This Article is re-blogged from myjewishlearning.com , the text is unaltered and we've done our best to maintain the integrity of the post, please Read the original at the preceding link and even sign up for their newsletter.  Jewish tradition teaches that music unlocks the door to divine connection. By   Joey Weisenberg Music usic is the most immaterial and ephemeral of all the art forms. We can’t see music, we can’t grasp it in our hands, but we can feel it working through us and the world. As such, music represents our connection to the divine, to each other, to everything. Music is a wordless prayer that opens up our imaginations to the divine source of all life. In the Hebrew numerological system known as  Gematria , the numerical value of the words for prayer,  tefillah , and song,  shirah , are identical. From this we can see that music is a form of prayer, and prayer is a form of music. They are like two legs of the spiritual throne, mutually suppo...