We hereby appeal to all Jewish musicians and singers in Jerusalem and in Erez Israel, to the Sephardim and also the Ashkenazim, Jews of Yemen and likewise the Jews of Persia and Babylonia, and to all the Jewish musicians and cantors in the entire world, from the Jews of [Western] Ashkenaz to the Jews of Poland and from the Jews of Morocco to the Jews of America, Australia and Africa, and call to them: Ye musicians of Israel and its singers, and lovers of your People's music that are dispersed through all the corners of the earth! Who amongst you senses the sanctity of his people's music? Who amongst you believes that his music is the music of his people Israel? Who amongst you agrees that music in Israel did not cease in the diaspora and that unto this day it is the saved remnant preserved to us of the high estate of our people? Who amongst you feels and believes that the people's music is an echo of the people's soul? Who amongst you believes to hear in the singing of the Jews today the echo of the song of Moses the Man of God, the psalms of David the King of Israel, and the chant of the Levites in the Temple? The soul of whom amongst you trembles to hear the voice of the prophecies of the great prophets, voices striking sacred flames?
