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Re: Shalom Aleichem, etc.

Another interesting bit of trivia regarding Israel Goldfarb (composer of
"Shalom Aleichem" melody): in the same edition of "The Jewish Songster, Part
I," copyright 1925 &1948, appears the familiar Shabbat evening Kiddush melody
we all sing in homes and congregations everywhere. Its composer is none other
than Israel Goldfarb. 

And how many of us have just assumed that the tune was "mi-Sinai" or of some
similar antiquity?

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