LYRIC

THE REAL VACCINE/ HAMALACH- Simcha Leiner- Composed by Shlomo Yehuda & Chaim Moshe Rechnitz, Lyrics by Shlomo Yehuda Rechnitz- Shir 3

It’s six o’clock in the morning
He can hear his own heart beating,
Hoping what filled his mind was just a bad dream.
The silence seems so eerie
Nothing is all he can see.
This young child feels a shudder,
Is this his new reality?

CHORUS:
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל
הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי
,הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל רָע
יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים
,וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי
וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם
,אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק
וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ

Making his way downstairs,
Pretending like it’s all OK.
Confined with his family
Who promised just one more day.
Mama’s unsure, should she read the paper
Sadness at the same old news.
Crying as she keeps on reading,
How many more did we lose?

CHORUS:
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל
הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי
,הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל רָע
יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים
,וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי
וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם
,אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק
וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ

Slowly building the courage
“Abba, what wrong did they do”?
His best friend who is now an orphan
Wants to hear the answer too.
We’re ALL Hashem’s children
With our tears, He too does cry.
He’ll call back His most beautiful rose
But can’t we just say our goodbyes?

CHORUS:
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל
הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי
,הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל רָע
יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים
,וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי
וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם
,אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק
וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ

This plague doesn’t seem to care
Which country, religion or nation.
The rich, the poor, the important ones,
No exemptions, no exceptions.
But there’s one group who remain safe,
Because father Yaakov gave them a Bracha-
Our Tinokos Shel Bais Raban, bli ayin hara.

We know that our suffering
Is only to atone,
Our children are still so pure
No Chata’im of their own.
Swaying back and forth in shul
Kavana in every word.
So we must daven by their side
Because we need that Bracha too.
So please give us the Bracha
That Yaakov gave you.

CHORUS:
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל
הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי
,הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכָּל רָע
יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים
,וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי
וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי אַבְרָהָם
,אַבְרָהָם וְיִצְחָק
וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ

וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב, בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