Hashkiveinu is the result of a commissioning project from 1943 to 1976 by Cantor Dr. David Putterman for a series of contemporary music at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Putterman believed strongly that the synagogue music—particularly American synagogue music—would only endure through adaptation and creativity. In the preface to Synagogue Music by Contemporary Composers, Putterman wrote:
| Date of composition | 1945 |
| Premiered | 1945, May 11th (Park Avenue Synagogue) in New York, NY, United States |
| Approx. duration | 6 minutes |
| Instruments |
Voice (Tenor)
Chorus/Choir - Mixed Chorus ; Organ |
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