Meditation Services for Humanistic Jews (1976)
SHEE-M’-OO SHEE-M’-OO O-HA-VAY A-HA-VA.
KEE-R’-OO KEE-R’-OO MO-SHEE-AY Y’-SHOO-A.
KEE AYN Y’-SHOO-A B’-LEE A-HANA.
O A-HA-VA A-HA-VA KAYN T’-HEE.
Listen now you lovers of love
Hear this, you seekers of happiness
There is no happiness without love.
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