Hebraic (Davidic) Dance

I have had requests for Hebraic Dance Resources. There are some great instructions dance DVD's available  as well as live dance camps that can be found at Messianic Dance Camps which put out the Teach Your Feet Dance DVD Series. Instructors are a married couple,  Ralph and Mindy Seta.  They also host live dance camps and trips to worship in Israel.

Here is a wonderful overview of Biblical Hebraic Dance History, by a lady who's name I do not know. She has a few videos I will be featuring here from her You Tube Channel Rejoice in Dance.

However there are many instructional worship videos that can be accessed for free on You Tube or God Tube.  They will teach specific song or specific steps.  If you like their style, after viewing them here, go to their source location and subscribe to their channel so you can go back to use them again and again.  It is good to first learn the steps with their names.  This will help you greatly when the "names" are called out for the song instructional on other videos or in person at Shabbat or feast gathering.  So lets start there:

This is Shannon Compo she has a You Tube Channel called Shay4Dance

Another great resource is the Key Of David International channel on Your Tube which has a wonderful series of videos that teach one step at a time in each video.  This is done in a very clean and concise way and they give a little traditional history to origin of the steps as well.

There are a few levels of difficulty (Davidic or) Hebraic Dance.  I would encourage you to start with songs with simple step combinations to get the hang of it.  There are dances for everyone though, so I want to show you some of the beginner level low impact dances to start with.  Some songs can become a serious aerobic workouts and get you huffing or make you feel like you have two left feet, if you re not conditioned to dance.  If you jump in with too much to fast, you become discouraged and think you can;t do it - so please know that there are different levels.  Sit out on those more advanced ones and study them - you will get there if you choose too increase your skills and physical endurance - stick to it.  

Now, lets talk about choreography.  There are traditional hebrew songs that have very universal steps, that have been handed down and most places will do them the same.  However, you may run into variations.  Especially in newer songs or in Messianic circles.  The reason being is because there are different folks choreographing and different communities will learn dances from different choreographers.  So don't be surprised if you run into this.  You can share differences with friends and once you learn the foundation steps and get comfortable with them, you will get to the point where you can hop into a circle on dances you have never danced or ones that have slightly different choreography and join right in, because the foundation is the same it just the combinations that change.  Most Hebraic dances are done to a 4 count.  Most dances are done in s a circle formation, but there are a few exceptions that are choreographed in lines.  Hebraic dance if doe both men and women.  However some communities have different customs regarding whether men and women dance together in the same circles.  It is wise to take note of what those customs are, if you are joining a new group, before you hop into a circle. :)

Here are a few sample of some beginner dances that came to mind:

This video is one of the first songs I learned by my former dance team, about 10 years ago.  It is still one of my favorites.  This video was taken from Mindy Seta's You Tube Channel and is one of the videos in her DVD series mentioned above.   Unlike the videos I share below by Rejoice in The Dance, she shows the dance first than teaches you how to do it.

Last but no least, here is a great You Tube Channel by some friends of ours.  This was started by a young man in our community.  Sometime you see an imbalance of  more women than men in hebraic dance in our Messianic Circles which is a shame.  Because in our circles, when the men get together it is so powerful and so beautiful - especially when it is all men alone.  They often choose more dances of spiritual warfare and when they do - man, get out of their way and it can get serious - it will make your skin tingle!! We have been blessed to be able to dance together before.  he has lots of good stuff on here- Enjoy!

New Heights Dance  Ministry

I will leave you with the last dance video, its one of my all time favorites.  It takes place at some friends' wedding.  This wedding party is dancing in celebration and is comprised of the two families being joined together through this marriage.  All are walking in The Way together. 

Ya gotta love love love it!!

I pray this post blesses, equips and encourages you to pursue 

this beautiful expression of community worship.

Shalom,

Psalm 119:97-104 Mem

Join us in memorizing the next  section of Psalm 119 with the Brumlow family!

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Stay Strong in Your Savior!

Pamela

Psalm 119: 11 I have stored up your word in my heart,

that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:89-96 Lamed

The Kelley's are sharing this section of Psalm 119 with us.  We are enjoying memorizing and hope you do too!

