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Tehillim

American  
[tuh-hee-leem, tuh-hee-lim] / tə hiˈlim, təˈhi lɪm /

noun

Hebrew.
  1. the Book of Psalms.


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For London, though, Adès is conducting a rarely heard but still hugely significant and raptly beautiful Reich piece, his 1981 psalm settings Tehillim.

From The Guardian Feb. 12, 2011

In Tehillim Reich has added an ecstatic element to his musical vocabulary, and his work has become more poignant and expressive than ever before.

From Time Magazine Archive

Conductor Mehta, despite his championing of Reich's Tehillim, also sees some limitations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Reich orchestral premiere: Tehillim, an infectious, high-spirited laudation set to Hebrew psalms, which begins with the sound of two hands clapping and ends in a full-throated blaze of hallelujahs.

From Time Magazine Archive

I sat with him while Kuna dug his grave, reading from Tehillim.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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