The Songs of Israel

Z’mi-rot shel Yisrael
(The Songs of Israel – 2 Samuel 23:1)

 

Now these are the last words of David.

Thus, says David the son of Jesse;

thus says the man raised up on high,

the anointed of the God of Jacob,

and the sweet psalmist of Israel:

 

 

The Hallel Psalms 116 to 135 – The Pilgrim Festival Songs, sung on the way up to Yerushalayim.

 

 

Also known as the ‘Foot Songs of the Jews’

 

 

Sung on the way to the 3 Main Foot Festivals times each year at –

 

1) Pesach/Passover (Spring)

2) Shavuot/Pentecost (Summer) and

3) Yom Teruah/Trumpets, Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement and Succot/Tabernacles (Autumn)