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Shalom Aleychem – Drink With Me Shalom Drink with me Aleichem To days gone by mal'achei Sing with me hasharet The songs we knew mal'achei Here's to pretty girls elyon Who went to our heads Mimelech malchei here's to witty girls ham'lachim Who went to our beds hakadosh Here's to them Baruch hu And here's to me Bo'achem Drink with me leshalom To days gone by mal'achei can it be hashalom You fear to die? mal'achei Will the world remember you elyon When you fall? Mimelech malchei Could it be your death ham'lachim Means nothing at all? hakadosh Is your life Baruch hu just one more lie? Barchuni Drink with me l'shalom To days gone by mal'achei To the life hashalom That used To be mal'achei Let the wine of friendship elyon Never run dry Mimelech malchei at the shrine of friendship ham'lachim never say die hakadosh Here's to you Baruch hu And here's To me Tzeytchem L’Shalom do I care if I should die mal'achei hashalom Now she goes across the sea Rabbi Lenny Mandel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED mal'achei my life without Cosette elyon Means nothing at all Mimelech malchei Would you weep, Cosette, ham'lachim Should Marius fall? hakadosh will you weep Baruch hu Cosette for me A Song of David (Psalm 29) Castle on a Cloud Mizmor l'David: Havu Ladonai b'nei eilim there is a castle on a cloud Havu Ladonai kavod vaoz I like to go there in my sleep, Havu Ladonai k'vod sh'mo not any floors for me to sweep Hishtachavu Ladonai not in my castle b'hadrat kodesh On the cloud Kol Adonai al hamayim there is a room that's full of toys, eil hakavod, hirim There are a hundred boy and girls Adonai al mayim Nobody shouts or talks too loud, Adonai al mayim rabim Not in my castle on a cloud. Kol Adonai bakoach There is a lady all in white Kol Adonai behadar Holds me and sings a lullaby Kol Adonai She's nice to see shoveir arazim and she's soft to touch Vay'shabeir Adonai She says, Cosette et^arzei hal'vanon I love you very much." Vayarkideim k'mo eigel I know a place where no one's lost l'vanon v'siryon k'mo ven^r'eimim I know a place where no one cries Kol Adonai chotseiv Crying at all lahavot eish is not allowed kol adonai yachil midbar Not in my castle on a cloud. Yachil Adonai midbar Kadesh there is a castle on a cloud Kol Adonai y'choleil ayalot I like to go there in my sleep, vayechesof y'arot -- uvheichalo Not any floors - for me to sweep kulo omeir kavod. not in my castle on the cloud. Adonai lamabul yashav there is a room that's full of toys vayeishev Adonai melech l'olam there are a hundred boy and girls Adonai oz l'amo yitein Nobody shouts or talks too loud, Rabbi Lenny Mandel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Adonai y'vareich Et Amo vashalom. Not in my castle on a cloud. L’Chah Dodi I Dreamed a Dream (ROBIN I) L'cha dodi I dreamed a dream lik-rat kalah, in time gone by p'nei shabbat When hope was high n'kablah And life worth living L'cha dodi likrat kalah I dreamed that love would never die Pnei shabbat I dreamed that God n'kablah would be forgiving Sha-mor v'zachor b'dibur ehad Then I was young and unafraid hish-mi-anu eil And dreams were made ham'yuhad and used and wasted adonai echad ush'mo ehad There was no ransom to be paid l'shem ul'tiferet v'lit-hilah. No song unsung No wine untasted Likrat shabbat l'khu v'nelchah But the tigers come at night Ki hi m'kor ha-brachah With their voices soft as thunder meyrosh mikedem n'suchah As they tear your hope apart Sof ma-aseh b'machashavah t'hilah As they turn your dream to shame Yamin u-smol tifrotzi He slept a summer by my side V'et adonai He filled my days ta'aritz i with endless wonder Al yad ish ben par-tzi He took my childhood in his stride V'nism'cha v'nagilah But he was gone when autumn came (We rise and face the door to greet the Sabbath Queen.) Bo'i v'shalom And still I dream he'll come to me ateret ba'a’lah That we will live the years together Gam b'simcha but there are dreams that will never be u-v'tzoholah And there r storms we cannot weather Toch emunei am s'gulah I had a dream my life would be Bo'i chalah so different from bo'i challah this hell I'm living lchah dodi So different now Rabbi Lenny Mandel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED likrat kalah from what it seemed pnei shabbat now life has killed n'kabelah