AFILU (CHEREV)
EVEN (A SWORD)

 

 

Afilu cherev chada munachat al tzavaro shel adam
al yimnah atzmo min harachamim
Even if a sharp sword rests upon a man's neck,
he should not stop from prayer

 

 



Choreographer's comments:
At a critical juncture of Jewish history, with Assyrian King Sennacherib's army closing in on Jerusalem, Hezekiah King of Judah suddenly fell mortally ill.

The prophet Isaiah came to him and told him to prepare for death.

With God's prophet telling him to make his will and prepare to die, a lesser man might have given up the fight. Not Hezekiah.

Instead, he prayed and focused his mind on the closed walls of his own heart. Hezekiah recovered, and gained a new sense and meaning to his life.


LYRICS Talmud, Barakhot 10a
MUSIC Basya Schechter
SINGER Basya Schechter
CD Out of the Reeds   Track 3
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER Connie L. Katz   2004
DANCE FORMAT

Circle

DANCE VIDEO Demonstrated by Connie L. Katz
 

Transliteration and translation by Connie L Katz of California, USA
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