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Lee Diamond - For these Sins על חטא

Lee Diamond – For these Sins על חטא For the sin that We have committed By abandoning the Jewish people For the sin that We  have committed By rejecting our fellow Jews For the sin that We have committed By allowing anti semitism flourish For t

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Lee Diamond - Sculpting a Jewish Society

Lee Diamond – Sculpting a Jewish Society We were a work in progress For two thousand years We drew plans For two thousand years We wrote the text For two thousand years We wrote the laws And imagined a society Of growing values For a returned nation

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Lee Diamond - The Fountain of Youth

Lee Diamond – The Fountain of Youth Ponce De Leon According to the legend Sought it. Many claims to it Are recorded But always secretive Only because There is no such Magic fountain And so it must be Told. The “Elder” Is to be Venerated. For the

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Lee Diamond - Not in Heaven

Lee Diamond – Not in Heaven The God of Israel Is not in heaven. The laws of Israel Are not in heaven. The Torah of Israel Is not In heaven. The Holy one abides In the details. The laws of Israel Are made by Israel And are infused With the God of Isr

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Lee Diamond - We're told to "Love Our Enemy"

Lee Diamond – We’re told to “Love Our Enemy” We’re told to treat them with respect After all they are  duly elected Members of the U.S. Congress . We are told to “Invite them into our home Into our sovereign state To Allow them the freedo

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Lee Diamond - Jewish Power

Lee Diamond – Jewish Power We learned to live Over centuries of Exile As the “butt of the nations” ( Leon Pinsker) Subservient, accepting of our lot. Anti Semitism deemed an Incurable Disease. The wandering Jew Our status Thankful for the gift O

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Lee Diamond - In Touch מודה אני לפניך

Lee Diamond – In Touch מודה אני לפניך I return to life From a world Unknown Out of touch Yet free Yet unfelt The first light The crow of The rooster Was that which We call sleep A glimpse of the World to come? But I see now I feel I hear

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Lee Diamond - "If I'm Not For Myself" (Hillel)

Lee Diamond – “If I’m Not For Myself” (Hillel) Often quoted Yet hardy noted “If I am not for myself Who will be for me?” Instead so many prefer The continuation: “And if I’m only for myself Who am I?” How can the Latter ever  supers