Psalm 119:81-88 Kaph

After months (and months) we finally have recorded and subtitled the latest Psalm put to music. Here is Psalm 119:81-88:

 We have several families who have recorded and sent us the next few psalms sections, now that the Schminkes have finally gotten this one done. Be on the lookout for more additions very soon!! Thanks for being patient with this project! We are very excited with everyone's enthusiasm and diligence.

Pslam 119 Het

I am so very excited to share this next section of Psalm 119 with you. It is Pslam 119: 57-64, Het.  Some very dear friends of ours (The Kellys) have joined us in our Psalm 119 project.  The Papa doesn't fancy himself as being "musically inclined", however you can see he is a very active father and is behind the scenes, blessing and recording the project. That speaks volumes, even without singing a word!!!  We are so very delighted that they have joined us! I know you will enjoy this as much as we do.

 



We would love other families to join us and take a section of Psalm 119 and put it to a "new song".  Lets all learn to hide His Word in Our Hearts together!  If you would like to do this, please contact us and we will discuss the details.

 If you would like to see all the Psalm 119 sections we have memorized and put to song - to date, go to our Memorizing Memorizing Scripture Page and join us in hiding Psalm 119 in our hearts!

Psalm 119 Zayin

We thought it would be fun for a little change to let each one of the children share this section of Psalm 119 with you individuality, in the hopes that it would inspire other children.  Also so that it would give some more practice options for these who are learning it with us.  We are missing one of the children (Gideon 6), whose recording was fabulous, but we had technical difficulties.  It is our hope try to record and post it again. We hope you enjoy them and keep writing YHVH's Word on your hearts!

Psalm 119: 49-56 Zayin

Eliana at 5 yrs old


Naomi - 8 yrs old
 


Hadassah (14) and Elijah (12)

Rest for Your Souls

I am bursting at the seams 

to share my new favorite album with ya'll!

A dear online friend has just released a new music album that I wanted to make sure everyone knows about. It is FABULOUS!!! I just know it will bless your home. You can take a peek into her home through her family blog.  They are a homeschooling, home-fellowshipping family with 5 children (some even with special needs). Besides all that she is creative in other areas - photography being one of them.  She is zealous for Torah and Messiah and a loyal wife, momma, and friend. Yet with an obviously full plate, this momma (along with two friends) has released this high quality album to share praise, worship and truth with THE WORLD. (Did I mention they live in Australia?)

There are songs to sing at Passover, The Feast of Unleavened Bread, The Feast of FirstFruits, Feast of Trumpets and also on Shabbat. There's also a song which explains how we, who are not naturally born of Israel, have been grafted in with Scriptures spoken in the middle of the song. Our family has been singing and sharing their "Shabbat Song" for over a year now, before they even started putting the album together. :-)  I have been anxiously waiting for the album and now it is here and it is GOOD!

The idea of this album is that it can be used in a family to teach children, it can be used in congregations to sing praise together at appointed times or it can be used for individuals to be able to worship Yah with all their hearts. This is their single desire and hope; that it will draw many closer to Yah. If you are interested, her band is called 'Feet on a Rock' (taken from Psalm 40) and their first album is called Rest for your Souls'. You can sample and/or purchase the songs/album here: http://itunes.apple.com/au/album/rest-for-your-souls/id555152633?ig... 

Pass it on!  :-)
 

Psalm 119 - Vav

Psalm 119: 41-48 (Vav) - Memorized and put to a new song.

We would love other families to join us and take a section of Psalm 119 and put it to a "new song".  Lets all learn to hide His Word in Our Hearts together!  If you would like to do this, please contact us and we will discuss the details.

 If you would like to see all the Psalm 119 sections we have memorized and put to song to date, go to our Memorizing Scripture Page!  You may be surprised how quickly they "stick" after listening to them a few times!  :-)

Psalm 119 Hey

We would love other families to join us and take a section of Psalm 119 and put it to a "new song".  Lets all learn to hide His Word in Our Hearts together!  If you would like to do this, please contact us and we will discuss the details.

 If you would like to see all the Psalm 119 sections we have memorized and put to song - to date, go to our Memorizing Scripture Page and join us in hiding Psalm 119 in our hearts!

