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Bill Stewart's avatar

Oy, time to look up Yigdal, learned as a Presbyterian hymn, "The God of Abraham Praise". In high school a favorite, besides Parry's "Jerusalem", was the "Northfield Benediction", a setting of the Priestly Benediction. I'd attach the music if I could... it's very nice.

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Matt Austerklein's avatar

Yes. It was originally Leoni's Yigdal and Thomas Olivers visited the synagogue and did the reverse of the contrafact. I still sing that regularly in synagogue! Parry is classic, Northfield I don't know!

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Bill Stewart's avatar

I went to Northfield Mount Hermon for high school, and "Jerusalem" is sung at every assembly and became our alma mater when the schools merged in 1972. Northfield Benediction.pdf

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Rachel A Listener's avatar

Fascinating to me with a tutored education in music and a religious education branched into Judaism by seduction of the mind, and heart.

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