Information: A dance.

Translation: How pleasant

Pronunciation: MA nah-ah-VOO

Source: Choreographed in 1956 by Raya Spivak to a song written by her husband, Joseph Spivak.

Region: Israel

The last bar of the first motif:

1. Back L, fwd R, touch L beside R: Gilbert, Tikva (Fred Berk), Miriam Lidster 1960 and 1961, Ken Spear, Betty Casey.
2. Leap back L, close R, close L and bend knees: Miriam Lidster and Dorothy Tamburini, 1965.
3. Step back L, close R, close L: Stan Isaacs in Let's Dance!.
4. Back L, close R and rise, down: my notes, Australian notes, Ramos (Texas), and Milwaukee.

The first one is the original in this country, learned by Miriam Lidster in Israel, but she later published the second. And I trust Stan Isaacs a lot. So how come Texas, Milwaukee, and Australia do the fourth version? I'd suggest here it's more important to be polite than to be correct. After all, the words say: "How pleasant are the footsteps over the hills of he who heralds peace and salvation." I don't know who this Herald guy is, but I sure like his message!

–Ron Houston