Forever in our hearts lives[1] cf. the prayer Barukh she’Amar.
the loyal faith
to return to our holy land,
[and] the city where David encamped.[2] cf. Isaiah 29:1.
There we shall stand [to receive] our destiny,
[which the] father of many [nations][3] cf. Genesis 17:5. acquired.
There we shall live our life —
the life of the innumerable community.[4] cf. Numbers 23:10.
A Torah of Life is our desire,
given from the mouth of Elyon.
Eternal is our heritage.
From the Wilderness it was gifted.[6] cf. Numbers 21:18.
Information as to the origin of this song attributed to Rav Kook is based primarily on this page at Zemereshet, quoting liner notes by Rabbi Elyahiv Berlin to this CD. If you have additional information, please contact us or leave a comment.
Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project, which he founded and directs. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin, Ministarot Nakeniשְׁגִיאוֹת 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. Besides his transcription work, Varady occasionally translates prayers and contributes his own original work. (Varady also serves as editor and administrator of the Open Siddur Project website, opensiddur.org, and is an outspoken advocate for open-source in Judaism more of which can be read about in this interview in the Atlantic Magazine.)
Abraham Isaac Kook (Hebrew: אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק הַכֹּהֵן קוּק HaRav Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen Kook, also known by the acronym הראי״ה (HaRaAYaH); 7 September 1865 – 1 September 1935) was the first Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of British Mandatory Palestine in the Land of Israel, the founder of Yeshiva Mercaz HaRav (The Central Universal Yeshiva), a Jewish thinker, Posek, Kabbalist, and a renowned Jewish sage. He is considered one of the fathers of religious Zionism.
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