A nation apart
Heavy at heart
Thrown into battle to fight for its land
A warridden home
Always alone
Weary and weeping we stand
Those who remain
Cry out in pain
A song of misfortune and sadness we sing
A lifetime of toil
Shattered and spoiled
Oh what will the coming days bring
Hashem hear our plea of desperation
A thousand destructions still no salvation
The end seems further year after year
For our nations existence we fear
How can we go on building and burying
So many gone so many suffering
The burden upon us is too much too bare
Please save us from nets of despair
נחמו נחמו יאמר אלקיכם
Please dry your tears
The so...tear?
You must turn our hearts towards hashem
You think all is gone
You cannot go on
Work of a lifetime all broken and torn
ואני זאת בריתי
Hashems guarentee
That somday the bloom? shall be sure?
Some give up wealth
Some give up happiness
Some live in poor homes
Some dress in shabiness
If we all step towards the borei olam
The geula will certainly come
To live...our torah...devotions
Say your tefilos with pure emotions
Those whose still live those that who? fell
In harmony soon all shall dwell
JEP Return My Children 6 Jep 2
A soul that's gone astray
Will search to find the way
His journeys filled with fear
Oh hashem please bring him near
He prays youll help him learn
For hes longing to return
קול דמי אחיך צעקים אלי
The soul is but a youth
Who seeks eternal truth
Dont leave him all alone
He cant make it on his own
Hes reaching out for you
Dont forsake your fellow jew
קול דמי אחיך צעקים אלי
The visions and the dreams
How beatiful it seems
A world where brothers live
And learn to share and learn to give
Youll make this dream come true
If you'll help your fellow jew
כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה
His brother lends his hand
And helps him understand
A wandering soul is shown
That he'll never stand alone
His search for truth wont end
And his tfillos now ascend
קול דמי אחיך צעקים אלי
How many days have past
Hes near hashem at last
Now others he will reach
What hes learned he now must teach
His brother showed he cares
Now the learning's his to share
קול דמי אחיך צעקים אלי
The visions and the dreams
How beatiful it seems
A world where brothers live
And learn to share and learn to give
Youll make this dream come true
If you'll help your fellow jew
כל ישראל ערבים זה לזה
JEP Jep 3 3 JEP Jep 3
Aimlessly drifting down lifes lonely road
Lured by the signs on the way
Lost in its mazes and long winding turns
Whirled in confusion we stray
A friendly hand reaches time flies so fast
Sad recollections of past
Remembrance of pains caused, desertion of truth
Those foolish acts of youth
Surrounded by evil, a rose among thorns
So precious yet scarred and torn
Seeks for the light
Looks up to the sky
A weakened neshama reborn
The thorns are temptations that hinder us all
Trying to lead us to wrong
The rose is yisroel so sacred and pure
A spirit unbreakably strong
Yisroel yisroel yisroel
So strong
JEP Someday We Will All Be Together 9 JEP
All the heavens are His canvas drawn in pastel shades of blue
And He adds a blazing sunset in a scarlet crimson hue
He sprinkles golden sunshine brushed with early morning dew
And He lifts the veil of darkness to begin each day anew
He paints with every rainbow in a hundred different ways
And His picture of perfection lasts until the end of days
Though He tries to paint the picture but the colors just won't blend
And the blazing shade of crimson is the shame we've caused a friend
And in shaded tones of envy that we try so hard to hide
We still paint the grass much greener when it's on the other side
Though He's proving His existence with His wonders every day
Still our questions of emunah are a hazy shade of gray
Each day is a new celebration of the wonders of Hashem Who shares
The splendor of the creation for us to behold
Ein tzayar kaelokeinu there's no artist like Hashem
For He takes the lifeless form of man and breathes a life into his soul
