Ein Keloheinu

Text: Jewish liturgy

This was the last work I wrote for Steven Sher’s congregation as composer-in-residence. I wanted to create a very “Jewish” setting of this closing hymn. What’s more Jewish than freygish, the Jewish mode with the augmented second between the second and third scale degree? My congregation gets into this one when they sing it during worship!

There is none like our God,

there is none like our Eternal,

there is none like our Ruler,

there is none like our Saviour.

Who is like our God?

Who is like our Eternal?

Who is like our Ruler?

Who is like our Saviour?

Let us thank our God,

let us thank our Eternal,

let us thank our Ruler,

let us thank our Saviour.