Cantor's Corner

Music evokes emotion, memory and even time. In the context of prayer and ritual, music not only brings us closer to each other, but also allows us to become part of the continuum of Jewish tradition extending from our ancestors to the next generations. It helps deepen our prayer, our relationships to each other, and our relationship to God as few other things can.

As in so many areas of ritual and tradition, music helps us create order and may fill us with a sense of peace and comfort in a world that is often chaotic. Through melody and harmony we can express ourselves, whether in family melodies, community melodies, chant, traditional, contemporary… we embrace our music, and value the relationships we build when we share these melodies, singing together and breathing together.

I share ritual resources on this page, and invite you to suggest posts that you would find helpful. Feel free to stay in touch with me at cantor@tandv.org with any suggestions or questions.

T&V Prayer Melodies

Click here for some of our favorite Shabbat Prayer Melodies at T&V's Saturday morning services. While the content was developed to coincide with the curriculum for our Learners' Minyan, we hope this page will serve as a resource for anyone who may want to learn some of our prayer melodies. We invite you to visit this page again, as eventually we may add more melodies. THANK YOU! Siddur pages are from the Transliterated Siddur created by Hazzan Sarah Alexander. Click here for title page and dedication.