The sins that caused our galus seem to pale the black of night
Yet the gift of our forgiveness is a pristine shade of white
And our joy will turn to sorrow as we mourn six million dead
And the image of the sho'ah is in somber tones of red
Still we wait to greet Mashiach he'll be coming soon we're told
And we'll build the Bais HaMikdash in Jerusalem of gold
If all the skies were parchment and the quills were made of trees
And the ink to write the letters was the water of the seas
And the people of creation were the scribes to write the tale
They could never tell all the glory of the G-d of yisroel
For it's He Who paints the picture we just follow His command
For Hashem's the Master Artist, we're just brushes in His hand
Each day is a new celebration of the wonders of Hashem Who shares
The splendor of the creation for us to behold
Ein tzayar kaelokeinu there's no artist like Hashem
For He takes the lifeless form of man and breathes a life into his soul
JEP Its Never Too Late 8 JEP
At the foot of the kosel an old man is sobbing
A frail frame is bent, a pained heart is throbbing
Tears for the wall so wantonly crumbled
The house of hashem still humbled
Why hashem what sin was commited
That such destruction was permitted
Through years of torture we have been led
How many tears must we shed
But shmiros hatorah will keep us from swaying
Syugim the safeguards will keep us from straying
Be careful yisroel pen yifte livavchem
Follow the ways of hashem
We do mitzvos lifnei mishiras hadin
Also with zrizus his favor to win
Bizchus zeh to yerushalayim we'll go
Moshiach bimheira yavo
JEP Reach Out 10 JEP Burt Bacharach כז
Benjy's been elected he's now our president
The first time someone frum is the white house resident
Hes full of of midos tovos and lots of torah knowledge
Hes a product of yeshiva and the electoral college
כי בך לבד בטחנו מלך אל רם ונשא אדון עולמים
Im getting rid of china isnt that fantastic
Mr. president are you sure, isn't that too drastic?
Dont you think youre being overly ambitious
No, no im just throwing out all those treifa dishes
כי בך לבד בטחנו מלך אל רם ונשא אדון עולמים
Benjy holds a meeting three times every day
With nine of his advisors hearing what theyd say
Some give their report and some give their opinion
Then they all get up and daven with a minyan
כי בך לבד בטחנו מלך אל רם ונשא אדון עולמים
Benjy went to war with the leader of iraq
The u.s. won in no time a lightning quick attack
The general was doubtful but benjy could assure him
The enemy will lose cause after all it's purim
כי בך לבד בטחנו מלך אל רם ונשא אדון עולמים
On rosh hashana morning an engine he could hear
He sent his chief of staff to try to make it clear
It's nice to have a limo to drive the president
But when he asked for a shofar that's not what he meant
כי בך לבד בטחנו מלך אל רם ונשא אדון עולמים
A sniper started shooting but benjy wasnt nervous
Soon the place was swarming with lots of secret service
My guards are at their posts so im not afraid
With mezuzos on my doors hashem comes to my aid
כי בך לבד בטחנו מלך אל רם ונשא אדון עולמים
JEP Its Never Too Late 9 JEP JEP
Do I know who I am,
How my story began,
Can I see what lies behind the veil
Can I discern my trail
What is the root of my soul,
Am I to play a certain role
Do my choices have more meaning than I know
Is there a plan to help me grow
Were I to meet my soul, face to face
All my questions would disappear without a trace,
Every incident, another test
Designed to squeeze from me my very best
My soul is a unique entity,
With situations made for it specifically
Now I understand, why I am me,
My strengths and qualities as they should be
Although at times I feel the chips are down
Now I have the strength to come around
My fathers here, Oh! He'll guide me lovingly
I'll do my best cause He believes in me
Were I to meet my soul, face to face
All my questions would disappear without a trace,
Every incident, another test
Designed to squeeze from me my very best
My soul is a unique entity,
With situations made for it specifically
