Premiere Performance
Sung by Bella Voce
Ohio University November, 2023
Video here

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Hashkiveinu is the second blessing following the Shema during Maariv. It is a petitionary prayer to be able to lie down in peace at night and to return to life the following day.

This is an a cappella setting of this prayer set for a women’s chorus

Spread over us Your tabernacle [of peace],
And guide us with Your good counsel.
Save us for Your name's sake.
Shield us from every enemy, plague, sword, famine, and sorrow.
Remove the adversary from before and behind us.
Shelter us in the shadow of Your wings,
Guard (our going out and our coming in, and grant us life) and peace, now and always.