Popular Culture
- In 1990, Israeli composer Yair Rosenblum composed a new musical setting for the prayer Link to performance. This version was first performed at a memorial for 11 soldiers from kibbutz Beit Hashita who fell during the 1973 Yom Kippur war, and is now often played on Israeli radio during the High Holy Days.
- Leonard Cohen's "Who by Fire" is inspired by this poem.
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