Noach stepped out into a world washed away. Everything he had known was gone, and the task of rebuilding lay before him.
Generations later, our grandparents faced a devastation of their own. They, too, had to begin again.
Noach's story is the beginning of a timeless message: even after the greatest destruction, life must be rebuilt, and the future must be filled with hope.
He heard the warnings, watched them pass He thought the world would always last He built the Tayva, but could not know How far the rising flood would go
The waters climbed, the daylight died The world he knew was swept aside A year of darkness, wood and rain Then silence fell across the plain
He opens the door. The earth lies bare No voices call from anywhere No roads lead home, no smoke ascends No familiar faces, no old friends
He cannot bring the lost ones back Or find the world erased in black He stands beneath an empty sky And sees the truth he once denied
צֵא מִן הַתֵּבָה
Step into the world below Face what only you can know
אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן
A promise shining through the rain That life will rise and bloom again Though all he knew has passed away There will be life beyond this day
אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן
The sky above, the earth below A future waits for life to grow
He builds an altar on the ground In the silence, no other sound Then comes the charge to fill the earth To give new generations birth
וּפְרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ
Let children rise, let fields be sown Build a future of their own
אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן
A promise shining through the rain That life will rise and bloom again Though all he knew has passed away There will be life beyond this day
אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן
The sky above, the earth below A future waits for life to grow
They crossed the ocean, left behind The world they'd known, the lives they'd find They came with grief no words could hold And hearts made weary, brave, and old
They raised the shuls, they filled the schools They taught their children Torah's truths We grew inside the world they made A living future from the price they paid
The past remains. The promise stands. The future waits within our hands.
וּרְאִיתִיהָ לִזְכֹּר בְּרִית עוֹלָם
אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן
A promise shining through the rain That life will rise and bloom again Though all he knew has passed away There will be life beyond this day
אֶת קַשְׁתִּי נָתַתִּי בֶּעָנָן
The sky above, the earth below A future waits for life to grow
וּפְרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ
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