SOUNDS OF FAITH:
Our link to the Eternal
Metzorah, our Parsha this week, is a disease that is said to be afflicted upon one who has slandered a fellow human being or spoken ill of someone. The Torah takes this very seriously. When we examine other texts, Psalm 34 says, "Who is the one desiring life...guard your tongue from evil and your lips from deceit...seek peace and pursue it!" It would seem that if one is careful about the way they speak of fellow human beings, they would certainly be on the road to avoid doing anything that would harm that same being.We speak as we sing, as we cry and as we pray; using the breath that was breathed into us at birth and taken away at the end. Breath makes SOUND and allows us to join with the harmony of the universe in our quest for our FAITH and belief in the Almighty. I have no doubt that all music, but above all music that is sung, is our spiritual connection to Hashem. The study of Torah being the most important "mitzvah," prayer and the SOUNDS OF FAITH are our closest physical link to the Eternal.
This is what we will present this Sunday, April 6, at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Anshe Emet Synagogue. I need not tell you about the plethora of talent from Muezzins chanting their call to prayer to a gospel choir and soloists rocking the House of The Lord! I cannot wait to join this magnificent whirlwind of sounds from the softest hush to the loudest exultation! I pray you will join us in what will be an S.R.O. concert!
Shabbat Shalom,
Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi
