armadilThis post features the first song from Nava Tehila Ensemble’s album, “Dancing in the Glory: A Journey into Kabbalat Shabbat,” made up of original Kabbalat Shabbat melodies. The Nava Tehila Ensemble is a Jerusalem-based group who perform both original and traditional music that draws on Jewish, Israeli and world sources to create a spiritually uplifting experience. Led by Daphna Rosenberg, the Ensemble is part of the Nava Tehila NGO for Jewish renewal, which focuses on creating egalitarian and inclusive musical prayer spaces where people feel comfortable to come as they are. Influenced by both Western and Eastern music and philosophy, the group generates new prayer modalities, composes original music for prayer, and trains Jewish leaders in innovative prayer leading. Click here for the whole album and here for different original musical versions of each song and the Hebrew, English and transliterated texts.