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Yuval Shay-El's "ואהבתם את הגר" (And You Are to Love Those Who Are Foreigners) was composed in 2016 for vocalist Etty BenZaken, Modalius Ensemble & conductor Eitan Steinberg, as part of their project "Liberty, Otherness, Responsibility". The composition is inspired by Modalius’ unique instrumentation and includes musical influences from East and West, from the Renaissance to our time. The text includes phrases from the holy scripts of the three monotheistic religions, which emphasize respect for the other as a universal moral law. The fact that the phrases are mixed and are all sung in a single language blurs the different sources.

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Text from The Bible (in Hebrew), The New Testament (in Hebrew translation by Franz Delitzsch) and The Koran (in Hebrew translation by Hermann Tsevi Ḥayim Rekendorf):
וַאֲהַבְתֶּם, אֶת-הַגֵּר: כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם, בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם. וְכִי-יָגוּר אִתְּךָ גֵּר, בְּאַרְצְכֶם--לֹא תוֹנוּ, אֹתוֹ. כְּאֶזְרָח מִכֶּם יִהְיֶה לָכֶם הַגֵּר הַגָּר אִתְּכֶם, וְאָהַבְתָּ לוֹ כָּמוֹךָ--כִּי-גֵרִים הֱיִיתֶם, בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם: אֲנִי, אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵיכֶם.
לֹא יִמְנַעְכֶם אֱלֹהִים מִכְּרוֹת בְּרִית אַהֲבָה לָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא נִלְחֲמוּ בָּכֶם עַל אֱמוּנַתְכֶם וְלֹא גֵּרְשׁוּכֶם מִמוֹשְבֹתֵיכֶם, כִּי אֱלֹהִים אוֹהֵב אֶת אוֹהֲבֵי שָׁלוֹם.
אֶת אֲדֹנָי לְבַדּוֹ כַּבְּדוּ, וְלֹא תְדָמוּהוּ לְכָל יְצוּר; וְהֵיטִיבוּ לַהוֹרִים, וְהֵיטִיבוּ לַקְּרוֹבִים, לַיְּתוֹמִים וְלַדַּלִּים, לִשְׁכֵנִים, אִם קְרוֹבִים אִם רְחוֹקִים, לְמוֹדַעֲכֶם, לְעוֹבְרֵי דֶּרֶךְ וּלְעַבְדֵיכֶם; וְאֶת גֵּאִים וּגְבָהֵי לֵבָב שָׂנֵא אֲדֹנָי.
כִּי כֵן רְצוֹן אֱלֹהִים שֶׁתַּעֲשׂוּ הַטּוֹב וְתִסְכְּרוּ אֶת־פִּי אִוֶּלֶת הָאֲנָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר אֵין־בָּם דָּעַת׃ כַּחָפְשִׁים וְלֹא־כְאִלּוּ הָיְתָה לָכֶם הַחֻפְשָׁה לְמִכְסֵה הָרָעָה כִּי אִם־כְּעַבְדֵי אֱלֹהִים׃ נַהֲגוּ כָבוֹד בְּכָל־אִישׁ אֶהֱבוּ אֵת הָאַחִים יִרְאוּ אֶת־אֱלֹהִים כַּבְּדוּ אֶת הַמֶּלֶךְ׃
וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ.

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from Liberty, Otherness, Responsibility - ח​י​ר​ו​ת א​ח​ר​ו​ת א​ח​ר​י​ו​ת, released September 6, 2018
Performed by Modalius Ensemble: Eitan Steinberg - conductor; Etty BenZaken - voice; Sarig Sela - recorders; Tali Goldberg - violin; Orit Messer-Jacobi - cello; Tal Feder - double bass; Oded Shoub - guitar; Amnon Yoel - percussion.

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Classic-Ethnic ensemble, co-founded by Etty BenZaken & Eitan Steinberg. For more albums with BenZaken & Steinberg visit also: benzakensteinberg.bandcamp.com

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