VESHAVU BANIM- Benny Friedman & Baruch Levine- Composed by Chayala Neuhaus- Single 2023

Looking back at the trail of tears behind them.
The past they cherished disappeared from sight.
Hearts torn from the home they’d never see again,
Thrust into an exile, wanderers of the night.

But along the road she waited for her children,
For who else but a mother eases pain?
Her resting place was chosen for this reason,
To be that one lone space of comfort that remains.

So we carry our prayers to you, Mamme Rochel!
With no more words and only tears, to you Mamme Rochel!
When our world seems to end, we come back to you again,
Mamme, don’t stop asking when, Mamme Mamme Rochel.

Mamme, you did not ask why, Mamme Mamme Rochel!
Mamme, you did not ask how, Mamme Mamme Rochel!
But please don’t hold back your tears,
Let your voice be heard again,
Mamme, don’t stop asking when,
Mamme Mamme Rochel.

Kol b’ramah nishma, nehi bechi samrurim, Rochel mevakah al baneha

When our lives have been shaken, it is here that we feel safe
So we turn to you, there’s nowhere else to run.
The future feels uncertain, but in this promise we have faith,
V’shavu v’shavu vanim legvulam!