This week we have started a unit about music in the Bible. We began with the analysis of Psalms, and the students on Tuesday and Wednesday analyzed the following psalm, and they discovered on their own that it had the common lyrics they sing all the time "Hinei Matov..." The students discussed and then wrote down what the words of the psalm meant to them, and how this relates to our greater study of Jewish music.

Psalms Chapter 133 תְּהִלִּים

א  שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, לְדָוִד: הִנֵּה מַה-טּוֹב, וּמַה-נָּעִים--    שֶׁבֶת אַחִים גַּם-יָחַד.	1 A Song of Ascents; of David.  Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
ב  כַּשֶּׁמֶן הַטּוֹב,    עַל-הָרֹאשׁ-- יֹרֵד,    עַל-הַזָּקָן זְקַן-אַהֲרֹן: שֶׁיֹּרֵד,    עַל-פִּי מִדּוֹתָיו.	2 It is like the precious oil upon the head,  coming down upon the beard; even Aaron's beard, that cometh down upon the collar of his garments;
ג  כְּטַל-חֶרְמוֹן--    שֶׁיֹּרֵד, עַל-הַרְרֵי צִיּוֹן: כִּי שָׁם צִוָּה יְהוָה,    אֶת-הַבְּרָכָה-- חַיִּים,    עַד-הָעוֹלָם.	3 Like the dew of Hermon, that cometh down upon the mountains of Zion;  for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever.