Celebration (1988)
(sung to traditional Ashkenazi blessing melody)
BA-ROOKH HA-OR BA-O-LAM.
BA-ROOKH HA-OR BA-A-DAM.
BA-ROOKH HA-OR BA-SHAH-BAT {SUKKOT, KHANUKA, PEYSAKH}.
Radiant is the light of the world.
Radiant is the light within people.
Radiant is the light of Shabbat/Sukkot/Hanukkah, Pesakh.
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