Hineni Title Track Mordechai Ben David MBD Jewish Music Lyrics

Hineni is one of MBD's first albums. This song is classic. 

I found these producer's notes for the album on Mostlymusic.com:

Liner notes for MBD Hineni We live in a time when directness of emotion and resourcefulness of imagination are primary to sustain success. The entertainer who emerges and survives must have great depth and venturesome to further develop his potential and to continue to absorb new sounds and experiences. Mordechai Ben David, endowed with and exceptionally talented voice, has already captivated many audiences in the States and in Israel. He is gifted with the ability to inspire his listeners, possessing the unique capacity to convey the emotional feelings inherent in the words and melodies of his selections. He already ranks as one of the greatest singers in Jewish Music today, and continues on his successful road to stardom. The Neginah has a record of outstanding achievement and popularity in a remarkably short period of time , and shows infinite promise for the future. Yisroel Lamm, Neginah\'s conductor and director, is considered to be one of the most imaginative and creative people in Chassidic Music of today. Together with Yitzchok Gross, Neginah\'s very dynamic and capable production manager, he has been able to produce some of the greatest musical masterpieces of our time.

Here's the song:

A dark cloud of despair surrounds your heart

Disillusion with life your face imparts

You are wandering in a world of confusion

Reality is hidden behind the web of illusion.

Chorus

So my brothers put your faith in the Above

Say "Hineni," I am ready to serve you with love.

The truth lies at the end of a forest dense

Your heart is your compass your spiritual sense

Let it lead you along the right road

And let the words of the Torah be your navigational code.

Our father Abraham was called by G-D to sacrifice his son

With the cry of Hineni the deed was done

Now what will become of our father's devotion

If we won’t say Hineni in our every emotion

Our forefathers smiled as they died in peace

But the cries they began will never cease

The words they cried shook the heavens above

They said Hineni, we are here with love

Neshama / Soul Title Track Mordechai Ben David MBD Jewish Music Lyrics

From one of MBD's first albums. Classic. 

I think he says "tundreds of sand" but i can't find a dictionary that has heard of the word Tundred. 

Here's a blurb for the Album that I found on Mostlymusic.com:

Liner Notes for MBD Neshama - Soul Mordechai Ben David is a child of a glorious musical tradition. His father, Cantor David Werdyger, is the world’s foremost interpreter of the famous music of Ger, Poland’s largest Chassidic center. Cantor Werdyger was an authentic wunderkind, of pre-war Europe. His son is an American original, blending timeless religious motifs with today’s sound. In the past few years, Mordechai has become one of our foremost singers. He has performed before thousands throughout the United States and abroad. After the Yom Kippur War, he was invited to entertain the Israeli troops. With his religious background and his musical talent, he gives us his new album Neshama (soul). The producers of this album bring you the very best. Tap your feet to such lively tuned as Al Hanisim the sit back and let Mordechai stir your soul with his Vaani Tefilati.

Here's the song

A stranger adrift in an unfriendly land
Of mountains, tundras of sand
To enrich and enliven this wasteland is his goal
His name is Neshama, soul

From a mountain came a gift of the only true life
Sinai now stands for bloodshed and strife
When rifles fall silent and tanks cease to roll
The victor will then be the soul

Blackened and charred like a synagogue burned
Lies a tank lifeless and overturned
Four heroes within snuffed out like a coal
But forever and ever and ever alive is the soul

You're Never Alone Avraham Fried Holyland's Greatest Hits Jewish Music Lyrics

This song originally appeared on a record called Holyland's Greatest Hits. Holyland being the late Jewish record distributor. You can now find it on a CD called Avraham Fried & Holyland's Greatest Hits, distributed by Sameach Music. Songs composed by Yossi Green. Fried sings it a lot at concerts. Nice song. 

You're Never Alone - Avraham Fried

Sometimes when you're feeling all alone
You need some happiness to call your own
Nothing is going the way it should
You're trying to do the best you could

Lift up your eyes to the skies
Your life's in His hands, trust in Him, He will reply
Guiding all your steps always at your side
You are His joy and pride

And don't you know you're never alone
It doesn't matter where you are
There's nothing in His eyes more special than you
Wherever you go Hashem goes with you 

Colored Candles from Destiny Volume 1 Eli Nathan Jewish Music Lyrics Chanukah Song

From his block of rolling lawns and fancy cars
He was so proud that he'd come so far
With the greatest of ease, he moved through high society
That grocer’s boy from the city streets

Well he’d long since gone and changed his name
It was the only way that he could play the game
With the neighbors like the Richardsons, the Williams and the Jones,

 What could he do with a name like Cohen

But he had one memory,
Yes his father he did see
Lighting colored candles on the window sill
Eight days a year he'd light
Another candle every night
It lingered in his memory still

In December came home from school his little girl called Sue
She held a picture of an x-mas tree she drew
All the kids in my class have one she said with a tear,
And could we have one in our home this year

He didn't know what to do
With his little daughter Sue
Although her desires he wished to fulfill
"My dear Sue listen to me,
There's something better than a tree,
It lingers in my memory still"

The next day he came home from work with a menorah in his hand
His dear wife said to him "Joe! I just don’t understand,
We've worked so hard to get to where we are today,
And now what will we do? What will the neighbors say?