Now I understand, why I am me,
My strengths and qualities as they should be
JEP Im A Jew 2 JEP
Endless years passing by
Tear drops form in my eye
Broken torn and alone
Fighting through the golus on our own
Eretz yisroel forsaken
Our honor and glory were taken
Wandering days of the past
How long must the golus last
Till the shofer sounds that moshicah will appear
A return back home to the land we hold so dear
We await a call but it seems so far away
We cry we pray we stand we say all day
שמע קולנו השם אלקינו
חוס ורחם ורחם עלינו
Bring us home לציון ברינה
לעיר ירושלים הבנויה
Tears we cannot restrain
Sighs we cannot contain
Please hashem hear our plea
Send us eliyahu hanavi
ולירושלים עירך ברחמים תשוב
...plain? does it stand
Please return us to our land
Till the shofer sounds that moshicah will appear
A return back home to the land we hold so dear
We await a call but it seems so far away
We cry we pray we stand we say all day
שמע קולנו השם אלקינו
חוס ורחם ורחם עלינו
Bring us home לציון ברינה
לעיר ירושלים הבנויה
JEP Jep 3 10 Jep 3
Engulfed in darkness i grope
To find a ray of hope
I cannot give up if I do I will die
My wellsprings of tears have run dry
I belong to a wandering nation
Plagued by degradation
The torch of torah does light up the way
And so we exist still today
For the final geula we strive
This is what keeps us alive
The hope of moshiach lights up a flame
To return to our home is our aim
Bimheiro biyomeinu we'll see
A mikdosh of eish there will be
On eagles wings homeward well soar
The golus will be no more
The beis hamikdosh did burn
Oh hashem away did you turn
We were wounded we hurt from our homes we were torn
You gave us a reason to mourn
Bnei yisroel rise
With the hope of his heeding our cries
For "rachem vichanen hashem" is his might
Dawn will soon break through the night
For the final geula we strive
This is what keeps us alive
The hope of moshiach lights up a flame
To return to our home is our aim
Bimheiro biyomeinu we'll see
A mikdosh of eish there will be
On eagles wings homeward well soar
The golus will be no more
JEP Reach Out 8 Burt Bacharach כז
How are you my dear nikolai
What's new behind the iron wall
In this letter i'll write to you
Of life as a free ben yisroel
The day begins rather early
Sweet sounds of children learning torah
Davening avodas hashem
Oh what a beatiful haschala
Your plight pierces my soul
A jew truly exiled
But yet a jew of courage
Whose faith shall never die
Soon great walls of the heichol
Will replace the iron curtain
Still i wish you could be here
My poor and lonely brother
Three times a day troubles leave my mind
Tfila carries me shamaymo
My thoughts i try to direct towards home
Transport my soul yerushalaymo
Each week i meet a royal queen
Her name is shabbos hamalka
She brings me peace and happiness
I know you yearn for such simcha
Your plight pierces my soul
A jew truly exiled
But yet a jew of courage
Whose faith shall never die
Soon great walls of the heichol
Will replace the iron curtain
Still i wish you could be here
My poor and lonely brother
My days have meaning in every way
I know the reason for creation
Torah avodah yiras hashem
We find the purpose of our nation
And now my dear nikolai
I really have to end this letter
Some day soon we'll walk side by side
When moshiach will make this world better
Your plight pierces my soul
A jew truly exiled
But yet a jew of courage
Whose faith shall never die
Soon great walls of the heichol
Will replace the iron curtain
Still i wish you could be there
And meet my dear brother
JEP Reach Out 4 Burt Bacharach כז
I hear a voice that's loud and clear
Saying that I should be good
I hear a voice that's that's loud and clear
What is good is understood
I hear a voice that's loud and clear
Saying that I should be good
What is good is understood
How can I know which way is good?
Oowa oowa oowa hey!
Is it what they show in Hollywood?
No no no no no no way!
Can I learn it from the neighborhood?
No no no no no no way!
