How splended that it came from Matanyahu, and not from someone with a name as ridiculous as Mahmoud.
The Jewish culture built, produced, and created, leaving a vast treasure of artifacts. I imagine you could recognize the ancestors of another culture by the number of 9-12 y/o girls buried after dying in childbirth, by the burning and looting of cities that built too close to barbarians or dropped their guard because they assumed others were as peaceful as they were, and by the total absence of internally-generated progress. What I don't understand is why anyone would voluntarily join such a culture.
The meaning of Matanyahu is likely “gift of God”.
Maybe it was really Matisyahu, the original Chasidic reggae singer!
“Close My Eyes”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHznspbYTT4
Lyrics (since it is difficult to understand him.)
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/matisyahu/closemyeyes.html