Comments on: June 24, 2009 I met a stranger in the night http://www.dailywow.org/4525/june-24-2009-i-met-a-stranger-in-the-night Daily Words of Wisdom - Uplifting Daily Messages Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:14:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: L. Gross http://www.dailywow.org/4525/june-24-2009-i-met-a-stranger-in-the-night/comment-page-1#comment-1598 L. Gross Mon, 25 Apr 2011 03:20:55 +0000 http://www.dailywow.org/?p=4525#comment-1598 I believe that there is a good chance that the author of that poem is Rabbi A. Alan Steinbach, who served about 50 years at Temple Ahavath Sholom in Brooklyn, NY. I was a member of that congregation, and he frequently used a slightly different version of this poem as a benediction at the close of services in the 50's and 60's. The differences are "shook my world about," and the closing two lines were But back came to me the stranger-his lamp was burning fine; He held to me the glowing flame and lighted mine. I believe that there is a good chance that the author of that poem is Rabbi A. Alan Steinbach, who served about 50 years at Temple Ahavath Sholom in Brooklyn, NY. I was a member of that congregation, and he frequently used a slightly different version of this poem as a benediction at the close of services in the 50′s and 60′s.

The differences are “shook my world about,” and the closing two lines were But back came to me the stranger-his lamp was burning fine; He held to me the glowing flame and lighted mine.

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