From the Torah it is understood
JEP Im A Jew 3 JEP
I know a boy named binyomin
Who thought he couldn't win
He always dreamed that one day he would be a champion
To binyomin id say id say
To binyomin id say
If you did you did you did a mitzva
You would be okay
Now binyomin learns the torah
He know the proper way
So everybody say
You did you did you did a mitzva
A mitzva today
JEP Im A Jew 7 JEP JEP
I remember yom kippur a few years ago
The arabs surprised us we just didnt know
Brothers in taleisim were summoned away
Our tfilos went on through the day
With painful endurance we waited to hear
What final outcome we'd all have to bear
The young and coraugeous they fought to restore
A nation so ravaged by war
Were weary hashem
For how many more must we cry
Send us moshiach we do implore
Let there be peace evermore
How many times will the sirens still call
How many more of our brothers will fall
Armed with bitachon with firm heart we stand
To protect and defend our homeland
I stand by the kosel my eyes filled with tears
A vision of widows and orphans appears
My father's reminder yet comforts me so
כי לא יטוש השם את עמו
Were weary hashem
For how many more must we cry
Send us moshiach we do implore
Let there be peace evermore
JEP Someday We Will All Be Together 7 JEP
I search and I wander, lost and alone
My friend's but a shadow, and no place my home
The sun shines so strongly, but I cannot see
The road is too steep with no passage for me
I'm merely a child, but inside I've grown old
The world cannot touch me, for each touch is cold
The warmth that I search for is nowhere in sight
I see only sorrow, I see only night
A voice came to meet me, extending its heart
A voice pleading softly, "do not stand apart"
A voice giving warmth I'd not known before
A voice casting light as it opened the door
I followed that voice, and soon I could see
A room filled with children all welcoming me
The beauty of Torah was drawing me near
A light in the darkness, so pure and so clear
I search and I wander, lost and alone
My friend's but a shadow, and no place my home
The sun shines so strongly, but I cannot see
The road is too steep with no passage for me
I'm merely a child, but inside I've grown old
The world cannot touch me, for each touch is cold
The warmth that I search for is nowhere in sight
I see only sorrow, I see only night
A voice came to meet me, extending its heart
A voice pleading softly, "do not stand apart"
A voice giving warmth I'd not known before
A voice casting light as it opened the door
I followed that voice, and soon I could see
A room filled with children no different from me
The study of torah i hope and i pray
Will shatter the darkness tonight and today
JEP Return My Children 2 JEP Jep 2
Imagine if you could make the claim
To have been in noahs ark during that rain
Just sit back just think and fantasize
You'll see a rainbow right before your eyes
Imagine how it must have been
In the days of abraham in ur kasdim
Would you too have jumped into that flame
To sanctify the g-d almightys name
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ השם אֵלֶיךָ וְנָשׁוּבָה חַדֵּשׁ יָמֵינוּ כְּקֶדֶם
Imagine the pain and misery
That long and bitter egyptian slavery
Just hold hold on and you'll hit the dessert sand
Heading towards the sacred promised land
Imagine if you could've been around
'cross the jordan onto the holy ground
Listen listen and hear the shofar blow
The wall came tumblin' down in jericho
זכור ימות עולם ימות עולם
בינו בינו שנות דור ודור
Imagine if your eyes could have seen
David fighting all those philistines
They all just laughed but david won instead
Flung that stone right into goliath's head
Imagine how rough and wet a trip
They had to cast off jonah from that ship
Look hes drowning they yelled to no avail
Jonah spent three days inside that whale
נַעַר הָיִיתִי גַּם זָקַנְתִּי וְלֹא רָאִיתִי צַדִּיק נֶעֱזָב
Imagine did ya' ever wonder why
Things worked out for esther and mordechai
The plan changed for haman and his men
They hung him up with his sons one through ten
Imagine how its gonna be
Here comes eliyahu hanavi
We pray for that very special day
It won't be long, moshiach's on his way
Someday we'll all be together
We'll be together
In yerushalayim beezras hashem
ושם נעבדך ביראה
כימי עולם וכשנים קדמוניות
JEP Its Never Too Late 3 JEP JEP
In a small town in russia all wondered in dismay
Why their tzaddik reb leib had to travel far away
But a neshama beckoned from a distant land
Reb leib he just couldnt understand
Searching one day on the outskirts of a town
An eight year old boy in tattered clothes was what he found
הֲמִבְּלִי לֶחֶם לֶאֱכוֹל
בְּעֵרֹם וּבְחֹסֶר כֹּל
סאל א קאקאש מאר,
מויגוורט מעגווירט מאר
דשזאלד ער דשזערבן שיק מדזערבן שעיטל עדשזע מאהדאהר
דשזאלד ער דשזערבן שיק מדזערבן שעיטל עדשזע מאהדאהר
The boys face glowed with such simcha
Reb leib sensed a holy neshama
Together they walked throughs the trees to a small simple home
Where the boy and his mother lived alone
Your son has divine inspiration
To uplift the spirit of our nation
Someday a great leader of our people hes destined to be
Oh please, wont you let him come with me
די מיקאהר לעסעג מאר?
