Makom L’d’agah (A Place for Worry)
Shabbat Music
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4m 5s
Yehonatan Geffen (1947–2023) was an esteemed Israeli man of letters. This past Rosh Hashanah, we offered the setting of his Makom L’d’agah by composer Matti Caspi (b. 1949). We did not know how significant it would be soon after to sing, “At the edge of the sky, and at the verge of the desert, there is a faraway place filled with wildflowers, a small, humble, crazy place, a far place, a place to worry.”
May the memory of Yehonatan Geffen be for a blessing.
Sung by Cantor Azi Schwartz and Cantor Mira Davis
Lyrics/Music: Yehonatan Geffen, Matti Caspi
Arrangement by Oran Eldor, commissioned by PAS Music Center
Music Director: David Enlow
AV: Oli Jung, Oscar Acevedo, Terrell Simms, Erik Van Batavia
Video Editor: Tami Shaham
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