compare American and Israeli versions, explain who Rav Kook was (RC Iyar)
- Sol Zim version composed for Israel’s 40th birthday - https://youtu.be/fvOYgHCihIU?si=zauS5RdDkflOLLKX; (also link to this one - https://youtu.be/vFFcLjbc-1E?si=7DHod-SJSEhhomYX - power of Israel to bring Jews together even as they might disagree about how Israel can be its best self);
Meir Finkelstein version (1995, according to correspondence with Cantor Finkelstein) - https://youtu.be/6cc6waUKRM0?si=jcwtWeyc-4I3hGIo - featuring the composer (https://youtu.be/0tyWNAxRucY?si=_EMWgaLBDxbxFE3x - a straighter version of this); https://youtu.be/5wd44OBeZTQ?si=YC7sSeDBcUaFcqpa (0:00-0:54);
David Burger - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROA4ccy030k (see the same people in this Purim version of “The Book of Mormon” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qozz7aIE64) (HaZamir version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af80dgwf2Nc) called “T’fila”, part of the “The Israel Trilogy” - he talks about it here: https://www.jewishchoralmusic.com/composers-bios/2019/6/21/david-burger, written 1975 (https://www.transcontinentalmusic.com/PDI-Tfilah-73865)
The Prayer for the State of Israel “on one foot”:
This prayer is said during Shabbat morning services. It is customary to stand for it, though anti-Zionist Jews will show their stance by sitting for it (or occasionally leaving during the prayer).