But he light those candles anyway, yes there were 5 that night
And from his window to the street glowed the candle light
They were burning for an hour maybe a little more
When suddenly Mr. Richardson stood there by the door

He said would it be ok if a word to you I’d say
There's something about those candles you must know
Yes they bring back memories, of my father I still see
As he light those candles many years ago

He stepped outside on that night and boy was he surprised!
He couldn't believe what he saw he couldn't believe his eyes
From all the houses on the block glowed candle light
From their window sills and out unto the night

Yes they had one memory
Yes their father's they did see
Lighting colored candles on the window sill
Eight days a year they'd light
Another candle every night
It lingered in their memory still 

Benny Friedman Yesh Tikvah Pesach Tour Hottest Song in Jewish Music Video

. Benny Friedman singing the hottest song in Jewish music right now, Yesh Tikvah, at a variety of concerts across New York and Florida during Pesach 5773/2013. He's so human, it's uncanny.

Yiddish Country 8th Day Shmuli and Bentzy Marcus Jewish music Lyrics Video

Yiddish Country - Chasing Prophecy
Eighth Day

(In the video, they sang it a bit different, with some other lyrics. Don't let it bother you).

A pile of bills, old cheap thrills
Working late night at the old stone mill
These cars and lies, French ‘n fries
What do you see if you close your eyes?

New boots on the floor, sign on the door
Don’t want to see you come around no more
You got your gold neck ties, sweet pumpkin pie
What do you see on Rodeo Drive?

If there’s a who, there’s a why
There’s a we, there’s a way
I call that raison d’être (reason for existence)

If there’s a who, there’s a why
There’s a we, there’s a way
I can hear the sages say 

If there’s a who, there’s a why
There’s a we, there’s a way
Make it happen all today

If there’s a who, there’s a why
There’s a we, there’s a way
A little bit is still okay

Chorus:
Di vos villen heren, heren (those who wish to hear, hear)
Di vos villen zen, zen (those who wish to see, see)
Di vos kenen kenen, kenen (those who are able, are able)

Men darf nor vissen ver un ven (you only need to know who and when)

The Challah Lady from Album Yanky and Shabbos by Yitzy Erps

The Challah Lady

There's a wealthy lady

Who lives in my neighborhood

She has a cook to stock every shelf

But Wednesday night she yells “Hooray”

And shoos the cooks away

Because she wants to bake the challah herself.

You can tell that baking challah is her pride and joy

It’s a mitzvah she won’t ever shirk

Smells so good that I suppose

That if you follow your nose

You will find the challah lady at work.

And she kneads, kneads, kneads her challah dough

The only thing she needs is challah dough

Now this challah lady had a dinner to attend

With the wealthiest people in town

“Well if you want to attend,”

Said her fine and fancy friend

“Then you need, you need, you need a new gown.”

But the store would only sell the gowns on Wednesday night

The challah lady said, “I cannot go

I’ll put some new lace on my wrist

To give the old gown a new twist

Like the twist I give to my challah dough.”

Now the challah lady went to visit Dr. Smith,

And he told her she had to lose weight.

He said, “Here’s a nice surprise

There’s a class in exercise

For the ladies every Wednesday at eight.”

Now the challah lady said, “I just cannot come

But you say I am heavy so

I’ll just have to put more might

Into kneading Wednesday night

So that I’ll be as light as my dough.”

It was summer, and the air conditioner broke down

It was a hundred degrees in daylight

Said repair man Yerachmiel

“I’ve began a great new deal

I’ll be selling my tools Wednesday night.”

“It’s the only night I’ll fix the air conditioning

Or you’ll wait till I buy new supplies.”

The Challah Lady then did speak
And she said, “I’ll wait a week

While the heat will help my challah dough rise.”

Now the challah lady had a wig of lovely hair

And she wanted it handsomely brushed

But the stylist said she might 

Only do it Wednesday night

But at any other time she’d be rushed.

Now the challah lady said, “I just cannot go

But my sheitel needs setting I know

So I’ll just dye my wig a shade

And I’ll give it a new braid

Like the braid I give to my challah dough.”

Now the challah lady told me why her baking is 

More important than all of these things

It’s because ladies have alone

This mitzvah as their own

And so when she bakes the challah she sings…

We Are Ready Avraham Fried Title Track Jewish Music Lyrics

We Are Ready

Avraham Fried

Title Track

Once in a kingdom in the sky
There lived a mighty king who loved his nation
Lost below they had wandered far and wide
Searching for a way to return

And watching helplessly he tried
To whisper to their hearts the only answer
It's not a road or a path that you must find
All I need to hear are the words

Chorus:

We are ready, yes, we're ready
So lead us and we'll go
And all the world will know / and let the whole world know
It is done, we are one, and we're ready
Young and old will join us as we sing

It's over, yes, it's over
With all we’ve had to do
We still came shining through
And we know, yes, we know, we are ready
Feel the power of what we can bring

Now that the ending has begun
Now that the time has come to end the story
All the things we have had to do are done
We are ready now to be heard

And so we come to you as one
And standing hand in hand we're growing stronger
Looking now we can see how far we've come
Just believe in us, hear the words

All You Got 8th Day Title Track Shmuli and Bentzy Marcus Jewish Music Lyrics

All You Got
8th Day

Title Track

After one hundred and twenty five years
You go up to heaven you climb all those stairs
They won’t ask you were you wise like Solomon
They won’t ask you were you strong like Samson

They’ll ask just one question
And you give just one answer
It’s the end of the game
And only one thing matters
They’ll say - did you give it all you got

‘Cuz in this life you only have what you got
So give it all you got
In this world we only have what we got
So give it all you got

If you say it’s easy I’ll say it’s not
You gotta give it all you got
If you say it’s not for you I’ll say it’s your lot
You gotta give it all you got

If you say you’re tired I’ll say tick-tock
You gotta give it all you got
You could put my album on the shelf to rot
Just give it all you got

After working so hard and wiping those tears
You look in the mirror you face all your fears
Don’t be a fool trying to be wise like Solomon
Only the weak try to be strong like Samson

