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SCORED FOR:
Soloist, SATB, piano
OCCASION:
Musaph
COMPOSITION DATE:
1990
DESCRIPTION:
Meir's most well-known and widely sung composition.
BACKGROUND:
Commissioned by Delshad Family, members of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles, in honour of the Bar Mitzvah of their son Daniel, October 22, 1988. Meir recalls that when it was sung for the first time, the Congregation began to join in on the repeat, and spontaneously put their arms around one another and started swaying. This custom continues at Sinai Temple to this day.
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