One of the highlights of the Shavuot morning service is the melodic chanting of Akdamut, a lengthy Aramaic poem that praises G-d and describes the reward for the righteous in the end of days.

The author of Akdamut is Rabbi Meir ben Yitzchak, a twelfth century shaliach tzibur (prayer leader) for his German community, and his tomb is in Gush Chalav, about 2.5 miles north of the Meron Junction on Route 89.

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