I did what I said
I got no one to blame
Only one thing matters
At the end of the game
They’ll say - did you give it all you got

Tatenyu 8th Day Chasing Prophecy Jewish Music Lyrics Shmuli and Bentzy Marcus

Tatenyu

8^th Day

Chasing Prophecy

Jack grew up in New York City, on the plaza with a view
His parents were screaming Harvard,

But he was just looking for You
He came by for a Shabbos, we stayed up way past 2
We spoke about a life of meaning,

‘Cuz he was just looking for You

(Chorus:)
M’zuch nisht Dine Olam Haboh (we aren't looking for your Olam Haboh)

M’zucht nisht Dine Gan Eden (we aren't looking for your Gen Eden)
M’vil nisht chappen Dineh Malochim (we don't want to catch Your angels)
M’zucht nor Dich alein (we are only looking for YOU)

Not looking for your Heaven’s doors
Not looking for your mirrored walls
Not looking to pull any strings
We’re just looking for you

Tatenyu

Jack's now Yakov Halevi, and our friendship really grew

He’s got a nice place in the Old City,

Where he’s just looking for you. 

Still a big fan of the Yankees, and a Harvard alumni too
But his grand-kids are keeping shabbos

And singing this song about you.

The Return by Avraham Fried from the Album No Jew Will Be Left Behind Jewish Music Lyrics

Those Were the Nights Yeshiva Boys Choir YBC Eli Gerstner

I just think that the kids in this video are genuinely having a good time. In most of these kid music videos, they might be smiling, but you don't get the feeling that they're enjoying themselves. I like this one. Happy Chanukah!

THOSE WERE THE NIGHTS

Bubby burned the Latkes every Chanukah
Forgot them in the frying pan each year
While we were having fun playing Dreidle
Smoke alarms were wailing everywhere
Firemen were breaking all the windows
Zeidy closed his eyes, began to pray
Those Latkes had no luck
Our mouths bit down and stuck
But Bubby made us eat them anyway

CHORUS:

Those were the nights of Chanukah
I remember long ago
When our family got together
Little eyes aglow
Multi-colored candles burning
As the joyous songs were sung
How I miss the Menorah lights
When we were all so young

Uncle Jake bought donuts by the dozen
He warned us that Aunt Bertha couldn’t bake
But Uncle Hymie ate while singing Maoz Tzur
And that was Uncle Hymie's big mistake
Our parents stood there beaming as they called us
And handed us the presents one by one
Bathed in the light
The Menorah burning bright
Sweet memories as brilliant as the sun

CHORUS

Where are those nights, full of fun, full of lights
I can still hear their laughter and songs
But though they are gone, their spirit still lives on
For Bubby's love is still alive and strong

CHORUS

Those were the nights of Chanukah
Spent with family and friends
Filled with dreams and laughter
That we thought would never end
So cherish your moments together
It’s what Bubby would have done
And we wish a happy Chanukah
To everyone

Unity - A song for Sholom Rubashkin

This is MBD's Unity, modified for Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin, sung by every name in Jewish Music (You can see a blurry Benny Friedman behind Rebbetzin Rubashkin at the beginning of the video). Sholom is still in prison.....efforts are still under way to get him released........if you can, please donate!

Unity by MBD Mordechai ben David Jewish Music Lyrics

Unity by MBD

Like angels in the sky in a garden full of Glory

A galaxy so brilliantly related

Ultimately high on the first page of our story

Until the time our parents were created.

Envious brother Cain

Threw a blow so mad and chilling

Tragically he never did recover

It’s really so insane all our selfishness that’s killing

That stranger who’s our sister and our brother.

Chorus:

Listen brothers, listen friends

Just a little smile a helping hand

And we all will find a loving and kind humanity.

We must teach our children to

Treat your fellow friend like they were you

And our souls will find such peace of mind and unity.

Ages rushing by writing chapters full of sorrow

Webs of self destruction we are weaving

We don’t even try, there’s no hope for our tomorrow

‘cuz what’s it all worth if we are not achieving.

Chorus:

But one thing makes me smile

Now at last a happy ending

A universal union undivided

In just a little while we will join the angels singing

With peace and love across the world united.

Dollar Bill by Megama Moshe Yess and Sholom Levine Jewish Music Lyrics

One of my favorite Megama songs. Especially with Sholom Levine on the violin, or singing it around the couch at the spontaneous kumzitz... 

Dollar Bill

One day a dollar bill went floating through the air

It flew into a synagogue and no one else was there

It landed on the Bimah and it tried to go to sleep,

But from the Aron Kodesh a voice began to speak.

“Who is in my synagogue?” the dollar bill said “I.

I’ve come here from America, there’s nothing I can’t buy

That’s why people worship me now tell me who are you?”

“My name is the Torah and all I say is true.”

“Tell me, tell me Torah, why do you seem so sad?

You live in this nice synagogue, I think you should be glad.”

“I’ve always lived with Israel,” the Torah did reply

“And my people do not listen, and I just wonder why.”

The dollar bill was laughing as it flew into the air

It flew into the street and some people gathered there,

Everyone was jumping up to get it in their hand

Everyone was jumping up in the Promised Land.

And somewhere in the synagogue very late at night

There burned an olive oil lamp, it’s the eternal light,

And from the Aron Kodesh a cry is heard once more

And if you look real close you can see the tear drops on the floor.

We've Got a Strong Desire by Shlock Rock Lenny Solomon Jewish Music Lyrics

Adam, Eve, Abel, Cain,
Noah's Ark, Flood of Rain,
Terach, Idols, Haran dies,
Abraham leaves home.

