Ben adam mah lekha nirdam

This is the opening of the selihot service (early morning Penitential Prayers starting on the first day of the Hebrew month of Elul leading to Rosh Hashanah, the New Year, and Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement). This is the melody is used in New York City and Rev. Lopes Cardozo learned it after his arrival there. A different melody is employed for this text in Amsterdam.