Baruch Levine
Note: This song requires a long voice
range. Consider singing with child and
adult vocals.
Capo 0-6
Am G
They lift him on their shoulders
C Dm
and bring him to the cheder
F
Where he licks the honey off the letters
Em
of the aleph-bais,
Am G
And with tears they pray to Heaven
C Dm
for their precious little gem,
F G
May the Torah always be this sweet,
Em Am
Vhaarev Na Hashem
Am G
But as the boy grows older
C Dm
and Gemara leads his day
F
That passion for his Torah learning
Em
slowly fades away
Am G
For he struggles with each sugya
C Dm
and he tires from despair
F G
If gemara is so challenging
Em Am
does it even pay to care
Chorus
F
Vhaarev Na Hashem
C
Make it sweet for us again
Dm
Like the honey that we tasted years
Am
before
F
Because each word is ours to own
C
until we feel it in our bones
Dm
And we'll want to keep on
Em Am
learning more and more
F
Vhaarev Na Hashem,
C
Oy Vhaarev Na Hashem
Dm
So your Torah will forever pierce the
Am
heart
F
Be mesayem and return
C
to the words we love to learn
Dm
For we never feel
Em Am
complete when we're apart
Am G
A tiny ray of hope
C Dm
soon begins to show
F
When his Rebbe says Chazara is
Em
the key to help you grow
Am G
To gain clarity and cheishek
C Dm
you must constantly review
F G
And you'll love to learn gemara when
Em Am
the words speak back to you
Am G
With chazara of his learning
C Dm
his spirit is revived
F
As the words of Torah penetrate
Em
and slowly come alive
Am G
His excitement is rekindled
C Dm
and he's shteiging with his peers
F G
He can finally feel that passion
Em Am
that was lost for all those years
Chorus
Dm
Oh the power that we share
Am
as words of Torah fill the air
Dm G
Could you imagine that we'd ever come
Am
this far
Dm
And the nachas that we'll see
Am
might have never come to be
C Em Am
If we didn't know how capable we are
Chorus
End chorus (slightly different chords):
F
Vhaarev Na Hashem
Em
Oy Vhaarev Na Hashem
Bb
I can sit and learn as hours pass me
Am
by
F
And my gemara, now worn-out
C
I could never be without
Dm
For I finally feel that
Em Am
sweetness from on High