Sarah, Isaac, Brit Milah,
Angels visit, Akeida,
War of Kings, Salty Wife,
Rescue in Sodom.

Yitzchak, Rivkah, Twins inside,
Jacob, Birthright, Isaac's Blind,
Stolen Blessing, Esav Cried,
Angel's ladder to the sky.

Rachel's beauty, Yaakov's hitched,
Lavan, Leah, daughter switched,
Four Wives, twelve Tribes,
Near Beit Lechem, Rachel Dies.

Chorus:
We've got a strong desire,
We are always yearning
for the Torah's Learning.
We've got a strong desire,
We will stay united,
never be divided.

Colored Coat, Brothers hate,
Sold to Egypt, Head of State,
Famine, grain, Goblet Test,
Brothers Reunite.

New King, Jews are slaves,
Moshe's born, princess saves,
Yitro's daughters, burning bush,
Aaron joins the fight.

Ten Plagues, Jews free,
Splitting of the Red Sea,
Amalek, Torah given,
Golden Calf, Jews Forgiven,

Korach, forty years,
Balak, Bilaam, Pinchas spears.
Moshe Leaves, Jews Grieve,
Joshua's the new chief.

Chorus

Jordan river, Jericho,
Walls fall, Shofar Blow,
Devorah, Shimshon, Shmuel, Saul,
David, Stone, Goliath Fall.

Solomon, Temple built,
Civil war, blood spilt,
Eliyahu, Elisha,
Yishayahu, Yirmiyah.

Purim, Esther, Mordechai,
Beit Hamikdosh second time,
Antiochos, bad decrees,
Judah and the Macabees.

Temple Two burnt down,
Exile all around,
Shamai, Hillel, Betar,
Bar Kochva, Akiva's star.

Chorus

Mishna, Gemara, Karai,
Rav Yehuda Hanasi,
Rashi, Rabbeinu Tam,
Baalei Tosfot, Rashbam.

Rambam, Sefer Mada,
Inquisition, Torquemada,
Baal Shem Tov, Kuzari,
Vilna Gaon, Shabtai Zvi.

Maharal, Libelists,
Golem, Prague, Kabbalists,
Chmelnitzky, Shtetl life,
Haskalah, Internal Strife.

Chorus

Hitler, Aushwitz, Holocaust,
Krystalnacht, Six Million lost,
Herzl, Balfour, Promised Land,
U.N.Vote, Partition Plan.

Nurenberg, Ben Gurion,
Six Day War, Moshe Dayan,
Golda Meir, Wall Reclaimed,
Yom Kippur, Entebbe Raid.

Olympics, Munich, Athletes shot,
Carter, Begin and Sadat.
Iron Curtain, Lebanon,
Scharansky Free, Rav Moshe Gone,

Jews from Ethiopia,
Glastnost, Russian Yeshiva,
Intafada, We wont bow,
We want Moshiach now!

The Crack of Dawn MBD Mordechai ben David Jewish Music Lyrics

Trembling in the darkness
A battle field, who knows
The soldier crawls ahead
For behind him someone goes
Oh heaven!
Pounding is his heartbeat
He whispers words of prayer
It seems that all his life
In a flash may disappear

Wait the crack of dawn
As it greets the weary trooper
Now his comrades he can see
Reunited all for victory
And there beneath the sun
In a moment he has conquered
All his fear just slipped away
Like the night so swiftly turned to day

Trembling in the darkness
Praying for the light
It seems it may never come
At the darkest of the night
Oh yes!
This galus it surrounds us
A battle field who knows
We slowly inch a head
We believe its really close

Wait the crack of dawn
Bright horizon soon the sunshine
Yes Moshiach’s on his way
All the grief the sorrow slipped away
The past is but a dream
In Yerushalyim the bais hamikdosh
Yes this golus slipped away
Like the night so swiftly turned to day

Celebration,
exaltation
Young and old dancing everywhere
We believed it all
Have been (heaven) standing tall
Eternal paradise, euphoria
The past is but a dream
In Yerushalyim, the bais hamikdosh
Yes this golus slipped away
Like the night so swiftly turned to day
Pain so long forgotten,
night forever gone
Now here it is
the crack of dawn

The Little Bird is Calling Tzlil Vzemer Boys Choir Wake Up Yidden Jewish Music Lyrics Camp Gan Yisroel

The Little Bird is Calling

First recorded by Tzlil V'Zemer Boys Choir
Album: Wake Up Yidden
Composed at Camp Gan Israel

The little bird is calling,
It wishes to return.
The little bird is wounded,
It cannot fly but yearn.
It’s captured by the vultures,
Crying bitterly,
Oh, to see my nest again,
Oh, to be redeemed.


The little bird of silver,
So delicate and rare,
Still chirps amongst the vultures,
Outshining all that’s there.
How long, how long it suffers,
How long will it be,
When will come the eagle,
And set the little bird free.


The little bird is Yisroel,
The vultures are our foes,
The painful wound is Golus,
Which we all feel and know,
The nest is Yerushalayim,
Where we yearn to be once more,
The eagle is the Moshiach,
Whom we are waiting for.

