{"id":16523,"date":"2020-03-06T06:39:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/?p=16523"},"modified":"2020-03-06T06:39:53","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T14:39:53","slug":"davidic-dance-an-expression-of-joy-and-praise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/davidic-dance-an-expression-of-joy-and-praise\/","title":{"rendered":"Davidic Dance\u2014An Expression of Joy and Praise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"982\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dancing-15503641-982x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dancing-15503641-982x1024.jpg 982w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dancing-15503641-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dancing-15503641-768x801.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Dancing-15503641.jpg 1151w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 982px) 100vw, 982px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Psalm 149:1, 3, <em>In the assembly of the saints\u2026dance<\/em>. <\/strong>(On the dance, see Ps 150:1, 4.) Hebraic worship dance should be an aspect of praise and worship in the congregation of the saints according to the Psalms. Certainly, at the very least, dancing should be occurring on the three pilgrimage feasts or <em>chagim<\/em>: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles. The Torah refers to each of these three appointed times (Heb. <em>moedim<\/em>) as <em>chag<\/em> meaning \u201cfestival.\u201d The root word of <em>chag<\/em> is <em>chagag<\/em> meaning \u201cto celebrate, keep a solemn feast or holy day, to move or go around in a circle, march in a sacred procession, to reel to and fro in a giddy manner.\u201d Indeed Davidic dancing at joyous celebrations such as the biblical feasts has been a Hebraic tradition since time immemorial.<br \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemory\"><a href=\"javascript:\" onclick=\"Evernote.doClip({title: 'Davidic Dance\u2014An Expression of Joy and Praise',url: 'https:\/\/hoshanarabbah.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/06\/davidic-dance-an-expression-of-joy-and-praise\/',contentID: 'post-16523',suggestTags: 'Dancing,David Dance',providerName: 'Hoshana Rabbah Blog',styling: 'text' });return false\" class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryLink\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.evernote.com\/article-clipper.png\" \nclass=\"evernoteSiteMemoryButton\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"evernoteSiteMemoryClear\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Psalm 149:1, 3, In the assembly of the saints\u2026dance. (On the dance, see Ps 150:1, 4.) Hebraic worship dance should be an aspect of praise and worship in the congregation of the saints according to the Psalms. 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