Songs to the Invisible God

Ruth Wieder Magan

CD - 41 minutes

14 page booklet with translations and commentary included

$16.98

Rebbe Nachman of Breslav once instructed his students to pray by pouring out their hearts to God - whisper, shout, laugh, cry - give to that which created you all that lies on your soul. In so doing, he said, we will begin to notice that the Divine answers, sometimes quietly, sometimes in a blaze of lightening, with wisdom, insight, compassion, strength. It is never a one-sided conversation.

The entirety of Songs to the Invisible God is just such a prayer - an offering of all the joys and sorrows, all the wisdom and folly of the human heart. Each prayer sung by this master of Judaic vocal tradition moves out from a deep longing for a touch from the Infinite Absolute - and offers up the vastness of human life as part of the journey toward our source.

As I listened to this unique and remarkable recording, I was simply awe struck, filled with wonder at the varieties of human relationships to the Divine - and at the possibility of making both our successes and failures gifts to God.