Although 'snogeiros' of the communities of Amsterdam, New York and London may not know this particular version of 'Tehilat', they will nevertheless immediately recognize it as one of their own. Like a close relative they have never met before. This chant is in fact the French variant of the family of melodies, derived from the Uba Letsiyon paradigm, sung on Shabbatot and festivals across the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora.