Shalom Aleichem (“peace be upon you”) is both a traditional Jewish greeting and the title of a poem sung at the beginning of the Friday night Shabbat meal.
The most common melody for it was composed by Rabbi Israel Goldfarb. According to Goldfarb, the melody was composed on a Friday in 1918 on the campus of Columbia University.
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Shalom Aleichem (“peace be upon you”) is both a traditional Jewish greeting and the title of a poem sung at the beginning of the Friday night Shabbat meal.
The most common melody for it was composed by Rabbi Israel Goldfarb. According to Goldfarb, the melody was composed on a Friday in 1918 on the campus of Columbia University.
