The Official Jewish Songbook
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- A Russian Boy’s Hopeless Plight
- Modeh Ani
- Together We Cry
- If You Have A Problem
- Yankel Am Ha’aretz
The Gift Of TefillahWith the gift of Tefillah that we were granted We survived when troubles mounted To insist on a change of will Though a verdict’s been already sealed. The time has come for us to act Demand the end to the Yiddishe Golus We raise our voices to Hashem, in prayer Inviting all of you to join with us. Hashem, Hashem, it’s been enough Two thousand years is much too much The pools of blood, and countless lives Surely for You, this must suffice. The time has come for revelation For Jews to shine unto all nations We need Moshiach, and want him now To culminate the whole creation. A Russian Boy’s Hopeless Plight(T.T.T.O. Ovinu Ov Horachamon) A Russian boy’s hopeless plight Dreariness fills his night Hardship and pain befall him His chance of survival is slim.
To the Rebbe he turns, with a letter Compelled to express to him How life could have been so much better. The boy did not beg for an easier life Nor for a hope to be free Vos zol ich ton az s’davent zich nisht That was the Russian boy’s plea. As the Rebbe spoke at Farbrengen The Chossidim gazed on, in surprise As the Rebbe choked with emotion And tears came to his eyes. The boy did not beg… Modeh AniOh every morning When I’m through sleeping I open up my eyes and say Thank you Hashem for my neshama And for giving me another day.
And the raindrops that must fall For all the flowers in the springtime But for the Torah we thank you most of all. Thank you Hashem for kosher pizza And for creating swimming pools Thank you for latkes and for Pashkez And for the snowstorms that keep us home from school. Together We CryA quite Shul a foreign land Sits and davens an older man You amazed at his life of simplicity How his words reach you with sensitivity And your eyes recognize as never before That the dream that he prays for is yours. Miles apart close at heart Felt the bond as one from the start Although mountains and oceans lie in our way We are joined from the time of that wonderouse day When at Sinai we learned of the path we would take That the chain of our past would never break. Together we dance together we sing Throughout the world how our achdus does ring Klal Yisroel together today Even though we seem so far away. Together we cry we hope and we pray Let’s bring each other closer each day Klal Yisroel sharing one dream Sheves achim gam yachad. All assembled dressed in white With awe and fear this Kol Nidrei night There’s a feeling here when neilah is near That we’ll be inscribed with another good year And when Simchas Torah brings that joyful harmony We are ever bound in stronger unity. Hopes and dreams joy and prayer These are feelings we all can share They have always been there am inside us They will always be there to unite us Though our paths are diverse we all share one aim Our direction is one and the same. If You Have A ProblemIf you have a problem, you can’t think it through Daven to Hashem, and He will answer you Chorus: If you’re sick or well, rich or poor To whom do we turn - boreinu
Daven with Kavanah, it’ll clear away the fog. (Chorus) We daven to Hashem with Simcha, with chayus and with joy We ask that in the Holy Land, the Jew should beat the goy. (Chorus) Yankel Am Ha’aretzIn a little town somewhere in Europe Just about a hundred years ago Lived a simple man his name was Yankel And this is how his storv goes. Yankel couldn’t learn a blott gemora Why he barely knew to read and write Deep in his heart he learned to do the Mitzvos But somehow he never seemed to get things right. He didn’t know his Brochos, couldn’t say Shema by heart He’d daoven Shmoneh Esray with his feet spread wide apart Everyone would laugh and snicker When he posed them by in shul Here comes Yankel am ha’aretz could there be a bigger fool.
Teasing him as if he were a child But he never ever lost his temper And on his face there always was a smile. Now the Rabbi, tried to learn with Yakel So the young man would know how to cope In one ear and then out the other The Rabbi gave up there simply was no hope. His ivrah was atrocious, the place he’d always lose He’d show up m Yom Kippur wearing shiny polished shoes Everyone would laugh and snicker When he passed them by in shul Here comes Yankel am ha’aretz Could there be a bigger fool. Stubborn Yankel he just kept on trying The all told him, it’s a hopeless ‘cause But he kept saying one day I’ll know how to Learn the Torah and keep it’s laws. Now one night the Rabbi fell asleep in shul Only to wake up when he hew a sigh It was Yakel by the Aron Kodesh There were teardrops running from his eyes. He was saying ‘Master of the world, I know you hear my prayer And I accept my fate in life, your judgement is always fear Yet one thing I must ask of you where else am I to turn Could I not serve you so much more, if I knew how to Learn. The Rabbi sent Yankel to learn in Yeshiva They all thought he’d lost his sanity He’ll be back within a week for certain All the Rabbi said was wait and see. Yankel’s now a famous scholar It just took a few short years For the gates of heaven never close They never close for tears. And everybody shakes his hand When he passes them in shul Here comes Yankel talmid chacham How could we have been such fools. Download 0.87 Mb. Share with your friends:
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