They lift him on their shoulders
And bring him to the cheder,
Where he licks the honey off the letters
Of the aleph-bais,
And with tears they pray to Heaven
For their precious little gem,
May the Torah always be this sweet
Vhaarev Na Hashem.
But as the boy grows older, and Gemara leads his day
That passion for his Torah learning slowly fades away
For he struggles with each sugya, and he tires from despair
If Gemara is so challenging, does it even pay to care.
Vehaarev Na Hashem, make it sweet for us again
Like the honey that we tasted years before
Because each word is ours to own
Until we feel it in our bones
And we'll want to keep on learning more and more.
Vhaarev Na Hashem, Oy Vhaarev Na Hashem
So Your Torah will forever pierce the heart
Be mesayem and return
To the words we love to learn
For we never feel complete when we're apart.
A tiny ray of hope soon begins to show
When his Rebbe says Chazara is the key to help you grow
To gain clarity and cheishek,
You must constantly review
And you'll love to learn Gemara
When the words speak back to you.
With chazara of his learning,
His spirit is revived
As the words of Torah penetrate and slowly come alive
His excitement is rekindled
And he's shteiging with his peers
He can finally feel that passion that was
Lost for all those years.
Vhaarev Na Hashem, make it sweet for us again
Like the honey that we tasted years before
Because each word is ours to own
Until we feel it in our bones
And we'll want to keep on learning more and more.
Vhaarev Na Hashem, Oy Vhaarev Na Hashem
So Your Torah will forever pierce the heart
Be mesayem and return
To the words we love to learn
For we never feel complete when we're apart.
Oh the power that we share
As words of Torah fill the air
Could you imagine that we'd ever come this far
And the nachas that we'll see
Might have never come to be
If we didn't know how capable we are.
Vhaarev Na Hashem, Oy Vhaarev Na Hashem
So Your Torah will forever pierce the heart
Be mesayem and return
To the words we love to learn
For we never feel complete when we're apart.
Vhaarev Na Hashem, Oy Vhaarev Na Hashem
I can sit and learn as hours pass me by
And my Gemara, now worn-out
I could never be without
For I finally feel that sweetness from on High.