Music

Welcome to the Music and Prayer page! On this page, you will find recordings of some of Rabbi Kelilah Miller’s original prayer settings and chants.  You will also find some of our commonly-used prayers, including the blessings before and after Torah readings and Haftarah.  

Rabbi Kelilah Miller’s Original Compositions:

To listen to more of Rabbi Miller’s liturgical compositions and other demos, please visit: https://soundcloud.com/kelilah-miller

 

Writing new melodies for ancient prayers and poems has been a surprisingly profound spiritual practice for me over the past few years.  It has demanded that I experience traditional words in new ways, often listening for something underneath them that I have missed in the past.  It has also demanded that I become more familiar with the amazing treasure trove of Jewish music from all over the world as I have sought inspiration for new sounds and rhythms.  It has stretched me as a musician and as a rabbi. 

But even more than writing music, singing some of these new melodies with others has been such a joy-filled experience.  Coming together in song is at the heart of the Jewish spiritual “toolbox”, and I hope to continue to find ways to deepen our communal exploration of music as a path to connection – with one another, with our tradition, and with the Jewish future.

 

Yedid Nefesh

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Oi4hDZDWVBSwrEQD_ku4ZFy0zODhpu4/view?usp=sharing

 

Link to words: http://www.zemirotdatabase.org/view_song.php?id=24

 

Yigdal 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ozl5JVVEaYBsp9M3-M2ecxHdmjga-3NG/view?usp=sharing

 

Link to words: http://www.zemirotdatabase.org/view_song.php?id=95

 

Min HaMetzar

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dKjbpXm-kqGR6pDhHFkHzxhYSG9RCOV9/view?usp=sharing

 

One vocal only (for learning): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vvbJShUF47Xg8ZztYN2pGOEE1RDyaOzk/view?usp=sharing

 

With “Adonai Li” Harmony: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V9eswiCXD0yY3AFYrcAJE4qq6n5830Ub/view?usp=sharing

 

13 attributes of Mercy

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f-boUlVt_5vbjL6H_MjVynJ51s-z51is/view?usp=sharing

 

Chad Gadya

All parts together: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OeJ0bjaepNLMgzAph5fv0o0NAmiDRFFB/view?usp=sharing

 

Part 1 isolated https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZN6djk9rYO7NKhwi9FLTs6EvnI1ykKIR/view?usp=sharing

 

Part 2 isolated https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q3TYARsTXSePEfttNWJe3nfV7MlsmfYY/view?usp=sharing

 

Part 3 isolated

https://drive.google.com/file/d/194zDw4nkZr23ioB4WnwvqzUIOFxWjbYp/view?usp=sharing

 

Link to words: http://www.zemirotdatabase.org/view_song.php?id=136

 

Shir Shpatzir

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TKMCND–YsBo5TyVL4Us3vbREkkiJyW4/view?usp=sharing

 

Oz VeHadar:

All parts together:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TOHN1ZLlugf-yahCOpOKma_FuvfNxsTH/view?usp=sharing

 

Part #1 isolated:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C9SmzVSxeaBurbTjVLbitJA6IshYbgoq/view?usp=sharing

 

Part #2 isolated: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ieBkoQcx61k1hZnHP0bgd_j3Aa0BXk7u/view?usp=sharing

 

Part #3 isolated:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x6EFI-glVpxLhCPbt_RZmFcVurTyIVjM/view?usp=sharing

 

Prayers and Blessings:

 

Torah Service:

 

Blessings before and after Torah reading (Aliyah Blessings)

 

Blessing Before https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnc3ltcmVvOU1jNFU/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-GUlnm-3CiKMvBDD8KdOneA

 

Blessing After https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnTTZRMVJmNEd4LWc/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-Vh9lJa4f-fVbgyFOjb3thw

 

Blessings before and after the Haftarah

 

Blessing Before  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnV21wRUJPMkw2cHc/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-EIU1578mZwZ1kTPObD7I7Q

 

Blessings After

Blessing #1 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnN3d2WnhLbUZ3NWs/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-XCeOblFJT_FfNR2CiLhirg

 

Blessing #2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnOGdKQjhqQXQwaWM/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-dQdCL7AgSoXyiDDsGC3jWQ

 

Blessing #3 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnSnRqcVBUWXVzeGM/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-qcIDYlW_ohOadbjuxcQmEA

 

Blessing #4 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxVlaxDTTBHnVGJsNTgxZnBNRjg/view?usp=sharing&resourcekey=0-jh1UZenuYSHEYhhL3elG1A

 

Link to text of the blessings:

Hebrew, color coded to the melody https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TBhO1wTVYpk_mY3yBprbYI-ah6-9gxr-/view?usp=sharing

 

Transliteration, color coded to the melody: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z8ox64ECHvpsqu7K-hnexSSf8PGWpu0l/view?usp=sharing

 

Taking out the Torah (Shabbat Morning Service):

 

Ein Kamocha:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13qNjU0qahTB_dSMmDnfbobnz7o7bVUj-/view?usp=sharing

 

Vayehi Binsoa:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UX5DiOr7Vd9LvQjcfDiIMCbn331TuDnA/view?usp=sharing

 

Bei Ana Rachetz:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i29bFxITBNVElb9pn1v4KGYpWm2Iv7qT/view?usp=sharing

 

Shema and Gadlu:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bxc-YIqrxtEQuvPmKUnPUYdsudVQM1ew/view?usp=sharing

 

Returning the Torah to the Ark (Shabbat Morning Service)

 

Yehallelu:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XEDNl_YcIb3mkk4k4hSzOn37n1PwvxH0/view?usp=sharing

 

Etz Chayim Hi:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19MeRZJfxCnaZUYPcxoI_DvcQdOFOIxJ1/view?usp=sharing