![]() Now that was twenty years ago, but the vision is clearĪnd I think about it now and then, cuz the place is still dearĪnd when I make this trip through Mobile once every year Then Maariv came again I had to be moving on The Chazan had a voice that was clear and strong We ushered in the Shabbos with a beautiful song There was a Minyan in the back of a hardware store, We walked down Winston Avenue, a block then two moreĪnd went into a shop that read 'Closed' on the door Won't you stay with us for Shabbos, Minyan man?" Yet now it seems as though another Jew has been found He said to me, "There used to be a Minyan aroundīut one of us passed away and we've been feeling down I asked the man I saw, "How many Jews in this town?" I was quite relieved to find a fellow Jew Then I saw a man who looked the same way too 'Cause Shabbos is no time to be feeling blue I walked around the town wondering what to do It was six o'clock on a summer Friday afternoon, ![]() ![]() It was re-recorded as a music video, and also interpreted by Yidcore, an Australian punk rock Jewish group. This fictional account of a man experiencing a minyan in a far corner of Jewish life has entered Jewish Friday night kumzitz culture. Lenny Solomon reworked it as a pop hit with a chorus, and Gershon Veroba sang vocals. The lyrics and melody were composed by Victor Shine as a ballad in 1982.
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