Towards the Dawn Lyrics
1. Baruch Hamakom
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2003 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
It's the time of year to remember
As if we ourselves were there
Recreate the scene with our families
We unite in song and prayer
Put your faith in Me
Safely through the desert will I lead you
I will set you free
And every year on this sacred night you will say
Baruch Hamakom
Baruch Hu
Baruch shenatan Torah
L'amo Yisrael
Baruch Hu
Drink four cups of wine while we're leaning
And the afikoman we share
For this night to have any meaning
Children's questions must fill the air
Put your faith in Me
Safely through your lifetime will I lead you
I will set you free
And I can give you eyes to see how to walk upon My way
At the midnight hour you’ll feel my outstretched arm
Right by your side so that you know
You are the precious child I long for everyday
Baruch Hamakom…
You are the precious child I long for everyday
Baruch Hamakom…
Blessed is the Omnipresent, blessed is He, blessed is the One that gave the Torah to the people of Israel, blessed is He.
Pesach (Passover) Haggadah
2. Oseh Shalom
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©1994 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Spreading the feeling all over the earth
Waiting for the day
When brothers can walk hand in hand
And no one feels afraid
With all of our hearts we call to You
Knowing You hear somehow
Like never before
We need You here right now
Oseh shalom bimromav
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleynu
V'al kol Yisrael, Yisrael
V'im'ru amen
Turn to the people who share your life
Let your love shine through
Make sure to mention from time to time
How much they mean to you
We're holding the future in our hands
We can be the light
If only we'd stand as one
It could be so bright
Oseh shalom bimromav
Hu ya'aseh shalom aleynu
V'al kol Yisrael, Yisrael
V'im'ru amen
Shalom rav al Yisrael
Amcha tasim l'olam
Ki atah hu melech adon l'chol hashalom
3. Ma Ashiv Lashem
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2004 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Ma ashiv Lashem
Kol tagmulohi alai
Kos y’shu’ot esa
Uv’sheym Hashem ekra
N’darai Lashem ashaleym
Negda na l’chol amo
Yakar b’eyney Hashem
Hamavta l’chasidav
Ana Hashem ki ani avdecha
Ani avd’cha beyn amatecha
Ani avd’cha beyn amatecha
Pitachta l’moseyrai
How can I repay You for all that You give
How can I request even one day to live
How can I seem grateful when words aren’t enough
Just let me walk in Your ways
I’ll be Your canvas, I’ll be the paint
I’ll be Your soldier without a complaint
I’ll be Your servant, I’lll be a saint
For You have released my bonds
Ana Hashem ki ani avdecha
Ani avd’cha beyn amatecha
Ani avd’cha beyn amatecha
Pitachta l’moseyrai
Sometimes when I call You seem so far away
Sometimes I cry out and no one’s there
But lately I recall things I cherish most of all
Like the hand of my baby
Clutching mine
How can I repay Hashem for all His kindness to me? I will raise the cup of salvations and the name of Hashem I will invoke. My vows to Hashem I will pay, in the presence, now, of His entire people. Difficult in the eyes of Hashem is the death of His devout ones. Please, Hashem for I am Your servant, I am Your servant, son of Your handmaid; You have released my bonds.
