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