It’s amazing how you can forget names and dates but a song can survive a lifetime. That is why I believe G-D told Moses to teach the Jewish people a song about the miraculous escape from Egypt and how he will protect those who bless his people and curse those who damn them. G-D chose to make the words into a song so it would insure that these words aren’t forgotten and those that ignore them due at their own peril.
Today songs can be used to bring us together or pull us apart. Many of us gather at houses of worship to pray in spiritual hymns that bring us closer to our creator. Yet many of those filled with hate, jealousy and rage can utilize songs to divide us from each other and G-D, as heard at the recent showing at the Metropolitan Opera. Let us pray that G-D’s songs prevails and we can come together in peace, harmony and love.