Arik Sinai? no, Ariel Zilber and Noam Yaakobson release 'You Are Not Alone'

Singer-songwriter Ariel Zilber and creator-actor Noam Yaakobson have released a new song, "You Are Not Alone," about coping with hardship, faith, and the sense that God stays with a person even in the darkest moments. The song centers on struggle, inner reassurance, and the idea that no one is truly abandoned.

Zilber said the song is grounded in teachings from Pirkei Avot. He explained that the text says destructive traits such as envy, desire, honor-seeking, and the evil eye "take a person out of the world." He linked that idea to the rabbinic description of God as "HaMakom," saying, "It is not that God is only in the world, He is the world itself."

According to Zilber, "to leave the world" means severing one’s spiritual connection to the Creator by sinking into those harmful traits. By contrast, someone who remains aware of the divine presence around him understands the deepest truth, that he is never alone.

Yaakobson said the collaboration had been a long-time dream. He recalled telling Zilber in a conversation that he wanted to create a song with him, one that would be "real" and "for the soul." Weeks later, Yaakobson said, Zilber sent him a melody and told him, "It is yours if you want it." Yaakobson said the tune immediately inspired the words "You Are Not Alone," and that working with one of Israel’s great musicians was a personal dream fulfilled. The song includes the lines, "You are not alone, I am here beside you," and, "Even when I could not see the light at the end of the tunnel, I call Him God, but call it whatever you call it."