By Mikayla Davis
After a busy night of traveling to Tzfat and working on our t’fillin with Rav Noah, we were able to come together as a cohort and sing with Asher. We started off the song session with Asher posing the question, “What is a song that is holy to you?” Everyone had a chance to respond and lead a song which was meaningful to them. The first songs that came to my mind as “holy” were songs that my bunk or age group would sing at camp on Shabbat since Shabbat is “holy.” After hearing from my peers, I was able to understand and appreciate how a secular song could be “holy” as well. We learned that part of what makes something holy is when there is thought and intention in the action that we are doing. This moment was the first time I thought about special secular moments in my life as being “holy” and how unique it is that we can infuse Jewish values into all that we do. Singing with Asher was an opportunity for us to have another holy moment as a cohort. This experience made me more cognizant of finding holy moments in everyday life.
