Learn to Lead Services or Chant Torah Online!
Steph King from the Jewish Servicemen’s Initiative passed on some helpful links to sites that have all kinds audio files to assiste with leading services and learning trope.
A lot of us can read Hebrew OK, but struggle with the tunes. We’ve sifted through the original list and picked what we thought are the most useful for this purpose. Check them out and load up your iPod; you’ll be leading services in no time!
Foundation Stone – Learn Hebrew for beginners through advanced.
Transliterated Sidur – If you can’t read Hebrew, this has Hebrew songs written in English letters.
Virtual Cantor.com – This website has songs from every service sung/chanted in Hebrew. mp3 format
Navigating the Bible – all Haftarot and Torah portions chanted in Hebrew while you look at the text. Great for learning to chant because you can listen to a segment over and over. Also has Divrei Torah (Summaries). Need to download Real Player.
Cantor Ken’s Corner – Listen to Cantor Ken sing songs from different services. mp3 format. Good B’nai Mitzvah resource.
Thanks again to Steph for the great links!
Great post. I’d like to add that there’s another sire that has great Jewish audio for listening and learning. It’s full of lectures on basic judaism and advanced stuff. It’s also free to listen to.
It’s at http://www.lidrosh.com – enjoy! MO
This site has the entire Shabbat service available in mp3 audio, including links for learning most of the siddur, Shabbat home rituals, weekday minyan davening, zemirot and even learning the Passover Seder.
One Lesson a Day, 13 Days, and You Can Read Hebrew For Life .
Another good resource is http://www.sidduraudio.com which has free MP3 downloads available for shabbat as well as daily prayer, etc. This site follows the Revised Siddur Sim Shalom with page number references.
Nicely written. I can relate to most of your points.Bookmarked!
The term “Torah” means “learning” or “instruction,” sometimes translated as “Law”, or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism’s founding legal and ethical religious texts.
I just did a search on Google for Chanting Torah and your site came up! I love it. This world is so small and connected.
Why do Jews sing or chant scripture?
Yet another good resource for learning how to chant services:
http://www.thebarmitzvahsite.com/audio.html