the dream I dreamed Ahavat Olam On My Own Naomi W Ahavat olam On my own beit yisrael Pretending am’kha ahavta he's beside me Torah umitzvot All alone chukim umishpatim I walk with him otanu limad’ta 'til morning Al kein Without him adonai eloheinu I feel his arms around me b’shokhveinu And when I lose my way uv’kumeinu I close my eyes nasi’ah b’hukekha And he has found me v’nismah In the rain b’divrei toratekha the pavement shines like silver u-u u All the lights u'v’mitzvotekha are misty in the river l’olam In the darkness l'olam va-ed the trees are full of starlight Ki hem And all I see hayeinu is him and me v’orekh yameinu forever and forever. u-vahem I love him neh’geh yomam va-laila but when the night is over V’ahavat’kha he is gone al tasir mimenu l’olamim A river’s just a river without him the world around me changes The trees are bare and everywhere The streets are full of strangers Barukh ata Adonai I love him 2X Ohev But only Rabbi Lenny Mandel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED amo yisrael on my own. The Sh’ma A Little Fall of Rain Sh’ma Don't you fret Yisrael M'sieur Marius adonai I don't feel any pain eloheinu A little fall of rain Adonai ehad can hardly hurt me now Sh’ma, Shma yisrael You're here that's all I need to know Adonai And you will keep me safe Eloheinu And you will keep me close Adonai ehad And rain will make the flowers grow V’ahavta eit adonai But you will live'Ponine elohekha dear God above b’khol l’vav’kha If I could close your wounds uv’khol nafsh’kha with words of love uv’khol m’odekha Just hold me now, and let it be V’hayu had’varim Shelter me ha-eleh comfort me asher anokhi You would live A hundred years m’tzavkha ha-yom If I could show you how al l’vavekha I won't desert you now V’shinantam The rain can't hurt me now L’va This rain l’vanekha will wash away what's past V'dibarta bam And you will keep me safe B'shivtecha B'veytechah And you will keep me close U'velechtecha I'll sleep in your embrace vaderech at last uv’shokhb’kha so don't you fret uv’kumekha monsieur Marius Uk’shartam -- l’ot al I don't feel -- any pain Yadekha -- v’hayu a little -- drop of rain l’totafot can hardly hurt me now bein you're here einekha that's all I need to know Rabbi Lenny Mandel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Ukh’tavtam al and you will keep me safe m’zuzot beitekha and you well keep me close uve-e-e-e-e and rain sh’a’rekha Will make the flowers grow. V’shamru Val Jean’s Confession Naomi W V’shamru On this page v'nai-v’nai yisrael I write my last confession E-e-et et ha-shabbat read it well, when I at last am sleeping la’asot It's a story e-e-et ha-shabbat of those who always loved you l’dorotam Your mother gave her life for you b’rit olam Then gave you to my keeping Beini Come with me uvein b’nei yisrael Where chains will never bind you ot hi All your grief ot hi l’olam at last at last behind you Ki sheshet Lord in heaven yamim asah adonai look down on him in mercy! et ha-shamayim Forgive me all my trespasses v’et ha-aretz And take me to your glory uva yom take my hand uva yom ha-sh’vi-i and lead me to salvation shavat take my love shavat va-yinafash for love is everlasting V’shamru and remember v’nai yisrael -- et ha-shabbat the truth that -- once was spoken la’asot et ha-shabbat to love another person L’dorotam b’rit olam is to see the face of God. Vay’chulu Empty Chairs at Empty Tables Va'Yechulu hashamayim there's a grief that can't be spoken v'ha'aretz v'chol tzeva'am there's a Pain goes on and on Rabbi Lenny Mandel ALL RIGHTS RESERVED vayechal Elohim empty chairs Bayom ha'sh'viyi at empty tables m'lachto asher asah now my friends are dead and gone vayishbot Bayom hash'viyi Here they talked of revolution michol m'lachto asher asah Here it was they lit the flame Vayevarech elohim Here they sang et yom ha'sh'viyi about tomorrow vayekadesh oto And tomorrow never came ki vo sha- vat -- mi-kawl m'lach-to From the table in the corner a-sher ba-ra They could see a world reborn e-lo-him la-asot And they rose with voices ringing Ba-ruch a-tah I can hear them A-do-nai now! E-lo-hei-nu, v'e-lo-hei The very words that they had sung a-vo-tei-nu Elohei Avraham Became their last communion Elohei Yits-chak on a lonely barricade v'elohey ya'akov at dawn E-lo-hei Sarah Oh my friends, my friends E-lo-hei Rivka forgive me.