For The Love Of The Music

Music is an integral part of any Jewish

worship service. It’s often what transports

us to expanded, prayerful states of consciousness

and awareness.

On a Tuesday night each month, Mitzi

Schwarz leads a gathering called “For The

Love Of The Music” at Bethel Lutheran

Church in their library from 7:30 pm to 9

pm. This is open to everyone, members

and non-members alike.

We look at the prayers of our Shabbat

service, learn the melodies thoroughly

and methodically, learn the origins of the

prayers, examine their meanings, and

share how these meanings do or don’t apply

to our own lives today.

For the next few months, we’ll focus on

the music of our Friday night service;

once we’ve moved through this music,

we’ll begin exploring music of other

worship services: High Holy Days liturgy,

Passover, etc. And we’ll explore the original

music composed by our own Makom

members, past and present.