Songs of Ascent (Shir HaMaalot): 15 Psalms for the Journey Up
Fifteen short psalms, fifteen days, one step at a time. Psalms 120 to 134 are the fifteen Songs of Ascent, known in Hebrew as Shir HaMaalot. Tradition hears in them the voices of pilgrims climbing to Jerusalem for the festivals, and the Mishnah describes the Levites standing with their instruments on the fifteen Temple steps that match these fifteen songs. They begin far from home and end at night in the house of Hashem. Read one psalm a day and let the climb steady you: lifting your eyes to the hills, sowing in tears and reaping in joy, calling from the depths, resting like a quieted child.
15 ימים
- יום 1: Starting Far From Home
- יום 2: I Lift My Eyes
- יום 3: Rejoicing at Jerusalem's Gates
- יום 4: Eyes on His Hand
- יום 5: Escaped Like a Bird
- יום 6: Steady as Mount Zion
- יום 7: Sowing in Tears, Reaping in Joy
- יום 8: Unless Hashem Builds the House
- יום 9: Blessing Around Your Table
- יום 10: Pressed but Not Broken
- יום 11: Out of the Depths
- יום 12: A Soul Grown Quiet
- יום 13: A Home for His Presence
- יום 14: How Good to Dwell Together
- יום 15: Blessing Hashem in the Night