SHABBOS
LYRICS
EREV SHABBOS
© Tune By: Yossi Green, Lyrics By: Mrs. Dina Storch
Look around and hear the noise, the little girls and boys
Their mothers rushing down the busy streets
Hear the baker yell “I’m through”, and take your challos two
And don’t forget your box of special treats
Watch the bochrim running on, their payos dangling down
One finger on the hat, it shouldn’t slip
Businessmen jump off the train, a week has passed again
They race ahead another step to skip
Freshly showered babies on the porches play
Everyone is ready, ready for that day
zay in the streets and zay in our home
zay in our hearts and on the siren blown
Let’s prepare, today is zay axr
Let’s greet zay, zay rbiliid
Let’s be ready, ready for the zay
All the action stops and we transform
Look around and see once more, what all the action’s for
Who is this guest that we’re preparing so
Children learn it in their schools, we darshen in the shuls
The life we live is for one single goal
zay steps into our lives, and so our soul survives
Another week to pass this message on
Toss the thought a little more, what are we waiting for?
That special day, the l`eb will arrive
Let us freshen up and cleanse our inner souls
Let us make it happen, our final goal
zay in the streets, zay in our home
zay in our hearts and in the Shofar blown
Let’s prepare, today is zay axr
Let’s greet Shabbos, zay rbiliid
Let’s be ready, “zay eleky meil”
One more action- everyone- HE”LL COME!
IF I COULD SHOW THEM THIS BEAUTY
© Lyrics By Dina Storch
If I could show them this beauty
If only I were able
I’d run in the streets and call them
To join my Shabbos table
וואלט איך געהאט כח
וואלט איך געלאפן אין די גאסן
וואלט איך געשריען שבת
שבת, שבת קדש
שבת היום לה'
THE WORLD LIES SILENT
© Tune By: Yossi Green, Lyrics By: Mrs. Dina Storch
The world lies silent
Mother lights the candles and she cries
And smiles, and wipes the teardrops from her eyes
Shabbos comes to every Jewish home
I feel a sudden warmth, a sudden change of air
As Father stands with two Malochim near
If I could only keep the Kedushah there
And bring the world to see
I’d have them stand around and watch me say “Amen”
And after me, they all would do the same
I know they would, there’s no need to explain
How grateful they would be
If only I could tell them
If only they would know
Just what it is that makes the Shabbos so holy
If I could only show them
The beauty of this day
They’d keep it too, and we’d send this Golus away
Children singing
Describing all the splendor of this world in its creation
The sudden day, the sudden night
The sun and moon that made the world so bright
There was a sudden warmth, a sudden change of air
As flowers and grass dressed up the atmosphere
If I could only keep the Kedushah there
And bring the world to see
All the birds and the fish, the animals big and small
Blossoming trees, and water to feed them all
A man was formed to heed his Master’s call
The world was completed
The sun began to lower
The world was done
A Shabbos day of rest for everyone
YOSEF MOKER SHABBOS
© Written in Yiddish by: R’ Yom Tov Erlich
Translated by: Mrs. Dina Storch
Hear this story my dear Yidden,
In Gemara it is written,
And of course this tale has made great fame.
Once there was a Jewish man,
Who had a wife and seven children,
Yosef Moker Shabbos was his name.
Right by the sea, he lived in poverty.
His home, a tiny little shack,
The only shirt he wore was on his back.
All week long this man was harried,
Heavy loads he often carried.
Yosef worked but never spent his money.
Eating only bread and water,
He, his wife, his sons and daughters,
Saving every groshen every penny.
His children and wife were happily content with life.
His house empty it is true,
But everybody knew.
That Thursday before dawn,
His wife he would forewarn,
“Quickly Balabusta, my dear,
Shabbos is drawing near!
Here are all my earnings of this week.
Buy everything that you need.
FISH! THE BEST!
LARGE AND SUCCULENT AND FRESH,
MEAT and WINE you’ll buy,
No price is too high.
Fruits of many kinds,
So everyone, his favorite finds.
So his wife, quickly went
Returning home with packages, her money spent
She was up all night
Not even for a moment did her eyes shut tight
She cooked and she baked
A very tasty torte and a honey cake
And she baked and she cooked
How Erev Shabbosdik it looked
When Friday night arrived
Reb Yosef sat with orchim at his side
The hut was beautiful and bright
A real Gan Eden delight
And sitting on his throne like a king
Reb Yosef would sit and sing
In a voice sweet and fine
He repeated one more time
Aishes Chayil Mi Yimtzah
There’s nothing like the Shabbos Hamalka!
Further up and not too distant
Right across from Yosef’s dwelling
An imposing palace grimly stood
Surrounded by a giant garden
And a wall of steel and iron
Every door a different grain of wood
A sire lived in there
The biggest millionaire
A scoundrel, everybody knew
Who hated every Jew
He was surely over eighty
Hardly talked about his lady
Claiming she had left him long ago
His children, too, had long since vanished
And from then on they were banished
Wealth, the only friend that he did know
A miser was he, did not give charity
He lived quite alone – lonely as a stone
Time did pass, the sire took ill fast
And to analyze it all, a specialist was called
One who was acquainted with the stars
And could see a person’s future from afar
The astrologer thought a while
Announcing with a saddened smile
“the riches that belong to you
will be inherited by a Jew.
Who honors the Shabbos day,
To him it will be given all away”
The goy turned white
He was quite disturbed that very night
He called on the spot
A buyer who would buy his entire lot
With the money that he owned
He bought himself a special jewel – a diamond stone
In the inside of his hat
He sewed his diamond in and that was that!
And so the goy went up and down
Never stepping into town
Away from people he was always creeping
No matter where he stood or sat
He wore that diamond in his hat
And even in the night when he was sleeping
Once he wandered far
To an unfamiliar shore
A bridge before his eyes, caught him by surprise
As he walked upon the bridge
A wind began to blow a bit
And soon before he knew it, it was raining
Lightning crackled, thunder crashed
The wind blew off his diamond hat
And into the air, it suddenly went sailing
It landed in the sea, and most unfortunately
The sire in distress, jumped into the waters emptiness
Along came a fish, and with a great big swish
Swallowed up this most expensive hat
Swam away, full and fat
Fisherman stood ready, they were set
And it landed in their net
It was Friday afternoon
The fish was delivered soon
The sellers started searching all around
But a customer could not be found
Says Reb Yosef in great length
My wife has finished cooking, she has no more strength
Says his Rebbetzin, “Don’t say no-
There’s one more empty pot, I’ll need an hour or so”
As she opened up her eyes
Tears began to slowly trickle down from her eyes
“A DIAMOND! A DIAMOND!”
Reb Yosef hears his Rebetzin and soon appears
“A DIAMOND! A DIAMOND!”
Now they’re both excited – everybody hears
This story is quite a tale
But every Jew can understand its message well
When in Shabbos you invest
The returns you get with interest!