שִׁ֣ירוּ לַ֭יהוָה בָּרֲכ֣וּ שְׁמ֑וֹ בַּשְּׂר֥וּ מִיּֽוֹם־לְ֝י֗וֹם יְשׁוּעָתֽוֹ׃
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Dirshuni I
For the sake of what was it stated, "And Miriam chanted for them?" As the song had already broken out from the mouth of Moses. For it is stated, "I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously." Rather it is that Miriam knew a song that Moses did not know.
What was the song of Moses? Moses called, "I will sing to the Lord," which is the song of the isolated individual, which does not combine itself to the aggregate of choruses, voices and melodies. Moses sought to extract the voice from everyone and redeem their song.
But the song of redemption was still incomplete.
And what was the song of Miriam? "Sing to the Lord," an expression of the plural.
Miriam had learned, "These words the Lord spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the fog, with a great voice, and did not add to them" (Deuteronomy 5:18). "A great voice" - for the sake of what? Because it includes within it a great multiplicity of voices, accents, languages and tones. For the voice is the voice of God and the image is the image of God - constructed from all of humanity, from all of their different faces and opinions. Hence she called, "Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously," which combines all of the voices completely and connects the personal, I will sing," to the communal and multifaceted song.
Miriam said to them, "Sing to the Lord," and remind yourselves of the image of God within you, constructed of seventy faces, seventy languages and seventy melodies. "Sing to the Lord, bless His name" (Psalms 96b) - when you sing to him, you are blessing His name.
What was the song of Moses? Moses called, "I will sing to the Lord," which is the song of the isolated individual, which does not combine itself to the aggregate of choruses, voices and melodies. Moses sought to extract the voice from everyone and redeem their song.
But the song of redemption was still incomplete.
And what was the song of Miriam? "Sing to the Lord," an expression of the plural.
Miriam had learned, "These words the Lord spoke to your entire assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the fog, with a great voice, and did not add to them" (Deuteronomy 5:18). "A great voice" - for the sake of what? Because it includes within it a great multiplicity of voices, accents, languages and tones. For the voice is the voice of God and the image is the image of God - constructed from all of humanity, from all of their different faces and opinions. Hence she called, "Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously," which combines all of the voices completely and connects the personal, I will sing," to the communal and multifaceted song.
Miriam said to them, "Sing to the Lord," and remind yourselves of the image of God within you, constructed of seventy faces, seventy languages and seventy melodies. "Sing to the Lord, bless His name" (Psalms 96b) - when you sing to him, you are blessing His name.