Music and lyrics: Robbi Sherwin & Scott Leader with Sam Glaser
Hebrew lyrics: Birkat Hashachar
Standing at the foot of Sinai
We all did see and hear
Amidst the smoke and rumbling
G-d's word it did appear
Chorus:
Take these laws and hold them
In your heart and in your soul
I give you now my Torah
Torah will make you whole
The chosen ones, chosen to ask
Who is G-d and what is our task?
Only the ages and sages could tell
Baruch ata, Adonai, she'asani Yisrael
(Blessed is G-d, who has made me a Jew)
Standing at the edge of the universe
All that we know now is gone
Auschwitz, Maidenek, Buchenwald
Smoke and rubble obscuring the dawn
Take these laws and hold them
In your heart and in your soul
I give you now my Torah
Torah will make you whole
The chosen ones, chosen to ask
Out of the ashes, what's now our task
We promise to remember all that we saw
Baruch ata Adonai, ozer Yisrael big'vura
Translation:
(Blessed is G-d, who girds our people Israel with strength)
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheynu Melech ha'olam
Naan lasech minah
L'havchin bein yom u'vein leilah
Translation: italics:
(Blessed are you, G-d, Ruler of the Universe, who implants mind and
instinct within every living being)
Standing on the edge of Samaria
As we survey the sand
Peace with all our neighbors
Amidst the smoke and the rubble again
Take these laws and hold them
In your heart and in your soul
I give you now my Torah
Torah will make you whole
The chosen ones, choosing to find
That compromise for peace of mind
Between the hard place and the rock
Baruch ata Adonai, laya'ayf koach
Translation:
(Blessed is G-d, who gives strength to the weary)
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