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He greatly praised the Akedamus[436] and said: Since Israel are so immersed and accustomed in goodness, therefore they do not feel as much the praise and greatness of the praise of this holy poem that is said on Shavuos. And he said: One who knows the worth of the song of Akedamus with its melody — as is the custom to sing it with the well-known melody — it is a wondrous thing and great novelty. And he began to say some words of Akedamus with the melody. And he said that Akedamus is a song of longing (see in the story of the Burgher — there it speaks of a song of longing). All this was related on Shavuos morning after Shacharis — early in the morning as is customary on Shavuos[437] — while he was sitting at the dairy meal. And they had already prayed in the synagogue a second time, and the cantor sang Akedamus. Then he spoke with us about the worth of this holy song and praised it greatly. 436. RAK: A Shavuos liturgical poem composed by Rabbi Meir Yitzchak of France about nine hundred years ago. 437. RAK: See Orach Chaim 494:3 in the Ramah.