http://www.innerstream.ca/blog Insights into Torah, the weekly Parsha, Holidays & Life Cycle Events. en-us Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:58:47 -0500 Yom Hazikaron Blogware Rabbi Lazer http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2005/11/1/1335730.html http://www.innerstream.ca/blog/_archives/2005/11/1/1335730.html Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:47:00 -0500 <font size="4"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sweeping vista </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Lifeless plane, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Victory hollow </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Heart of pain.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Land mass strewn </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">friend and foe, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Lie forever </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Battle throes. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Sand storm rising </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Sinai beckons, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A soul asunder </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Wanders, reckons.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Patience try </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Today on high, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Was it worth it </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">An anguished sigh. </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A rising wave </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A tidal crest, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">We won the war </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">We lost our best.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Victory sweet </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A price so steep, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Oh please dear G-d </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">My brother keep.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">&nbsp;</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Sinai captured </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Fires cease, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Dead secure <br> A lasting peace.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Will our neighbors </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">See the light,</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Will they give up </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">The endless fight.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Your loss protected </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">The lives of others,</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A grateful country </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Sisters brothers.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">You gave your life</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">You formed a nation, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A sacrifice </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">For generations.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">In death you serve </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">We cry forever, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">We live for you </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">But see you never.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Your body broken </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A missile a mine, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Your soul complete </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A sacred shrine.</span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A burning coal </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">A glowing ember, </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">Eternal hero </span><br style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">We remember.</span></font><br> <br> Yom Hazikaron