I have two questions about this topic.
- Why is modern worship music in Judaism not more popular / existing? What I mean with modern worship music is the equivalent to Christian worship music, think Hillsong church songs and the pop-y music they sing at those ‘cool’ Sunday services of the big free churches that a lot of young people go to and which are becoming more popular, also on social media.
It seems like the music is a great way to make the faith / belief more accessible for the youth and being able to identify more with it. Conscious that this style of music / services of these churches is not possible for Shabbat services but it seems that these modern worship song are also popular outside of the services.
I know there is ‘Ruach’ music that is played and danced to at Simchas or summer camps but I feel like that you don’t really listen to those on a daily basis to connect with Hashem? Maybe because they’re also all in Hebrew and not everyone can understand? That’s at least my assumption, correct me if I’m wrong.
- Can we as Jews ‘utilise’ Christian worship songs to connect with Hashem? Particularly if they don’t explicitly mention Jsus or other Christian beliefs? A good example is this worship song which is about Jsus but doesn’t mention it directly and can only be inferred (mostly from context from the artists background) https://genius.com/Alex-yurkiv-take-me-to-the-river-i-will-swim-lyric
I know I can technically do whatever I want to connect with Hashem but curious for a halachic or kabalistic perspective on this.
Long story short, I just wish there would be more modern Jewish worship music like the Christian alike lol (if you know some, please let me know!)
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