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Mar 5, 2024, 3:15 PM

Psalm 20 – A Modest Proposal

Songs of Praise - A War Diary For the director of music. A psalm of David. "May God answer you when you are in distress; May the name of the God of Jacob protect you. May God send you help from the sanctuary and grant you...

Feb 20, 2024, 2:13 PM

Psalm 19 – Mad About God

Songs of Praise - A War Diary For the director of music. A psalm of David. “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no...

Jan 21, 2024, 11:20 AM

Psalm 18 – Icarus

Songs of Praise - A War Diary For the conductor; of the servant of Hashem, of David, who spoke to God the words of this song on the day that God saved him from the hand of all his enemies...

Jan 17, 2024, 4:26 PM

Psalm 17 – Deliverance

Songs of Praise - A War Diary "Hear, Hashem, what is just; listen to my cry. Give ear to my prayer— it is not from deceitful lips. Let my vindication come from You; Your eyes will behold what is right. You examined my heart; You visited me...

Jan 14, 2024, 4:38 PM

Psalm 16 – A Good Day

Songs of Praise - A War Diary "Hashem, you are my portion and my cup; you guide my destiny. I will bless God, who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me. I have set Hashem before me always. Because He is...

Jan 10, 2024, 2:48 PM

Psalm 15: At the gates of Rome

Songs of Praise - A War Diary God, who will sojourn in your tent? Who may dwell on your holy mountain? The one who walks תָּ֖מִים uprightly/innocently/perfectly, who does what is righteous, and speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who...

Jan 8, 2024, 6:08 PM

Psalm 14 – What Must Be Said Cannot Be Said

Songs of Praise - A War Diary The debased person said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have dealt corruptly and committed abominable deeds; there is no one who does good. Hashem looks down from heaven on all humankind to see if there...

Jan 7, 2024, 2:45 PM

Psalm 13 – How Long?

Songs of Praise - A War Diary עַד־אָ֣נָה How long, Hashem? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long must I take counsel with my soul and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my...

Jan 2, 2024, 12:47 PM

Psalm 12 – The Divine Word

Songs of Praise - A War Diary Save , God, for no one is pious anymore; the faithful have vanished from humanity. Everyone speaks falsely to their neighbor; they talk smoothly with their lips but speak with a double heart. May Hashem cut off all smooth lips and...

Dec 28, 2023, 6:51 PM

Psalm 11 – Between fanaticism and boredom

Songs of Praise - A War Diary In God I take refuge. How then can you say to my soul: “Wander like a bird to your mountain.” For behold, the wicked bend their bow; they set their arrows on the bowstring to shoot in the dark at...

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About Me

Dr. Elliott Malamet is a Jewish educator living in Jerusalem. He has a doctorate in English literature and teaches Jewish Ethics and Philosophy at various Israeli institutions, including Yeshivat Machanaim, Pardes, and the Schechter Institute.