https://youtu.be/1iWRdX_2_80When I visited Congregation Shearith Israel for my 'aprova' in 1977, one of the most arresting points of comparison between the New York and London styles was the use of, what I believed to be, an exclusively Yamim Nora'im melody as the setting for Hashkibenu on a regular Friday night. True, the New York version was not entirely faithful to the harmonic minor scale. Nor did not resolve to the tonic, as the London one did, but still.I have to confess that this musical aberration tested my cantorial integrity. Over time, however, any personal misgivings evaporated and I came immensely to enjoy it. I even tried to explore the hypothesis that it was not, in fact, a specifically high holiday melody at all. That was difficult. The evidence to support the counter view was overwhelming. Every other of its manifestations was in a penitential-day context. In New York, as in London, it forms the basis of the Yamim Nora'im setting for the hazzan's rendition of the Birkat Kohanim; and in London, apart from being the hallmark Rosh Hashana and Kippur melody for Hashkibenu, it is also the the setting for the present recording, 'Ashrei Ha'am Yode'ei Teru'a', sung after the first sounding of the shofar.Wishing you all שנה טובה ומבורכת. תחל שנה וברכותיהPlease like and share.For an mp3 of this recording please visit my website, where there are over 70 selections available for downloading.http://danielhalfon.com/multitrack-recordings/