LYRIC

MANY VOICES, ONE SONG- Baruch Levine, Mordechai Shapiro, Benny Friedman & Beri Weber- Composed by Baruch Levine, Lyrics by Rabbi Aharon Wilk & Shaindy Stewart- Gindi Maimonides Academy Single 2021

VERSE 1:
Upon the mountain high
A ladder reached the sky
An epic dream revealing destiny,
Your children will spread far
Know always who you are
Bring blessing wherever you come to be.

Forced to leave our home
We’ve traveled roads unknown
Connected by all that we hold true,
Bavel saw the Talmud grow
France alight with Rashi’s glow
As each time, we rebuild and start anew.

CHORUS:
Many voices, one song
Stand together, ever strong
With iron faith, we persevere
כִּי הֵם חַיֵּינוּ, our charge is clear.
Many voices, one song
כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד, we all belong
Where we come from, it’s all the same
אֲנִי יְהוּדִי, it’s our eternal name.

Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song,
Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song.
(x2)

VERSE 2:
To Cairo he then fled
His מִשְׁנָה תּוֹרָה spread
A fateful ship carrying the holy few.
While Ramban exalted Spain
Tunisia’s Rif upheld the chain
.יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאוֹרַיְיתָא חַד הוּא

Paths start to diverge
Lights beginning to emerge
Chassidus sparks, legacies of glory.
Brilliance of the Vilna Gaon
Ohr Hachaim’s classic tome
Wrote another chapter in our story.

CHORUS:
Many voices, one song
Stand together, ever strong
With iron faith, we persevere
כִּי הֵם חַיֵּינוּ, our charge is clear.
Many voices, one song
כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד, we all belong
Where we come from, it’s all the same
אֲנִי יְהוּדִי, it’s our eternal name.

Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song,
Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song.
(x2)

BRIDGE:
Touching lives, transforming lands
Always by His hand
Emboldened by the children that we grew.
Bound by what we learned
Our dream forever yearned
Oh, bring us home, וִיקַבֵּץ נִדָּחֵינוּ.

מגוון קולות שיר אחד
עם הנצח לא לבד
מאין באת לא משנה
,נדבך נוסף אתה בונה
מגוון קולות בעם אחד
עוצמה בלב המיוחד
וילכו יחדיו מתוך אמונה
.כי כל יהודה הוא מתנה

CHORUS:
Many voices, one song
Stand together, ever strong
With iron faith, we persevere
כִּי הֵם חַיֵּינוּ, our charge is clear.
Many voices, one song
כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד, we all belong
Where we come from, it’s all the same
אֲנִי יְהוּדִי, (it’s) our eternal name.

Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song,
Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song.
(x2)

Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song,
Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song.
Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices, one song,
Ohhh, ohhh,
Many voices…
Many voices, many voices, many voices…
One song.