די מיקאהר לעסעג מאר?
יבנה המקדש עיר ציון תמלא - אהקאהר לעסעג מאר.
יבנה המקדש עיר ציון תמלא - אהקאהר לעסעג מאר.
The boy was brought to stay with the great reb shmelke
Who nurtured this great soul from the heichal hashira
His songs ascended heavenly
Words that came so naturally
Lifting spirits up so magically
His fame began to spread people flocked to hear him
Transform common songs into holy nigunim
He sang in joy and ecstasy
Growing up eventually
Leader of the kaliv dynasty
וּמִפְּנֵי חֲטָאֵינוּ גָּלִינוּ מֵאַרְצֵנוּ. וְנִתְרַחַקְנוּ מַעַל אַדְמָתֵנוּ
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ שֶׁתָּשׁוּב וּתְרַחֵם עָלֵינוּ וַהֲבִיאֵנוּ לְצִיּוֹן עִירְךָ בְּרִנָּה
JEP Its Never Too Late 10 JEP JEP
Nation among nations conquered and controlled
Empires have come bringing ideals of gold
Enlightenments adventure, honor and success
But they could not divert us from our quest
Culture art and questions glitter and allure
Greece masked adarkness that was tainted and impure
We fought their laws of reason battled troops of men
And lit the flame of torah once again
We will rise
בכל דור ודור weve triumphed over their lies
And through the years of pain we kept our faith deep in our hearts
As weve known from the start
That we climb the rungs ascending towards the skies
Affluent prestigious skilled in all the arts
Yet spain would not allow us the faith within our hearts
Their wealth was tarnished gold their culture harsh and cruel
Still we remain despite their hate filled rule
Nation of survivors a world we never knew
Cossacks and peasants united against the jew
Each nations reached its height were left to pray and yearn
Aspiring we wait here for our turn
We will rise
בכל דור ודור weve triumphed over their lies
And through the years of pain we kept our faith deep in our hearts
As weve known from the start
That we climb the rungs ascending towards the skies
JEP Its Never Too Late 4 JEP
Night was falling in the Russian town
Dark and silence settled all around
Icy moonlight lit the forest ground
Casting shadows on the snow
Among the culted far from anyone
Secretly a bris milah was done
Notice of the father and the son
Would mean sure death in the snow
In the daytime in the still of night
In the open or away from sight
We will always keep the torah
And do mitzvos without fear
In the mountains on the russian plains
In the steets and in the subway trains
We are faithful to the torah
ובשם השם נזכיר
As they left their strength began to wain
And each step was filled with bitter pain
But hashem saw faces filled with love
וילכו שניהם יחדיו
They were then caught with the mila knife
And a soldier took the father's life
The son cried as he saw kiddush hashem
And malachim wept with them
Have no fear my son of knives and guns
השם לי מה יעשה לי אדם
We must always keep the torah
And do mitzvos without fear
In the mountains on the russian plains
In the steets and inthe subway trains
We are faithful to the torah
ובשם השם נזכיר
Many years passed since that dreadful day
Grass and weeds grew on the martyrs grave
And the son for whom his life he gave
Followed in his fathers way
So one dark night in the winter cold
When his only son was eight days old
He did as he had been shown and told
A bris milah on that day
In mitzrayim and in germany
Through dark ages and pontifery
We have always kept the torah
Doing mitzvos without fear
In the mountains on the russian plains
In the steets and in the subway trains
We are faithful to the torah
ובשם השם נזכיר
JEP Return My Children 11 JEP
Oh Dovid, I send you this letter
Expressing my pain and despair
To thank you, for teaching me how to survive
The troubles I meet everywhere.
My parents don't want me to Daven
They tell me do something, instead
That's when I tell them, the things that I've learned
Those wonderful words that you said:
Chazak Ve'ematz, always remember
Be strong in your trust, not a pretender
You cannot just take, you also must give
Only then have you learned how to live.
But my parents don't see that I'm filled with emotion
I'm serving Hashem with a total devotion
You've cleared all my doubts, you've answered my dreams
Now I know what a Jew really means.
