L'yerushalayim Ircha   B'rachamim Tashuv

I composed this chant in preparation for a trip to Israel. I use this sacred phrase to open me to the call of Pilgrimage.
 
Richard Niebuhr, (quoted in The Art Of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau p.14) says, "Pilgrims are persons in motion, passing through territories not their own, seeking something we might call completion, or perhaps the word clarity will do as well, a goal to which only the spirit’s compass points the way."
 
Every pilgrimage is a journey inward, even if we travel clear across the world. We can use this chant, which is a "double round," to prepare ourselves for pilgrimage, for journeying inward towards the Center of Awareness.

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L'yerushalayim Ircha B'rachamim Tashuv To Jerusalem Your city With compassion you will return.
	- Part One -
	- Part Two -
	- Together -