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Come thank the Lord, all lords above,
Sing praises to the God of love;
O thank the mighty King of kings,
Whose outstretched arm doth wondrous things.
His mercy flows an endless stream,
His justice is o’er all supreme. | |
The Pharaoh ruled with iron hand,
Enslaving Israel’s captive band;
But God, their strong and shelt’ring Tower,
Released them from the tyrant’s power.
The cruel host was overthrown
By His right hand of might alone. | |
By day a cloud, a fire by night
Advanced them to the land of light;
They heard at Sinai God’s commands,
Redeemed, they marched through desert lands,
They learned that freedom will endure
If justice makes the law secure. | |
Against oppression’s mighty horde
Did Israel strive, helped by the Lord;
For liberty and law they fought,
And these, through God, to men they brought.
Their courage oft has hope inspired
In those who liberty desired. | |
Not yet has freedom come to all;
Yet millions feel oppression’s thrall.
But everyone in God’s great fold
A Passover in joy will hold.
For tyranny will flee away,
The shadows yet be bright as day. |
“The Passover” by Rabbi J. Leonard Levy was first published in The Children’s Service for Use in Religious Schools (1902). In the second edition from 1904, it is found on page 227. Source(s)
Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)  Rabbi Joseph Leonard Levy (1865-1917), born in London, was a Liberal/Reform movement rabbi in the United Kingdom and the United States. He was educated at Jews' College and University College (B.A.), London, at Bristol University, England, and at Western University of Pennsylvania (D.D.). Rabbi Levy was rabbi of the Bristol Hebrew Congregation (1885-1889) and of Bnai Israel Congregation, Sacramento, California (1889-1893); associate rabbi of the Keneseth Israel Congregation, Philadelphia (1893-1901); and, since 1901, has been rabbi of the Rodeph Shalom congregation, Pittsburg. In 1898 he was elected chaplain of "Keegan's Brigade," with which he served through the Spanish-American war. Levy was the organizer of a number of charitable and religious societies among the Jews of Philadelphia. He is the author of a translation of the tractate Rosh haShanah of the Babylonian Talmud (Philadelphia, 1895). He published also The Greater Lights (1895); Home Service for the Passover (1896); The Nineteenth Century (1901); A Book of Prayer (Pittsburg, 1902); The Jew's Beliefs (1903); The Children's Service and Hymnal (1903); Text-Book of Religion and Ethics for Jewish Children (1903); Sabbath Reading (1904); and eight volumes of Sunday lectures. Levy is the editor of the Jewish Criterion, published at Pittsburg. Read a comment / Leave a comment (moderated) Works of related interest: |
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