Even as he composed the song in his head, Jonathan Razal imagined Israeli rock king Berry Sakharof performing it with him • Berry Sakharof was excited to tears, and you are now impressed by the joint work of the two musicians

Jonathan Razel comes from the world of classical music, Barry Sakharof is considered one of the pillars of Israeli rock, but when Razal decided to compose an ancient text from the Talmud, he heard Sakharof sing it in his head.

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"One day, I learned this text - an ancient blessing that was said among wise students, but also received as a blessing given to children on Yom Kippur, and she began to play me immediately," says Razal. "This idea that human beings can shine like a firmament always fascinates me, and I wish I would be one of my children!"

Razal says that Berry's participation in the song "Zohar the Sky" was like the fulfillment of a dream he dreamed with the creation of the piece in his head. "At first, Berry's voice began to play along with the first sounds that were born, and slowly the heads of the octopus octopus, a repetitive kind of celestial mantra, accompany the song and form a kind of independent work."

For the recording of the work, the creators waited for a calm from the crisis that befell the country and the whole world. "The days of Corona, we're all in houses," Razal recalls. "I sent the song to Barry and he came back to me and said that the song excited him to tears. It took a while before we met, until the 'water', at least a little bit, of this flood, and immediately there was a strong and real connection.

"For a long time I wanted to compose a poem about the Zohar, the Book of the Secret, and to Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai whose day of death occurred a week ago on Lag Ba'omer. The song is about brilliance, duality, and the connection of it to the human, here, to me, to you, to the children.

"Hopefully we're a little different now, after what we've been through as a world, as a people, as a family and as individuals, maybe a little more glamorous."