Rain 8th Day Shmuli Marcus and Bentzy Marcus Jewish Music Lyrics Tracht Gut

Rain

Composed by S. Marcus, 8th Day
Album: Tracht Gut
Wishes unspoken
Desires unknown
A child cries in the darkness of her own
She’s wishin’
she’s hopin’
dreamin’ of a time
just to feel a tear of joy

So take this blessing from me
as your miracle is born
and the answer to your prayer shines tonight
may the heavens swing open
let all your heart's desires
rain down on you

I lift my hands above your head
your miracles approachin’
your tearful eyes
ever dry
yet behold the sunshine
and soon
dancin’ to happy news

Early to bed is early to rise,
you’ve seen bad
now you’re waitin’ for your prize
But you’re broken
You’re shattered
life trembles below
and I know how you feel so alone

So take this blessing from me
as your miracle is born
and the answer to your prayer shines tonight

I lift my hands above your head
your miracles approachin’
your tearful eyes
never dry
yet behold the sunshine
and soon we'll all be dancing
to happy news

Just One Shabbos MBD Mordechai ben David Title Track Jewish Music Lyrics

Just One Shabbos

Mordechai Ben David
Album: Just One Shabbos

The Western Wall on Friday night
His first time ever there
Strapped into his knapsack
With his long and curly hair
He stood there for a while,
Broke out with a smile
Emotion overwhelming joy with tears

The men were dancing there
Their hearts so full of love
They sang such happy tunes
To thank the One Above
For showing them the way
For giving them a day
To rest rejoice with peace of mind to pray

Just one Shabbos and we’ll all be free
Just one Shabbos come and join with me
We’ll sing and dance to the sky
With our spirits so high
We’ll show them all it’s true
Let them come and join us too

I said hello my friend
You seem to be amused
He said much more than that
I am a bit confused
I know I am a Jew
I was "bar mitzvah-ed" too
But Shabbos in our home who ever knew

He asked to join with us
To understand and see
He spent some time with us
In total ecstasy
Next Shabbos came along
His feelings grew so strong
He first began to feel that he belonged

He found this treasure
Made some changes in his life
A brand new family his children and his wife
They learn new things each day
To live the Torah way
The message of the Shabbos they will relay

Now every Friday night they go down to the Wall
Invite some people home and they will tell them all
We’ll teach you this new song
So join and sing along
And soon we’ll all be free it won’t be long

My Zeidy Megama Moshe Yess and Shalom Levine Jewish Music Lyrics

My Zayde

Moshe Yess
Megama

My Zayde lived with us in my parents’ home,
He used to laugh, he put me on his knee.
He spoke about his life in Poland,
He spoke, but with a bitter memory.

He spoke about the soldiers who would beat him;
They laughed at him, they tore his long black coat.
And he spoke about a synagogue that they burned down,
And the crying that was heard beneath the smoke.

Chorus:
But Zayde made us laugh,
Zayde made us sing,
And Zayde made a kiddush Friday night;
And Zayde, oh, my Zayde,
How I loved him so,
And Zayde used to teach me wrong from right. 

His eyes lit up when he would teach me Torah,
He taught me every line so carefully.
He spoke about our slavery in Egypt,
And how G-d took us out to make us free.

But winter went by,
Summer came along,
I went to camp to run and play.
And when I came back home, 
They said, “Zayde’s gone,”
And all his books were packed and stored away.

I don’t know how or why it came to be,
It happened slowly over many years,
We just stopped being Jewish
like my Zayde was,
And no one cared enough to shed a tear.

Chorus

But many winters went by,
And many summers came along,
And now my children sit in front of me.
And who will be the Zayde of my children,
Who will be their Zayde, if not me?

Who will be the Zaydes of our children,
Who will be their Zaydes, if not we?

Our Holy House Tzlil Vzemer Camp Gan Yisroel from Wake Up Yidden Lyrics

Our Holy House

Our Holy House
Tzlil Vzemer Wake up Yidden

Our Holy House in ruins and flames,
Only one wall of it remains,
The wall that outlasted all the rest,
The Kosel Hamaarovi on the west.

Throughout the years every day
Thousands of Jews at the wall do pray,
Their tearful eyes to heaven gaze,
Hoping the rest will soon be raised.

Our symbol of courage, of faith and of hope,
Giving us strength with the Golus to cope,
Rousing our hopes that bimheirah t'will be,
The walls of the Mikdash Hashlishi.

(Throughout the years...)

Let's Change the World Today Avraham Fried Performed with Benny Friedman at HASC A Time for Duets Lyrics

Let's Change the World Today

Avraham Fried

Some people say the world has gone bad
Evil has stolen the day
Some people say to throw in the towel
I dont feel that way
'Cuz every good deed that you do
And every kind word that you say
has a away to change the world

Chorus:

There is so much we can do to make this world
a kinder better happier place
There is so much we can do to change the world
Let's change the world today

That day in September changed our lives
The darkest day by far
They broke our heart but woke up our soul
We'll show them who we are
'Cuz we are towers of light
And we have the power to do what is right
Let's illuminate the night

chorus

You don't need a reason or season my friend
You don't need fortune or fame
Go out of your way, make someone's day
Now that's the name of the game
'Cuz every kind deed that you do
And every kind word that you say
Has a way to change the world

chorus

So step up to the plate
And celebrate your freedom
The world is not a jungle
So dont bungle your chance
And if youre tired of the world as it lies
Remember that one good deed is better than a thousand sighs

Broken Hearts 8th Day, Brooklyn Shmuel Marcus/Bentzy Marcus Jewish Music Lyrics

Broken Hearts

Broken Hearts
8th Day, Brooklyn
Shmuel Marcus/Bentzy Marcus

He woke up on his last morning
Under a sky so blue
The battlefield stretches a mile
Cries echo through
From the shackles and the chains
He whispers his final song
He's talking to heaven when he cries
How long?! How long?!

Though the Leningrad search lights
May be far behind her
She's living with a secret
Buried deep inside her
She pictures her children
And she tries to stay strong
She's talking to heaven when she cries
How long? How long?!

