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אִם מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאִם עַל הַמֶּלֶךְ טוֹב תִּנָּתֶן לִי נַפְשִׁי בִּשְׁאֵלָתִי וְעַמִּי בְּבַקָּשָׁתִי אסתר ז,ג
“If I have found favor in the king’s eyes and if it is pleasing for the king, let my life be granted to me as my request and my People as my petition” (Megilat Esther 7:3)
Am Yisrael and the whole world are in the midst of the Corona pandemic. A year has passed that has been very complex and has awakened the desire to ask Hashem to give us our lives, both materially and spiritually, as our requests, and our People, which is having to cope on so many levels, as our petition.
In honor of the days of Purim, may they be for the good, the Roeh Yisrael yeshiva in Yitzhar has published a Niggun that is beloved in our yeshiva, which we play in the month of Adar with the other wonderful songs of joy that are played during this time. This festival is also a time of Heavenly mercy, and therefore we have chosen this Niggun which is all about supplication towards Heaven, as “Purim is as Yom HaKippurim”. It expresses the complete joy of Purim in our yeshiva with the prayer that we might merit awakening the love of a merciful Father towards His sons.
Over the last few days, after the terrible accident in which the wife of one of our married students, Efrat Brenner z”l, was tragically killed, this Niggun is even more powerful while it connects with the general request of “my People as my petition”.
This special Niggun, which was one of Efrat z”l’s favorite songs, is dedicated to her precious memory with intense feelings of friendship, and participation in the sorrow of her husband and brothers - our dear students. We send a warm hug to the Ben Pinchas and Brenner families and to our good friends, the community of Haresha and their families.