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HaEmunah

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Haemunah (Hebrew: הַאמונה, lit.'The Faith') is a song written in the late 19th century by Abraham Isaac Kook. It places the Torah as the central component of the Jewish People's return to its land (Eretz Yisrael), and sees this process as a bigger step for the redemption of Israel, and by extension the world.[1]

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Hebrew Transliteration English translation
לעד חיה בלבבנו
האמונה הנאמנה
לשוב אל ארץ קדשנו
עיר בה דוד חנה.
Le`ad ḥayah bilvavenuw
ha'emunah hanne'emanah
Lashuwv 'el 'eretz q'doshenuw
`Ir bah David ḥanah.
Eternally lives in our hearts,
the loyal faith [Haemunah]
to return to our holy land,
the city where David settled.
שמה נעמוד לגורלנו
אב המון קנה
שמה נחיה חיינו
חיי עדת מי מנה.
Shamah na`amowd legowralenuw
'av hamown qanah
shamah niḥyeh ḥayeynuw
ḥayey `adat miy manah.
There we shall stand [to receive] our destiny,
[which the] father of many [nations] acquired,
there we shall live our life
the life of the innumerable community.
שמה נעבוד אלוקנו
בחדוה בגילה וברננה
שמה נעלה לרגלנו
שלש פעמים בשנה.
Shamah na`avowd Elowqenuw
beḥedwah begiylah ubirenanah
shamah na`aleh leraglenuw
shalosh pa`amiym beshanah.
There we shall serve our God
with joy, happiness and song
there we shall pilgrimage
three times a year.
תורת חיים חמדתנו
מפי עליון ניתנה
נצח היא נחלתנו
ממדבר מתנה.
Towrat ḥayyiym ḥemdatenuw
mipiy `elyown niytnah
netzaḥ hiy' naḥalatenuw
mimidbar matanah.
Torah of life is our desire,
given from heavenly mouth
forever it is our heritage
from the desert it was given.

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