How long?! How long?! Ad mosai, till when?!
When all the hearts are broken
How can You shatter a dream
When all the world is trembling
How can You shake anything
When all the songs have ended
Only Your song will sing better
You're the only who can put a broken heart back together

It happens every morning
Sometime around six
The sun it starts shining
Playing all those tricks
With a paintbrush in your hand
And the canvas on the wall
We're talking to heaven when we cry
How long?! How long?!

Forever One Lyrics Title Track Avraham Fried Jewish Music

Forever One

Avraham Fried
Forever One
Composed by Yossi Green

Look inside through the heart of a Jew
Open up its many doors
And the soul that you'll see there inside
Is a reflection of yours
For each soul is a part of one whole
That joins us to each other
We are all part of one another
And we have always been one

We began as a nation to live
And believe with one heart
You and i we were all gathered there
As one we said we'll do and hear
We were born to belong together
And forever be one

Forever one we will go far
It's not I am but who we are
We need just to believe it
We need to try and feel it
And never are we alone
We have each other as our own
Nothing can divide us
For we are forever one

These are times when we might drift apart
And go our own separate ways
But the spark from above that we share
Is alive and ablaze
Soon Moshiach will gather each spark
And shine away the darkness
He will gather us all together
And we shall ever be one

My Fellow Jew Lyrics Title Track Avraham Fried

My Fellow Jew

Avraham Fried My Fellow Jew

G-d smiled in heaven but His joy was not complete
The angels were singing but their song had no wings
The world was freshly painted yet the sky was feeling blue
Something, something just wasn’t right

Then with you came a G-dly light
That made the world complete
You gave the world its heart
You gave the world its soul
Now G-d can call this place his home
For now there was you
My brother, my fellow Jew

Chorus:
So with all my heart and soul let me honor you
A gentle people with a faith of steel
You teach the world how to live and how to give and how to believe
If I could look into your heart I would see the face of G-d

You have weathered all the storms they’ve all come and gone
You are the unsung heroes of the world
And you were born of ancient days and you will go on and on
I’ve seen miracles before but the greatest of them all is you my fellow Jew

Who can count the teardrops that have fallen from your eyes
And who would dare to measure the pain that you have known
Yet here you are undaunted with a mission and a dream
You carry on when hope is gone
All that you live for will come true

And so when at times I’m feeling weak
It’s you who makes me strong
And when at times I cannot speak
You become my song
I know I can do the impossible
When I think of you, my brother, my fellow Jew

So with all my heart………..

Candles by Abie Rotenberg Performed at HASC A Time for Music #4 Lyrics

Candles

Abie Rotenberg HASC A Time for Music #4

All it takes is one small candle
One small flickering shining candle
That is all it takes to penetrate the dark
All it takes is one soft word
One soft soothing gentle word
That is all it takes to mend a broken heart

Chorus:
When we/if we/let's all put our hearts and minds together
A thousand glowing candles burning bright
Then we/we'll become a force that can’t be measured
And together we/we'll (can) drive away the night

All it takes is one small tear o
One small glistening earnest tear
That is all takes to melt a heart of stone
All it takes is one bright smile
One sweet caring loving smile
That it is all it really takes to know you’re not alone

Chorus

(Bridge)
Let’s raise our voices in harmony
Someday soon we’ll all be free
If only we could all stand together

All we have is one small dream
One small glorious hopeful dream
That is all we’ve ever had to help to pull us through
All we ask for is one more miracle
One last long awaited miracle
That is all we need to make our dreams come true

Chorus

Hey Mister by Megama Moshe Yess and Sholom Levine Lyrics

Hey Mister

Hey Mister
Megama
Moshe Yess & Sholom Levine

Hey Mister can you help me
Hey Mister do you know the way
I've only got my sleeping bag
This old bible someone threw away


I feel like I'm lost and all alone
Looking for a place to call my own
Happy people loving faces
Sittin' 'round their fire places
Wish I was there too
Wish I was there too

Hey mister can you help me
Hey mister do you know the way
I come from a troubled home
Got so bad I had to run away

I'm cold out here standing in the snow
Watching all the lucky ones who know
Happy people loving faces
Sittin' 'round their fire places
Wish I was there too
Wish I was there too..

Hey mister can you help me
Hey mister do you know the way
I'm looking for a synagogue
Someone who can show me how to pray

I feel like im going round and round
Looking for a thing I've never found
Happy people loving faces
Sittin' 'round their fire place
Wish I was there too
Wish I was there too

No Jew Will Be Left Behind Avraham Fried Title Track Lyrics

No Jew Will Be Left Behind

There are times I wonder
and I dream about the day
when everything is grand
home in our land
we have awaited and believed in for so long

Close your eyes, imagine
as we gaze with awe and pride
together we behold
true is the gold
of Yerushalayim, Ir Hakodesh, shining high and strong

And no Jew will be left behind
no tears will be left to be cried
no power or pain
will send us back again
we are home and forever this time
and standing proud as we pray
as ever we live for that day
when galus will
be but a distant memory
and no Jew will be left behind

Though the days seem empty
we can fill them all with mitzvos
knowing that each deed
is all we need
to bring the loneliness of galus to its end

There is none too lowly
or too lost to lend a hand
together as we try
look to the sky
and you will see a Bais Hamikdosh burning
waiting to descend

and no Jew will be....

