Bereishis (At begin) – at the dawn of time A vision so divine Reveals a nation yet to be Beside them all the world would pale For they are Yisroel A shining light for all to see And they would come together Pledge their love forever Tying the knot at Har Sinai The dowry was the land Of milk and honey and The joy it would bring as time went by From Egypt’s liberation through the splitting sea The nations of the land retreated fearfully The mighty walls did crumble as the Shofar blew Yericho fell and finally our homeland was in view
Chorus: Yerushalayim: We will never leave you Now and forever heart and soul we need you Our life and prayer the dream that lives inside of us City of our fathers we will never let you go
Once upon the mountain high He heard the angels cry As they behold the Akeda And knowing what his father taught Dovid Hamelech bought The holy mountain Mariyah
His son worked endlessly – and so it came to be A Bais Hamikdosh built of purest gold Kings would come from far and wide And cast away their pride They did proclaim to young and old There is only one Ribonno Shel Olam If we had only listened we would still be one With Eretz Yisroel and all that we have lost How soon we did forget it all and oh at what a cost!!!!
Now it’s been two thousand years And as we fight the tears We miss you dearly one and all The agonies we have survived And yet we still arrive To find the answers of your walls We fought so heard to make you home For you and ours alone No matter what the world may say We will not forsake you – No! They’ll never take you For we are your soul – and this day Deep inside our hearts we know that it will be We will rise again for all the world to see And as we do our Bayis will descend in fire To light your streets again and to fulfill the world’s desire!