I'm laughed at, because of my Kippa
My friends make me feel like a fool
They don't understand why I wear it all day
Why I don't take it off after school.
At home, I make sure we keep Kosher
But few of my friends do the same
They hide their religion where no one can see
Oh I wish they could hear you explain:
Chazak Ve'ematz, always remember
Be strong in your trust, not a pretender
You cannot just take, you also must give
Only then have you learned how to live.
But so many are lost in a world of confusion
Their faith isn't real, it's just an illusion
I cry for them all, I pity them so
For the beautiful things they don't know.
JEP Jep 3 7 JEP
Oh my father i have wandered from the shelter of your home
Now please guide me through the darkness oh my father I'm alone
I remember tender teardrops on the day we said goodbye
Now I yearn to see once more rays of heaven in your eye
Oh my son enter freely I've been waiting all these years
It's a cruel world that we live in in my arms you'll dry your tears
Shma bni musar ovicho please remember the only truth
Toras emes is a torch passed from elder unto youth
JEP Reach Out 11 JEP כז
Once there was a soldier and Benjy was his name
Since he joined the army it hasn't been the same
All the men wore helmets and uniforms of gray
But Benjy wore a Kippah and Tzitzis anyway
כִּי בְךָ לְבַד בָּטָחְנוּ מֶלֶךְ קֵל רָם וְנִשּא
Reveille was early right at the crack of dawn
The men lined up for roll call their faces pale and drawn
But Benjy was all bouncy he wasn't feeling blah
He always got up early to say Krias Shma
He once was taken prisoner his captor had a knack
For torturing his captives until he made them crack
He said "Come on start talking" but Benjy answered "Nope
It's time to daven Mincha so please untie my rope."
כִּי בְךָ לְבַד בָּטָחְנוּ מֶלֶךְ קֵל רָם וְנִשּא
Benjy blew a siren before a sneak attack
His unit was alerted and beat the bombers back
"Hey Benjy how'd ya know to blow before those planes were showing?"
"It's Rosh Hashonoh morning that's a Shofar I was blowing."
כִּי בְךָ לְבַד בָּטָחְנוּ מֶלֶךְ קֵל רָם וְנִשּא
Benjy forgot his password one dark and dreary night
The sentry roared, "Who goes there?" and gripped his rifle tight
Benjy said, "Shma Yisroel Hashem Elokeinu"
Replied the guard, "Hashem Echod" and let him pass on through
כִּי בְךָ לְבַד בָּטָחְנוּ מֶלֶךְ קֵל רָם וְנִשּא
Meals were very tasty but Benjy had his own
Kosher cheese and pickles and chocolate ice cream cones
His buddies always snickered but he just laughed at them
Because he was enlisted in the Army of Hashem
כִּי בְךָ לְבַד בָּטָחְנוּ מֶלֶךְ קֵל רָם וְנִשּא
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One night a man knocked on my door
At a glance I could see he was poor
My emotions were moved by his solemn distress
Rachamim every Jew does possess.
I could see by the look on his face,
That to sleep he did not have a place
I smiled and i asked him to please come inside.
The ani broke down and he cried:
"I am lonely and sad; how forlorn is my plight,
To hunger each day, to wander each night
Those who console me are few
The gomlei chosodim like you.
"Remember my child as long as you live,
To people in need, tzedokah you'll give
The money may last for a while
But I'll always remember your smile."
אִישׁ חָסִיד הָיָה
בְּלִי מָזוֹן וּמִחְיָה
הֲמִבְּלִי לֶחֶם לֶאֱכוֹל
חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם בִּמְרוֹמָיו
אוּלַי יִגְמְלֵנוּ בְּרַחֲמָיו
טוֹב לְקֹוָיו מַחֲסֶה
רְצוֹן יְרֵאָיו יַעֲשֶׂה
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One peaceful Friday night,
The table decked in white.
The gloom and darkness of Golus
Seemed lost in the candles light.
Entranced by the brilliant glare,
The young boy pondered and stared,
He dreamed of a world of Kedusha
Where Shabbos is kept everywhere.
With Zemiros and learning,
And bright candles burning,
My weekly nechama
Lifts up my Neshama
For Shabos hayom laHashem
We are so different from them.
