In the jewelry box of the corner synagogue
We gathered our most precious gems together
to escort them to their first day of first grade.
Sitting sweet beneath the velvet and the tassels
of the Torah
like princes & princesses in a castle...
Like empty vessels about to be filled
with the spill of a most sacred education
in the Judean hills.
We gathered our most precious gems together
to escort them to their first day of first grade.
Sitting sweet beneath the velvet and the tassels
of the Torah
like princes & princesses in a castle...
Like empty vessels about to be filled
with the spill of a most sacred education
in the Judean hills.
The first drops into the goblet
were words of blessing from our local legend
of a Rabbi - Reb Sholom Brodt
With a spark & spirit not unlike a 6 year olds
and yet the wisdom of the ages, well-told
with stories and brachas
and coins for tzedaka
were words of blessing from our local legend
of a Rabbi - Reb Sholom Brodt
With a spark & spirit not unlike a 6 year olds
and yet the wisdom of the ages, well-told
with stories and brachas
and coins for tzedaka
Then a splash of song and instruments
and a donning of a tallis over them.
Gleaming like an griffin's wing held up with prayers for sheltering.
and a donning of a tallis over them.
Gleaming like an griffin's wing held up with prayers for sheltering.
And Now
Make Way
for the Sound Parade
of drum-clad children
and their smile-smacking parents.
With backpacks and timbrels, flutes and jangles.
Proving to all with eyes to see
that the streets of Jerusalem are indeed
as holy as G!d & history promised us they would be.
Make Way
for the Sound Parade
of drum-clad children
and their smile-smacking parents.
With backpacks and timbrels, flutes and jangles.
Proving to all with eyes to see
that the streets of Jerusalem are indeed
as holy as G!d & history promised us they would be.
Winding through the Nachlaot cobbles.
No need for carpools!
-- These scholars will strut to school! -- Dance to school! -- Chant to school!
And what a school!
The brand-new who-knew Mayanot Rebbe Hiya school!
No need for carpools!
-- These scholars will strut to school! -- Dance to school! -- Chant to school!
And what a school!
The brand-new who-knew Mayanot Rebbe Hiya school!
Quick!
Shlep in the palm frods ten-feet long
Make an archway into the first day
With flowers and song.
Shlep in the palm frods ten-feet long
Make an archway into the first day
With flowers and song.
Trace the aleph-bet with honey-wet fingers
and don't forget yer brachas
over the honey cake
made with apple moon crescents
and a thousand mothers blessings
for the success of their children.
and don't forget yer brachas
over the honey cake
made with apple moon crescents
and a thousand mothers blessings
for the success of their children.
May our cups overflow.
May our children thrive.
May they be disciples of integrity.
Like the PUPILS
of G!d’s Eye.
May our children thrive.
May they be disciples of integrity.
Like the PUPILS
of G!d’s Eye.
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