JUST WHAT IS SHABBAT 'KIRTAN'? Dodi Li You Tube Video Says It All

Kirtan (a sanscrit word meaning "to repeat") is a call-and-response chanting practice performed in India's devotional traditions. I'm borrowing the term for our Shabbat event after Alan Stein of Stargate Books & Awareness Resources* introduced me to a CD by Yofiyah titled "Kabbalah Kirtan".  Transforming familiar and beloved Jewish prayers like Dodi Li and Oseh Shalom into powerful communal chants with a new twist created a new vibrancy in my relationship with the prayers. 

This vibrancy is the tone we seek for these morning Shabbat circles and we will explore many avenues and vehicles of meditation, chant, and prayer from the Jewish tradition and beyond to delight in our unity with God. 

Click below to see Hebrew Kirtan in action as Yofiyah chants Dodi Li at the ALEPH Kallah.

 

CLICK HERE to read more about 'Hebrew Kirtan'.

(*Contact Stargate if you'd like to buy Yofiyah's CD "Kabbalah Kirtan' - she is awesome!  You can find Stargate at 1374 Willamette, Eugene or call them at 541-342-8348.  Or just come to our Shabbat morning circles to experience the power of community chanting live!)