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Eliyohu ben Moshe Mordechai a”h

By his family

Moving Single Filmed in the Hills of Yerushalayim

A beautiful new single has been released, bringing together the voice of Lubavitcher singer Avraham Fried with the gifted composer and lyricist Yossi Fried. The song, “Der Pastech,” is accompanied by a moving music video filmed in the scenic hills of Yerushalayim.

A beautiful new single has been released, bringing together the voice of Lubavitcher singer Avraham Fried with the gifted composer and lyricist Yossi Fried. The song, “Der Pastech,” is accompanied by a moving music video filmed in the scenic hills of Yerushalayim.

A beautiful new single has been released, bringing together the voice of Lubavitcher singer Avraham Fried with the gifted composer and lyricist Yossi Fried. The song, “Der Pastech,” is accompanied by a moving music video filmed in the scenic hills of Yerushalayim.

The lyrics convey a powerful message: When a sheep is lost, it searches for its shepherd, but ultimately it is the shepherd who must give a sign and come toward the sheep. So too, Klal Yisroel — Hashem’s “lost sheep” — cry out for Hashem to give the sign and redeem His children from galus.

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Lyrics:

דוד (המלך) האט געזאגט
״איך זיץ מיר דא אין וואלד אויפ’ן ברעטעלע
אין גלות אזוי פארפלאגט
אזוי ווי א פארלוינרענע שעפעלע.״
די שאלה פרעגט זיך גלייך
פארוואס צו א שעפעלע מאכט זיך דוד גלייך
און ברענגט נישט א משל פון א צווייטע זאך?

נאר דוד האט פארשטאנען
און דיר געוואלט דערמאנען
אז א שעפעלע זוכט און זוכט זיין פאסטעך
און קען עם נישט געפינען
דער פאסטעך מוז עם געבן א סימן אדער אליין קומען.

משל לאדם שאבדו לו אבידה מי חוזר על מי?
בעל האבידה מחזיר על אבידתו.
הייליגער באשעפער דו ווייסט דאך זיכער דעם נמשל
אונז זעמער דיינע פארלוירנע שעפעלעך

נאר דוד האט פארשטאנען און דיר געוואלט דערמאנען
כלל ישראל זוכט און זוכט זיין פאסטעך און קען עם נישט געפינען
הייליגער באשעפער געב אונז שוין א סימן
מיר קענען אהיים קומען

(תהילים קי״ט)

Translation:

Dovid Hamelech said:
“I sit here in the forest, upon a little board,
in exile, so worn and troubled,
like a lost little sheep.”

And the question immediately arises:
Why does Dovid compare himself to a sheep,
and not choose another parable?

Only Dovid understood, and wished to remind You:
A sheep searches and searches for its shepherd,
yet cannot find him.
The shepherd must give it a sign,
or come himself.

So too with a man who has lost something:
Who seeks after whom?
It is the owner who searches for his lost possession.

Holy Bashefer, You surely know the meaning:
We are Your lost little sheep.

Only Dovid understood, and wished to remind You:
The people of Israel search and search for their Shepherd,
yet cannot find Him.
Holy Bashefer, give us already a sign,
so that we may come home.

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