Psalm 119, Dalet

Psalm 119 Gimel (Memorizing Scripture)

Here is the third section (Gimel) of Psalm 119 (ESV), that we have memorized as a family. If you would like to see each section memorized to date, they are all posted on Family Worship (found in the "page tabs" at the top of the blog). We hope this will make them easy for you access in case you might like to join us in memorizing Psalm 119 at your own pace in the future!

We were wondering if we were ever going to get this one posted! We had lots of technical difficulties. :-) We finally did it - hope you like it.

Psalm 119:17-24

We would love other families to join us and take a section of Psalm 119 and put it to a "new song".  Lets all learn to hide His Word in Our Hearts together!  If you would like to do this, please contact us and we will discuss the details.

 If you would like to see all the Psalm 119 sections we have memorized and put to song - to date, go to our  Memorizing Scripture Page and join us in hiding Psalm 119 in our hearts!

Psalm 119 - Bet (Memorizing Scripture)

Here is the second section (Bet) of Psalm 119 (ESV), that we have memorized as a family. If you would like to see each section memorized to date, they are all posted on Memorizing Scripture (found in the "page tabs" at the top of the blog). We hope this will make them easy for you access in case you might like to join us in memorizing Psalm 119 at your own pace in the future!

Psalm 119:9-16



p.s. In case you were wondering what Chazaq (the baby) was pointing at...it was a bird just ourside our front window. :-)

We would love other families to join us and take a section of Psalm 119 and put it to a "new song".  Lets all learn to hide His Word in Our Hearts together!  If you would like to do this, please contact us and we will discuss the details.

Psalm 119 Alef - Hiding Yah's Word in Our Hearts

It is a dream of mine to memorize Torah...in Hebrew! Why? Because I want to be "one" with Yah's Word. Total recall, if you will. I want to be able to call up Scripture clearly and accurately to live by and help others. To comfort when things are hard, to enourage when a little extra strength is needed, to be corrected when I go astray, to become one (echad) with the TRUTH (YHVH)! I don't have a photographic memory, nor do I particularly enjoy the process of memorization. Some people have a mind like a steel trap - I OFTEN describe my mind to be more like a sieve!!! I am the queen of lists, notebooks, labeling and tabs. Why? Because I HAVE TO in order to keep track of things!!! Since we are still learning Hebrew and my goal is a lofty one that will take some time, we decided that hiding YHVH's Word in our heart can not wait for those things to come to pass. So we are learning what we can together -NOW- in English. We thought it best to approach our Bible memorization, one chapter at a time. We actually started with the "Love Chapter" (1 Cor 13) because "love" is one thing we could all use a little more of...and we thought that this would be a great place to start! After that we were encouraged and decided to memorize a chapter that best reflected our passion and zeal for YHVH's Word, so we chose Psalm 119. We learned that it is the longest chapter in the Bible. We figured, not only would it be wonderful to "imprint" the Love of His Word in our hearts/minds, but that it would also serve as an encouragement to our longer term goal of memorizing Torah (one day). In other words, if we could memorize this chapter (being the longest), we could memorize ANY other chapter just the same! We liked that idea!

Psalm 119 is broken into 21 parts. We are learning one part at a time. Each part is labeled by a Hebrew letter. We are making up a tune to go with each section to aid in the memorization process. It is such a treat to have Scripture come to mind in a song through out the day and to "catch" the children singing it alone or together as we "walk by the way", so naturally and voluntarily. Each letter section is added to the next as we keep the WHOLE chapter in practice after we have learned each section.

We will video each section in order, as we learn them. We will also put the words on the screen in case there are any other families that would like to join us in memorizing Psalm 119. If you do - I would LOVE to see (or hear your family) and even share your family videos with others if you are willing!!!

The version of Scripture we are using is ESV (English Standard Version). We transpose YHVH's name for "The Lord" and may use a Hebrew word in place the English here and there. Here is our first section - we hope you like it and stay tuned for the next 20 sections (letters)!

If you would like to see all the section memorized to date, they are all posted on Memorizing Scripture (found in the "page tabs" at the top of the blog). We hope this will make them easy for you access in case you might like to join us in memorizing Psalm 119 at your own pace in the future!

Psalm 119: 1-8