–Tehillim (Psalms) 116
4. One Hand, One Heart
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©1997 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Sometimes you need a friend to share the sadness
Sometimes it seems that no one understands
All the lies cannot disguise the rage and anger building up
So tired you feel like giving up
From out of the depths you reach for a helping hand
When there's pain we all cry
When there's death we all die inside
With one hand and one heart we reach for You
Sometimes a light can only shine in darkness
Sometimes the darkness never seems to end
How many lifetimes snatched away
Before we see the break of day
With all our hearts we try to understand
When there's pain we all cry
When there's death we all die inside
With one hand and one heart we reach for You
One is the heart that beats within my people
One is the reason why
Ten thousand miles between me and my brothers
Reading yesterday's news
And another voice inside me dies
Mi ma'amakim keratecha Ka
Eli shema koli, shema techanu nai
Eli shema koli, shema techanu nai
Eli, eli
When there's pain we all cry
When there's death we all die inside
With one hand and one heart we reach for You
Give us peace in our time
With your light we all shine inside
With one hand and one heart we reach for You
Out of the depths I call to You Hashem, My G-d, listen to my voice, hear my pleas
–T'hillim (Psalms) 130
5. The Ladder
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©1997 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Up in the morning, start my routine
Say the words I always say
I try to remember the feeling I had
When I realized one day
If our souls are eternal then Abraham
Could be praying right beside me
Who with all of the ancestors I never knew
Keep reminding me I’m not alone
All my grandmother’s grandfathers smiling inside
As their merit patiently guides me
Stretching to the beginning of time
On a ladder uniquely my own
Let me celebrate each new day
As if it were my first
Kindly allow me to praise Your Name
But not like a script that I’ve rehearsed
If our souls are eternal then Abraham
Could be praying right beside me
Who with all of the ancestors I never knew
Keep reminding me I’m not alone
All my grandmother’s grandfathers smiling inside
As their merit patiently guides me
Stretching to the beginning of time
On a ladder uniquely my own
I’m on a ladder that reaches the stars
I’m on a ladder and climbing
I’m on a ladder that’s bringing me close to You
I’m on a ladder that reaches the stars
Working my way to the next step
I’m on a ladder that’s bringing me close to You
If our souls are eternal than David the king
Could be playing his harp beside me
Who with Sarah and Rivkah and Leah and Rachel
Are making my house a home
All my grandmother’s grandfather's singing along
As they have since they were children
Stretching to the beginning of time
On a ladder uniquely my own
6. Haveyn Yakir Li
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2004 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Into the desert
Swooning in love
Without food and water
But with trust in G-d above
Marching towards a mountain
A celestial canopy
Betrothed to our Creator
Forever we will be
Haveyn yakir li Ephraim
Im yeled sha'shu'im
Haveyn yakir li Ephraim
Im yeled sha'shu'im
Ko amar Hashem
Zacharti lach
Chesed n'urayich
Ahavat k'lulotayich
Lechteych acharai
Acharai bamidbar
B'eretz lo z'ru'a
V'ne'emar
Ki midey dab'ri bo
Zachor ezk'reynu od
Al keyn hamu meyai lo
Rachem arachmeynu n'um Hashem
So said Hashem: I remember for your sake the kindness of your youth, the love of your bridal days, how you followed Me in the wilderness in an unsown land. And it is said: Is Ephraim My most precious son or a delightful child, that whenever I speak of him I remember him more and more. Therefore My inner self yearns for him, I will surely take pity on him these are the words of Hashem.
–Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 2:2, Yehezkel (Ezekiel) 16:60, Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 31:19
7 Achat Shoalti
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2004 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Im tachaneh alai machaneh
Lo yira libi
Im takum alai milchamah
B'zot ani voteyach
Achat shoalti mey'eyt Hashem
Otah avakeysh
Shivti b'veyt Hashem
Kol y'mei, kol y'mei chayai
Im tachaneh alai machaneh
Lo yira libi
Im takum alai milchamah
B'zot ani voteyach
Achat shoalti mey'eyt Hashem
Otah avakeysh
Shivti b'veyt Hashem
Kol y'mei, kol y'mei chayai
L'chazot b'no-am Hashem
Ul'vakeyr b'heychalo
Kol y'mei chayai
Kol y'mei chayai
–One thing I asked of Hashem, that I shall seek: that I dwell in the House of Hashem all the days of my life; to behold the sweetness of Hashem and to contemplate in His Sanctuary
Tehillim (Psalms) 27
8. Al Keyn
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2004 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Give us the power to imagine
The whole world united eternally
Jealousy, hatred abandoned
In Your Name
Al keyn n’kaveh l’cha
Hashem Elokeynu lirot m’heyra
B’tiferet uzecha
L’ha’avir gilulim min ha’aretz
Give us the gift of Your splendor
Regal, exalted, invincible
May it be soon that all people
Know Your Name
Bayom hahu yiyeh Hashem
Echad Ush’mo Echad
V’ha’elilim karot y’kareytun
L’takeyn olam b’malchut shadai
V’chol b’nei vasar yikr’u v’shimecha
L’hafnot eylecha kol rishey aretz
Therefore we put our hope in You, Hashem our G-d, that we may soon see Your mighty splendor, to remove detestable idolatry from the earth and false gods will be utterly cut off, to perfect the universe through the Almighty's sovereignty. On that day Hashem will be One and His Name will be One.
