When Keisha and Miss Floreen returned home, Miss Floreen had to break the news to Keisha that the baby was dead, and she heard Suleimān playing Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei. As Miss Floreen listened to the sound seeping through the wall, it reached her heart, and words rose to meet the melody, capturing Kol Nidrei’s solemn syllabic proclamations and virtuoso vocal runs.