We raise up our voices,
The whole world rejoices.
Hashem elokeinu
Shema koleinu.
With zeal and desire, each week we strive
To keep this tradition alive.
Because we're the Am Segulah
An Am of Torah and Gedulah,
If only we'd all keep the Shabbos,
We'd surely bring the Geulah.
With Zemiros and learning,
And bright candles burning,
My weekly nechama
Lifts up my Neshama
For Shabos hayom laHashem
We are so different from them.
As the candles dwindle in size,
Teardrops form in my eyes.
A feeling of sadness surrounds me,
As the small flame flickers and dies.
But a ray of hope still remains,
In a world filled with sorrow and pain,
Each week light will shine through the darkness
And Shabbos Hamalkah will reign.
We raise up our voices,
The whole world rejoices.
Hashem elokeinu
Shema koleinu.
With zeal and desire, each week we strive
To keep this tradition alive.
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Our life is like a road that is full of bumps and curves
We never know which way we'll have to swerve
We try to hang on as we hit the bumps and curves
As we look for things to help us calm our nerves
But if we trust in our creator our father
And concentrate on all things we should
If we trust in our creator our father
We'll go much farther then we thought we could
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Our lives are enriched by this precious tree
This tree of life for eternity
Those who keep it consistantly
Praised they surely will be
Its ways are pleasant and just
For those whom in G-d place their trust
Walking it's pathways will lead
To kindness and peace
עֵץ חַיִּים הִיא לַמַּחֲזִיקִים בָּהּ וְתֹמְכֶיהָ מְאֻשָּׁר. דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי נֹעַם וְכָל נְתִיבוֹתֶיהָ שָׁלוֹם.
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Someday when Moshiach will come
The world will be joyous and peaceful
The nations will turn towards to Hashem
And Torah will then be the law of all men
וְהָיָה בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים נָכוֹן יִהְיֶה הַר בֵּית הַשֵּׁם בְּרֹאשׁ הֶהָרִים וְנִשָּׂא מִגְּבָעוֹת וְנָהֲרוּ אֵלָיו כָּל הַגּוֹיִם
כִּי לַהַשֵּׁם הַמְּלוּכָה וּמֹשֵׁל בַּגּוֹיִם
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Stained is our past with bad memories
Tears water a forest of trees
We are the fruit and the moist seed
We shan't forget the axemen's decree
For six million tears fell to the ground
The world stood still didn't make a sound
Box cars close voices heard within
Silent prayers were said, forgive me lord ive sinned
While chimneys were smoking the world turned blind
How could this happen to our very own kind
For six million tears fell to the ground
The world stood still didn't make a sound
Flowers and weeds covered for miles
Tortured souls who knew not how to smile
Pulled from their beds taken away to die
We must waken our souls must cry
For six million tears fell to the ground
The world stood still didn't make a sound
Mothers and fathers young and old
Gasping for breath in each others hold
We are to blame for yet other deaths
If these tears we somehow forget
For six million tears fell to the ground
The world stood still didn't make a sound
For six million tears fell to the ground
To these tears our roots are bound
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The kol in the heavens proclaims
Return to me my children hope remains
For those who repent
HaShem's blessings are sent
אני לדודי ודודי לי
The shofar sounds, the judgment of that day
As we pour out our hearts while we pray
The message of each tear,
Let us live another year
וכתבנו בספר החיים
Our father high above
We turn to you for love
Have mercy as a father to his son
And though we may stray
Please teach the world to say
HaShem, Yisroel and Torah are one!
We're given now ten days to atone
For tshuva reaches the heavenly throne
Please cleanse us from sin
זכנו בדין
השיבנו השם אליך
Yom Kippur's prayers forgive us for our past,
Let our love for you, HaShem forever last
Please listen to our plea
And answer Salachti
בנים אתם לשם
Our father high above
We turn to you for love
Have mercy as a father to his son
And though we may stray
Please teach the world to say
HaShem, Yisroel and Torah are one!
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The lights are dim the road is rough
Through dangerous paths we must go
We travel through Golus with fear in our hearts
What the future holds we don't know.