–Liturgy, Zechariah 14:9
9. Shehecheyanu
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2004 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Count all the blessings
That we witness each day
Every moment is a gift from above
Reaching this perfect place in time
We touch forever
When we’re all together celebrating
Lighting the candles
Drinking the wine
Feeling the embrace of Your love
Just as the day turns into night
The seasons measure
Our greatest pleasure
Shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu
V’higiyanu laz’man hazeh
Thank You for the children
Filling the room with laughter
Growing as we fly through the years
Your love we place within their hearts
They’ll receive it
If we believe it
Thank You for the melody
That comes from the soul
Thank You for the music of our journey
Thank You for the chance to sing each day
Of Your faith and Your love
(Blessed are You Hashem, our G-d, King of the universe,) Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this season.
–Liturgy
10. Lift My Eyes
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©1994 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
It's been a long time since I've said I love you
It's been a while since I've said anything at all
Captive in a fortress of my choosing
It's time that I tore down the wall
Lift my eyes to see the light within the darkness
Lift my spirit to appreciate Your hand
Lift my eyes to see the answers to the questions
I don't understand
It's been a long time since I've kept a promise
It's been a while since I have had a single goal
All my dreams are being held for ransom
Cause I cannot find the self-control
Lift my eyes to see the truth for the illusion
Lift my heart to see the good inside the pain
Lift my eyes to see the reason for Your wishes
That I can't explain
Lift my eyes to see the light within the darkness
Lift my spirit to appreciate Your hand
Lift my eyes to see the answers to the questions
I don't understand
Esa eynai el heharim
Me'ayin yavo ezri
Ezri meyim Hashem oseh shamayim va'aretz
11. Sos Tasis
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©2004 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Sos tasis v’tageyl ha’akara
B’kibutz baneha l’tocha b’simcha
Sos tasis v’tageyl ha’akara
B’kibutz baneha l’tocha b’simcha
La, la, la…m’sameach tziyon
La, la, la…m’sameach tziyon b’vaneha
Bring joy and light within these walls
Bring all your children home
Bring intense joy and exultation to the barren one through the ingathering of her children amidst her in gladness. (Blessed are You, Hashem) who gladdens Zion with her children.
–#4 of the 7 Wedding Blessings
12. Blessing
Words and Music by Sam Glaser
Hebrew Lyrics from Liturgy
©1997 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
May G-d watch over your soul
May He guide every step along your way
May you hold deep in your heart
The love that He's giving you everyday
May the light of heaven above
Reflect in your eyes
So you see all the wonder in the world
Y'varechecha Hashem v'yishm'recha
Ya'eyr Hashem panav eylecha v'chuneka
Yisa Hashem panav eylecha
V'yaseym l'cha shalom
May you live all the days of your life
Secure in the arms of the One above
May He look upon you with favor
Granting you whatever you're dreaming of
May mountains offer a path
When you stroll along
Fill the valleys so you can cross with ease
Y'varechecha Hashem v'yishm'recha
Ya'eyr Hashem panav eylecha v'chuneka
Yisa Hashem panav eylecha
V'yaseym l'cha shalom
Shalom, shalom, shalom
May Hashem bless you and safeguard you, may Hashem illuminate his countenance to you and be gracious to you, may Hashem turn His countenance to you and establish peace for you.
–D'varim (Numbers) 6:24-26