The King of Tony's Gershon Veroba Eli Nathan Destiny 4 Jewish Music Lyrics Video

"Keep Climbing" Avraham Fried Jewish Music Lyrics Video Slideshow

Keep Climbing
from the album by the same name
side note: It's a smash hit album. Fried's a musical genius.
'Don't let nothing' stop you from buying this album and loving it

Fried Life is a mountain we must climb
We don’t have forever just the time He gives us
Get to the top if you can
This is the challenge of man

Yes, you might fall and tumble down
Sometimes that happens when you dare
Knowing you my child
You’ll pick yourself up and start again from there

Chorus
Keep climbing
don’t let nothing stand in your way
Keep believing
Pay no attention to what they say
Up is where you want to go
It’s dark and lonely down below

Keep fighting
This is one fight you won’t regret
Keep believing
You’ve got what it takes, now don’t forget
Up is where you belong
It’s where your soul will find her song

Make sure you take one step at a time
Remember that surrender is the road to no end
Be proud of how far you’ve come
You said it couldn’t be done

Dig in and breathe out there’s more to climb
To give up now would be such an awful shame
Give it all you’ve got my child
You don’t want to lose all that you have gained

Chorus

There’s no thrill when standing still
But there is a way when there is a will
Touch the divine
Continue to climb

Don't Hide From Me Avraham Fried Jewish Music Videos Lyrics Ohel Concert

Don't Hide From Me
Avraham Fried
Album: Bracha V'Hatzlacha (1995)
Performed in this video at the Ohel Concert 5758 at Madison Square Gardens
In an awesome vest

Don't hide from me,
Though I know that you are truly there, everywhere
Still in all I cannot see you, don't hide from me
It's been so long since last time saw you smile

Don't hide from me,
Where's the promise you would take my hand to understand,
My life is not complete without you don't hide from me
I need to see you more than ever now

Two thousand years is a million years too long
To search for the light that I have never known
Show me your face, I need your embrace
Won't you please come out of your hiding place,
Take me on your wing, teach me how to sing
The one song the world wants to hear, oh father dear.

Don't hide from me,
It seems you're hiding more and more each day, why I pray,
I keep looking, you keep hiding, I feel so alone,
I'm calling to you Father please come home.

Who would believe
The walls of darkness finally have come down all around,
But the walls that stand between us don't want to fall,
Tell me the final secret to it all

Don't hide from me, is my one and only plea,
Father can't you see I'm calling desperately
Show me your face…..

Memories by Abie Rotenberg, Performed by Mordechai ben David (MBD) and Avraham Fried Jewish Music Videos Lyrics at Ohel concert

The King of Tony's Lyrics Destiny 4 Eli Nathan and Gershon Veroba Jewsih Music

Father Don't Cry Avraham Fried Jewish Music video

It's Shabbos Now 8th Day Chasing Prophecy Jewish Music Lyrics Music Video

They're just cool. The type of singer/performer you like to see: someone who is thoroughly enjoying doing what they're doing.

It's Shabbos Now 8th Day Chasing Prophecy Jewish Music Lyrics

It's Shabbos Now
8th Day (Shmuli and Bentzi Marcus)
Album: Chasing Prophecy

Through the oceans and the rivers
Through every single door
No matter what the soldiers said
Or how the rain would pour

Zaide always kept a smile
And wiped our tears away
Nothing could ever bring him down
 When he'd start to say -

Chorus:
It's Shabbos now, Shabbos now...
 And we'll sing Ay Ay Ay
(Mah yedidus menuchosaich Shabbos hamalkah)
Fill your goblets to the top with royal kiddush wine
Invite your family and your neighbors, it's now your time

Up winding stairs and broken dreams
Papa tries to sell a little more
A penny here a penny there
Mama cries in clothes she tore.

Zaide always kept a smile 
And wiped her tears away
Soon things will turn around
And soon we're gonna say -

Chorus
(Mei'ein olam habboh yom Shabbos menucha kol hamis'angim boh yizku l'rov simcha) 

On a palm beach isle not far from here
They gathered to celebrate
Eighty years a life of courage
Through times of senseless hate

Zaide always kept his smile
And wiped our tears away
 He promised us there'll come a time
 When we'll always say -
Chorus
(Pedusainu satzmiach venos yagon va'anacha)

The King of Tony's Jewish Music Lyrics from Destiny by Eli Nathan performed by Gershon Veroba

King of Tony’s

In the dimly lit pool hall clouds of smoke hung low

As the smell of leather jackets mixed with cheap cologne

Leaning on a table a young man in his teens,

sharp eyes, skilled hands, pool cue, and designer jeans.

But there’s another table, decked out in satin white

With an empty place by father’s side on this Friday night

And mother’s waiting hopefully by the window sill

For Dovi boy who's shootin' pool in Tony’s Bar and Grill

Where have you gone? Gone so far?

We still love you even though you may be far,

Far away…

Super cool and accurate he’d win and never lose

Everyone at Tony’s knows him as the King of the Cues

As mother’s praying silently, who will save his soul?

Dovi shoots a backspin to a tune of Billy Joel.

Sometimes late at night he sits back inside the haze

Thinking of the times gone by, those old yeshiva days

He remembers them quite clearly, it was the when he turned 15

Those sharp, warm, embracing eyes of his rebbe, Rabbi Green.

Dovi, he could hear him say. You’ll be a Talmid Chochom, one day …

Where have you gone?………

Stranger entered Tony’s, late one Sunday night

Rack ‘em up he said, I’m gonna beat the king tonight

Wearing cowboy boots, a cowboy hat and talking really mean

But in the dim smoky light his face could not be seen

Shot after shot, boy, this guy was no fake

Dovi started sweatin' his reputation was at stake

The stranger had one easy shot left to win the game

Dovi knew he’d lose and things would never be the same

An amazing thing then happened, the stranger missed the shot

The crowd thought it was an accident Dovi knew that it was not

This guy had given him the game but why he wished he knew

Dovi pulled away from the cheering crown and said:

Hey thanks man, but who are you?