Our brethren you've strayed from the ways of the old
We'll help you return do not fear
Each Jew has a place in the heart of Hashem
You are so far yet so near.
Reach out grab hold of your dear brother's hand
Outstretched in times of need
With Ahava one another we'll help
Together we will succeed.
We hope for release to return to our home
We've prayed to Hashem through the years
We're here all together and yet we're alone
Our eyes are burning with tears.
Our brethren you've strayed from the ways of the old
We'll help you return do not fear
Each Jew has a place in the heart of Hashem
You are so far yet so near.
Reach out grab hold of your dear brother's hand
Outstretched in times of need
With Ahava one another we'll help
Together we will succeed.
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The whole entire world is a very narrow brige
A very narrow bridge
A very narrow bridge
כל העולם כולו גשר צר מאוד
גשר צר מאוד
גשר צר מאוד
And the main thing to recall
Is to have no fear
Have no fear at all
והעיקר והעיקר לא לפחד
לא לפחד כלל
והעיקר והעיקר לא לפחד כלל
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They learned in a dark frigid cellar,
Alone, just a small group of men.
When in rushed the soldiers and led them all away,
The flame of Torah flickered on that day.
So many tears so much sorrow
The pain has lasted thousands of years
But soon we'll stop crying the cruelty will end
The melech haMoshiach will descend.
Someday we will all be together
Someday we'll be sheltered and warm
Never will we have to express any fear
Our scars and our wounds will disappear.
Avraham and Yitzchok will be there to greet us
Yaakov and his sons will stand by and smile
Moshe Rabeinu will meet us once again
In Yerusholayim b'ezras Hashem.
We learn every day and we daven
We ask Hashem please bring those old times back
I know that he's listening
He always does its true
For I've received His promise and so have you.
That Hashem will lead us out of this golus
It won't be too much longer i know
And then together we will daven
Together we'll all sing
And praise and thank Hashem for everything.
Someday we will all be together
Someday we'll be sheltered and warm
Never will we have to express any fear
Our scars and our wounds will disappear.
Avraham and Yitzchok will be there to greet us
Yaakov and his sons will stand by and smile
Moshe Rabeinu will meet us once again
In Yerusholayim b'ezras Hashem.
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Times of joy for our nation when hashem reached out from above
Brought us close at har sinai naseh venishma showed our love
וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל הָעָם יַחְדָּו וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר הַשֵּׁם נַעֲשֶׂה
כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר הַשֵּׁם נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע.
Times of joy for our nation when hashem reached out from above
Brought us close at har sinai naseh venishma showed our love
Rays of life shining from our faces
Kedusha glowing from within
No more pain no more need to suffer
Now there's hope now we can begin
כאיש אחד בלב אחד
Were so many yet were one
Torah is ours through mesorah
Handed from father to son
Through the years we have not forgotten
כי הם חיינו
Limud and maaseh have sustained us
ואורך ימינו
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Walking down the street outside,
Knowing who i am inside,
Let it be known to the world,
That i am a JEW!!!
Im a jew
Im a jew
And am proud to be one too
Im a jew
Im a jew
Im a jew
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Wandering from place to place
Looking for a life to embrace
Never knowing where the road will lead
Despondent feeling all alone
Disillusioned with the world that ive known
Searching for the meaning that i need
I begin to look back at my roots
I discover undeniable truths
I want to rejoin my people but i have doubts
Can i really meld with them as one
Be accepted after all that ive done
But i hear a voice my nation's calling out
Its never
Its never too late to come back
We'll take you back
And we'll help you start
All over again
Open just open your heart and you'll learn
That its never its never too late to return
As my faith keeps growing strong
Overcoming all the things ive done wrong
Slowly i am learning to believe
My fears are quickly laid to rest
As my people help me in my quest
They've reached out a lost brother to receive
Ive become an observant jew
Able to start life anew
Deep inside the flame of torah now burns
So brethren please don't despair
Despite mistakes you're all welcome here
The doors are open awaiting your return
Its never
Its never too late to come back
We'll take you back
And we'll help you start
All over again
Open just open your heart and you'll learn
That its never its never too late to return
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