוּן;  {ס}  חִיל  {ר}  אָחַז, יֹשְׁבֵי פְּלָשֶׁת.  {ס} 14 The peoples have heard, they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia.
טו  אָז נִבְהֲלוּ, אַלּוּפֵי  {ר}  אֱדוֹם–  {ס}  אֵילֵי מוֹאָב, יֹאחֲזֵמוֹ רָעַד;  {ס}  נָמֹגוּ,  {ר}  כֹּל יֹשְׁבֵי כְנָעַן.  {ס} 15 Then were the chiefs of Edom affrighted; the mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away.
טז  תִּפֹּל עֲלֵיהֶם אֵימָתָה  {ר}  וָפַחַד,  {ס}  בִּגְדֹל זְרוֹעֲךָ יִדְּמוּ כָּאָבֶן:  {ס}  עַד-  {ר}  יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ יְהוָה,  {ס}  עַד-יַעֲבֹר עַם-זוּ  {ר}  קָנִיתָ.  {ס} 16 Terror and dread falleth upon them; by the greatness of Thine arm they are as still as a stone; till Thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over that Thou hast gotten.
יז  תְּבִאֵמוֹ, וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ בְּהַר נַחֲלָתְךָ–  {ס}  מָכוֹן  {ר}  לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ, יְהוָה;  {ס}  מִקְּדָשׁ, אֲדֹנָי כּוֹנְנוּ  {ר}  יָדֶיךָ.  {ס} 17 Thou bringest them in, and plantest them in the mountain of Thine inheritance, the place, O LORD, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established.
יח  יְהוָה יִמְלֹךְ, לְעֹלָם וָעֶד.  {ס} 18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

 


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