Biografia:
Abie Rotenberg (Hebrew: ????? ????????) is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer and entertainer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has been producing music since the mid 1970s with a style which has been described as "soft and sweet" with a strong folk influence.
Rotenberg grew up in Queens, New York surrounded by other up and coming religious Jewish musicians, including Eli Teitelbaum, who directed the first Pirchei boys choir, as well as Rabbi Baruch Chait and Leibel Scharfman who attended yeshiva with him.
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Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
[Verse]:
C F
I met a man last sunday,
C Am
who was on his way back home
C F
From a wedding in Chicago,
G Bm
and was traveling alone
G Am
He said he came from Vilna,
F Dm
a survivor I could tell
Gm F
And I helped him with his suitcase,
Eb C
he could not walk very well
C F
A steward gave us coffee
C Am
as we settled on the plane
C F
And I asked him why he bothers,
G Bm
at his age there'd be no blame
G Am
He said "no simcha is a burden,
F Dm
though I miss my dear late wife"
Gm F
And then he shared with me a story
Eb Gm
that has changed my view of life:
[Chorus]:
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gsus2
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to clutch close to our hearts
Bb Gsus2
In their place we held the future
Bb Dm
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
C F
I remember liberation,
C Am
joy and fear both intertwined
C F
Where to go and what to do,
G Bm
and how to leave the pain behind?
G Am
My heart said 'go to vilna',
F Dm
dare I pray yet once again
Gm F
For the chance to find a loved one,
Eb C
or perhaps a childhood friend?
C F
It took many months to get there,
C Am
from the late spring to the fall
C F
And as I, many others,
G Bm
close to four hundred in all
G Am
And slowly there was healing,
F Dm
darkened souls now mixed with light
Gm F
When someone proudly cried out,
Eb Gm
'simchas Torah is tonight!'
[Chorus]:
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to clutch close to our hearts
Bb Gm
In their place we held the future
Bb Dm
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
C F
We ran as one towards the shul,
C Am
our spirits in a trance
C F
And we tore apart the barricade,
G Bm
in defiance we would dance
G Am
But the scene before our eyes
F Dm
shook us to the core
Gm F
Scraps of siddur, bullet holes,
Eb C
bloodstains on the floor
C F
Turning to the eastern wall,
C Am
we looked on in despair
C F
There'd be no scrolls to dance with,
G Bm
the holy ark was bare
G Am
Then we heard two children crying,
F Dm
a boy and girl whom no one knew
Gm F
And we realized that no children
Eb Gm
were among us but those two
[Chorus]:
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to gather in our arms
Bb Gm
In their place we held those children,
Bb Dm
the Jewish people would live on
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to clutch and hold up high
Bb Gm
In their place we held those children,
Bb Dm
am yisrael chai"
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to gather in our arms
Bb Gm
In their place we held those children,
Bb Dm
the Jewish people would live on
F Eb
Am yisrael chai
Bb Dm
The Jewish people would live on
Am F Eb
The Jewish people WILL live on
C F
I met a man last sunday,
C Am
who was on his way back home
C F
From a wedding in Chicago,
G Bm
and was traveling alone
G Am
He said he came from Vilna,
F Dm
a survivor I could tell
Gm F
And I helped him with his suitcase,
Eb C
he could not walk very well
C F
A steward gave us coffee
C Am
as we settled on the plane
C F
And I asked him why he bothers,
G Bm
at his age there'd be no blame
G Am
He said "no simcha is a burden,
F Dm
though I miss my dear late wife"
Gm F
And then he shared with me a story
Eb Gm
that has changed my view of life:
[Chorus]:
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gsus2
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to clutch close to our hearts
Bb Gsus2
In their place we held the future
Bb Dm
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
C F
I remember liberation,
C Am
joy and fear both intertwined
C F
Where to go and what to do,
G Bm
and how to leave the pain behind?
G Am
My heart said 'go to vilna',
F Dm
dare I pray yet once again
Gm F
For the chance to find a loved one,
Eb C
or perhaps a childhood friend?
C F
It took many months to get there,
C Am
from the late spring to the fall
C F
And as I, many others,
G Bm
close to four hundred in all
G Am
And slowly there was healing,
F Dm
darkened souls now mixed with light
Gm F
When someone proudly cried out,
Eb Gm
'simchas Torah is tonight!'
[Chorus]:
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to clutch close to our hearts
Bb Gm
In their place we held the future
Bb Dm
of a past so torn apart
[Verse]:
C F
We ran as one towards the shul,
C Am
our spirits in a trance
C F
And we tore apart the barricade,
G Bm
in defiance we would dance
G Am
But the scene before our eyes
F Dm
shook us to the core
Gm F
Scraps of siddur, bullet holes,
Eb C
bloodstains on the floor
C F
Turning to the eastern wall,
C Am
we looked on in despair
C F
There'd be no scrolls to dance with,
G Bm
the holy ark was bare
G Am
Then we heard two children crying,
F Dm
a boy and girl whom no one knew
Gm F
And we realized that no children
Eb Gm
were among us but those two
[Chorus]:
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to gather in our arms
Bb Gm
In their place we held those children,
Bb Dm
the Jewish people would live on
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to clutch and hold up high
Bb Gm
In their place we held those children,
Bb Dm
am yisrael chai"
Bb Gsus2
"We danced round and round in circles
Bb C
as if the world had done no wrong
Bb Gm
From evening until morning,
Bb Am
filling up the shul with song
Bb Gsus2
Though we had no sifrei Torah
Bb C
to gather in our arms
Bb Gm
In their place we held those children,
Bb Dm
the Jewish people would live on
F Eb
Am yisrael chai
Bb Dm
The Jewish people would live on
Am F Eb
The Jewish people WILL live on
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