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Hinei Mah Tov
by Jacqueline Rafii, (c) 2020
www.JacquelineRafii.com
Text: Adapted from Psalms 133:1, 3

Hinei mah tov, u’manayim
Shevet achayot v’achim
Gam yachad, l’chayim ad ha’olam!

Behold, how good it is for sisters and brothers to dwell together.
To everlasting life!

Notes:
Recognizing that there are very few if any Persian or Sephardic-style melodies for this beautiful text, and also seeking to make the text more egalitarian (the traditional text is translated as “Behold, how good it is for brothers to dwell together”), I wrote this setting for the text, which draws upon Persian musical modes and includes the Hebrew term for sisters (achayot).