This video features the Maayan Band performing their slow, soulful version of Shalom Aleichem. They use one of the most popular tunes, composed by Rabbi Cantor Israel Goldfarb of the Conservative Congregation Beth Israel Anshei Emet of Brooklyn, NY in 1918. The Maayan Band is a diverse group of friends from Toronto who draw musical inspiration from the ancient sources of the Jewish sages, which they believe are the highest artistic expression of being human. Shalom Aleichem is traditionally sung before the Kiddush as part of the Shabbat evening dinner ritual . In this rendition each stanza is chanted once, although many have the custom to recite each paragraph three times.