S’u Sh’arim roshaychem, u’s’u pitchay olam
Lift up your head, oh you gates; lift them up you everlasting doors! (Psalm 24:9)
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NOTE: Traditionally, Psalm 24 is read on Sunday.
We are the gates; we are the doorways. God enters the World through us when we “lift up our heads”… when we raise our consciousness. With a Sunday chant, we begin the week with an intention to listen for the call to awareness that lifts us up out of our small concerns into a wide perspective and compassionate responsiveness. By answering that call, we become everlasting doorways between the finite and infinite realms.
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- Lift Up Your Head
- Lift Up Your Head as a round
To download the PDF file for this chant, click Lift Up Your Head PDF. For the musical notation, see The Magic of Hebrew Chant, page 298.
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