Composed by: Joshua Jacobson

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Voicing: SATB divisi

Keyword mystical

Event/Holiday: Shabbat

Language: Aramaic

Difficulty: moderate/difficult

Country: America

Solos: none

Instruments: piano

Lyrics: Luria, Issac

Publisher: ECS

Year Composed/Published: 2000

Timing: 9:00

Tempo: moderate

First Line: Azamer Bishvakhin

description: This composition is based on a paraliturgical domestic Sabbath hymn, the melody of which is attributed to the Hassidic Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav (1772-1811), and the lyrics of which are attributed to the 16th century Kabbalistic Rabbi Isaac Luria. The goal of this hymn was to bring the human soul into intimate contact with the Divine.