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CHODESH SPEAKER SERIES
Tammuz 5781

Rabbi mordechai rhine
Rav of southeast hebrew congregation - sehc - Knesset Yehoshua, white Oak, silver spring, maryland.
"from loss to reconciliation: the annual journey of the jewish people"
​click on video image below to watch


Toward the end of the shiur, Rabbi Rhine mentions the song by Journeys, The Man from Vilna. You may be interested to watch and listen to this song. At the bottom of this webpage, are the lyrics to this song, and a link to watch a YouTube, to hear the song.
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Lyrics of The Man from Vilna

I met a man last Sunday; he was on his way back home
From a wedding in Chicago, and was traveling alone
He said he came from Vilna, a survivor I could tell.
And I helped him with his suitcase-
He could not walk very well.
A steward gave us coffee as we settled on the plane.
I asked him why he bothers – at his age there'd be no blame.
"No simcha is a burden, although I miss my dear late wife".
And then he shared with me the story that has changed my view of life.


He danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong.
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song.
Though we had no sifrei torah to clutch close to our hearts.
In their place, we held the future, of a past so torn apart.


I remember liberation, joy and fear both intertwined.
Where to go, and what to do, and how to leave the pain behind.
My heart said "Go to Vilna", dare I pray yet once again,
For the chance to find a loved one, or perhaps a childhood friend?
It took many months to get there, from the late spring to the fall
And as I, many others, close to four hundred in all.
And slowly there was healing, darkened souls now mixed with light
When someone proudly cried out, Simchas Torah is tonight.


We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong.
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song.
Though we had no sifrei torah to clutch close to our hearts.
In their place, we held the future, of a past so torn apart.

We ran as one towards the shul, our spirits in a trance.
We tore apart the barricade, in defiance we would dance.
But the scene before our eyes shook us to the core.
Scraps of siddur, bullet holes, and bloodstains on the floor.
Turning to the eastern wall, we looked on in despair
There'd be no scrolls to dance with, the Holy Ark was bare.
Then we heard two children crying, a boy and girl who no one knew.
We realized no children were among us but those two.


We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong.
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song.
Though we had no sifrei torah to gather in our arms.
In their place, we held those children.
The Jewish people would live on.

We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong.
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song.
Though we had no sifrei torah to clutch and hold up high.
In their place, we held those children.
Am Yisrael Chai.


We danced round and round in circles as if the world had done no wrong.
From evening until morning, filling up the shul with song.
Though we had no sifrei torah to gather in our arms.
In their place, we held those children.
The Jewish people would live on.
Am Yisrael Chai.
The Jewish people would live on.
The Jewish people will live on.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEh_XxmekFo&ab_channel=ncsytube

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriter: Abie Rotenberg
​Zoom recording of shiur for Nismach members, featuring Rabbi Mordechai Rhine.
Rav of Southeast Hebrew Congregation - SEHC -Knesset Yehoshua, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland.

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    • Words of Chizzuk, Rabbi Dovid rosenbaum-Pre-Shavuos 5778
    • Havdalah Insights, Rabbi Moshe Hauer: March, 2019
    • Words of Chizzuk, Rabbi Shragi Neuberger - November 2018
    • Elul Messge, Rabbi Moshe Walter - 5780
    • Yom Kippur - The Happiest Day of the Year, Rabbi Yechiel Spero and Rabbi Yaakov Bender 5781
    • Life Lessons from the Avos and Imahos, Rabbi Michoel Frank-Cheshvan 5781
    • Chizuk from Miracles Past, Rabbi Dovid Rosenbaum-Kislev 5781
    • Developing Ahavas Hashem & Avodas Hashem through Davening, Rabbi Eli Reingold Teves 5781
    • Resilience in the Face of Challenge, Mrs.Shani Waldman - Shevat 5781
    • Spiritual Insights into Lag B'Omer, Rabbi Brahm Weinberg Iyar 5781
    • The Courage to Cry, The Power to Change: Rus and the Yom Tov of Shavuos, Rabbi Shmuel Silber, 5781
    • From Loss to Reconciliation - The Annual Journey of the Jewish People, Rabbi Mordechai Rhine-Tammuz 5781
    • Chizuk for the Three Weeks, Rabbi Moshe Weinberger - Av 5781
    • Health Insurance Webinar- MD Health Exchange and Medicare Mrs. Faith Pollack- Nov. 2021
    • Exploring the Effects of Long Term Grief, Rabbi Berel Wein - Shevat 5782
    • Finding your Inner Simcha, Rabbi Aryeh Cohen - Adar 5782
    • Kabbalas HaTorah & Me, Mrs. Sara Malka Winter - Shavuos 5782
    • Building Our Own Bais Hamikdash - Rabbi Raphael Mendlowitz - Av 5782
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