The stranger said perhaps it would be best to step outside

So they made their way out through the crowd to the street and to the light

And Dovi saw him stare at him with eyes he once had seen

The sharp embracing stare, the eyes of Rabbi Green

The two of them stood silently looking into each other’s eyes

Dovi was the first one to break the ice

Hey Rebbe, that was the meanest game of pool I ever did see

But what made you come here on this night to play - a bum like me

Dovi the Rebbe said, you’re no bum, ‘cause I know you and where you’re coming from

It’s never too late to change, don’t you see... The King of Tony’s was once me!

There’s a yeshiva out of town, now a source of pride and fame

The Rosh Yeshiva’s a Talmid Chacham, Reb Dov is his name

And during recess there’s a pool table where students like to play

But no one’s beat the Rosh Yeshiva till this very day.

Benny Friedman singing "As a Jew" or "I don't wanna change my name"

I like the fact there's the guy playing the midget guitar, on account of as a Moshe Yess song it needs a little twang or country-ism, and that little instrument provides that. As always, Benny is good.

"Someday" by MBD Mordechai Ben David

"Someday" by MBD Mordechai Ben David Jep Vol. 4 (Lyrics)

Written by Dina Storch
Performed by Mordechai Ben David on JEP Vol. 4

('When I was just a little boy', circa 1982, Avraham Fried was beginning his career and had a Chanukah concert in Madison, Wisconsin. My father packed the family into our green station wagon and we drove the 4 hours to Madison from Minneapolis in 7 hours, through horrible snow. When we arrived at the concert hall, the show was over and people were filing out. When Fried saw us, he re-assembled the orchestra and did one more song, just for us. It was this song.)

They learned in a dark frigid cellar 
Alone just a small group of men 
When in rushed the soldiers and led them all away 
The flame of Torah flickered on that day 

So many tears, so much sorrow 
The pain has lasted thousands of years 
but soon we'll stop crying the cruelty will end 
and Melech HaMoshiach will be sent 

Chorus: 
Someday we will all be together 
Someday we'll be sheltered and warm 
Never will we have to express any fear 
Our scars and our wounds will disappear 

 Avraham and Yitzchok will be there to greet us 
Yaakov and his sons will stand by and smile 
Moshe Rabbeinu will lead us once again 
in Yerushalayim - B'Ezras Hashem 

We learn every day and we daven 
We ask Hashem please bring those old times back 
We all knowhe is listening of course we know it's true 
For I've received the promise and so have you 

That Hashem will lead us out of this galus 
It won't be too much longer I know 
and then together we'll all daven together we'll all sing 
And praise and thank Hashem for everything 

 Chorus

"Memories" by Abie Rotenberg Journeys 2 (Lyrics)

Memories by Abie Rotenberg

I’m a very tired old and worn out man
And my eyes have long been blind
Most things that people say to me
Just seem to slip my mindBut the suffering and painful times
That were in years long gone
Are still as clear upon my memory
As the numbers on my arm 

What will become of all the memories
Are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze
Who will stand before the world
Knowing what to say
When the very last survivor
Fades away

When I hold my grandson close to me
And his fingers trace the pattern of my tears
He asks me Zaide
Tell me why do you cry
What is it that you fear

And I tell him there once was another child
Who smelled this sweet and felt this warm
But he was taken from before my eyes
And only I remain to mourn

What will become of all the memories
Are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze
And who will stand before a world
That now wishes to deny
How will they believe in someone
Who never heard the cries

There is little I can say or do
To make things change
Time has a way of passing by so fast
And like a fleeting shadow no one will recall
The faces of the past

What will become of all the memories
Are they to scatter with the dust in the breeze
Yet one thought gives me comfort
It’s all that I have left
For I know that God in heaven won’t forget

"Ad Olam" Yeshiva Boys Choir with Benny Friedman & the Chevrah

"Memories" by Abie Rotenberg on Journeys Vol. 2 (Lyrics)

"As a Jew" or "I don't wanna change my name" Moshe Yess/ Megama (Lyrics)

As a Jew / I don't wanna change my name

Megama / Moshe Yess & Sholom Levine
performed by Benny Friedman on Yess Legacy

I don’t wanna change my name 
I got nothing to be ashamed of 
Got no secrets from you. 
I came in the world this way 
And I’m goin’ out the same 
Gonna live my life and die as a Jew. 

As a Jew, as a Jew, 
I got nothing to apologize to you 
I’m the son of Abraham, I believe in the promised land 
Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you? 

Noah built the ark, Moses went up on Mount Sinai, 
Daniel made it through the lion’s den. 
With a little faith in G-d they all made it through their troubles 
‘Cause a little faith in G-d will always win. 

And it’s true, and it’s true... I got nothing to apologize to you 
I’m the son of Abraham, I believe in the promised land 
Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you? 

As a Jew, as a Jew, I got nothing to apologize to you 
I’m the son of Abraham, I believe in the promised land 
Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you? Shouldn’t you?
Shouldn’t you?

Beggar Woman

Megama/ Moshe Yess & Shlolom Levine
also recorded by 8th Day

Today, she was sitting on the street
Sorrow in her eyes, a tin can at her feet
Holes in her stockings and holes in her shoes
She’s an old beggar woman no stranger to bad news

I reached in my pocket to give a bill or two
In my heart I was trying to see what I could do
She thanked me for the money, I turned to walk away
But I waited for a moment as she began to say

Chorus:G-d loves the widow and the orphan and the blind 
The old and the needy who haven’t got a dime 
G-d loves the sickly, in his eyes we’re all the same 
And G-d he loves you too just call upon His name

I don’t know where she came from, I don’t know her at all
But the wrinkles on her face, they kinda tell it all 
So reach in your pocket and give a bill or two 
And you can thank G-d in Heaven that the beggar isn’t you.