FOR YOU FROM ISRAEL

Every tear that falls in Israel is for you


Every soldier fallen for you


Every terrorist attacked endured for you


Every war fought for you


Each drought suffered for you


Each financial burden experienced for you


Every tear of joy for you


Each new babies cry for you


Each breathtaking view for you


Every victory for you 


Every breakthough and achievement for you


Each new crop for you


Every joyous letter of Torah learnt for you


For  no matter where you are Israel is you


No matter the exile or level of denial Israel is you


only on Israel with all of  Israel ,people and  Torah


Will redemption finally be made true

ISRAELS BORDERS

Israels borders always under threat

Always defended without regret

they, our enemies never let up

in the vain hope that we might back up

panic ,despair  at times flares up

 with seemingly portentous discord in their wake

yet nothing will their victory make

all their progress is but fleeting and fake

Israels borders will never be forever obscured

For it is with the Lords blessing and promise they were 
procured

EACH DAY IN ISRAEL

Each day in Israel takes my breath away

humbled that Hashem(G-D) grants my stay

an honor sublime that no words can convey

for no matter my size, intellect or station

I share the day with my people as a nation

Our situation today is far from ideal

but being in Israel means it is no dream but real

even the the darkest days are of a lighter shade

On the land where our nations destiny is being made

through the centuries of pain there has been no recompense

yet with each day in Israel it all starts to make sense

MOMENTS

Let the beauty of life's moments encompass you


allow the enormous potential to uplift you


even if at present the feeling evades you


act as if each moment is a gift


then through all challenges will you sift


never letting go of each and every gift


a moment ,so precious when passes is lost


what we do with the next will determine the cost


if you choose the blindness of depression


then your only recourse will be  regression


fight for the light that will give you sight


to make the choices that shine most bright


each new moment is constant hope


an end to the need to always mope


for no matter what the history


with Divine blessing  writing a new chapter is no longer a mystery

TO FORGIVE

Even to forgive those who are truly contrite


is often a tremendous fight


Yet to extend forgiveness in part


does not allow renewal to truly start

If forgiveness in the end does not carry the day


that which is not forgiven keeps true growth at bay


crippling relationships and darkening our sight


from basking in the unfettered rays of forgiveness's light


the desire to forgive  realigns our compass


to walk in another's shoes thus helping  us bypass


much of the pain,the anger that brought us down


and prevents any needless ego filled showdown


It is not for another when you choose to forgive


but for you ,so with the release you will truly live

CAPACITY TO LOVE

We all have the capacity to love

Divinely ordained from above

which cannot truly be without giving

and is a reason for many to go on living

Our capacity to love a gift like no other

As long as we reduce the "I" making room for another

Our capacity to love weighs down the negative

so that all that stays afloat is the positive

Our joy now finds a new location

In the smile of another and their elation

UNITE

Too tough to unite! Too tough to unite!


They shout with all their might


In anticipated relief,in surrender to avoid our plight


When they look at others all they see is the night


No wonder they say to tough to unite


Yet if Hashem (G-D) decrees what is possible and right


no matter the challenge we have the strength to see the light


So make the choice and repel separation's blight


Then together we shall merit Divine blessing in Israel's 
sovereign delight

כחה של ישראל

רבים מתעלמים מכחה של ישראל


ונותנים חשיבות לתעתועי עישו וישמעאל


נח יותר להבין את הרגע


מאשר לסור אל ההיסטריה ולהקטין כל פגע


ישראל עברה תלאות אין ספור


ובכל זאת מרימה ראש בכל דור


נגזר,עם מי שנמליך בכל תחומי חיינו


בנתיבו תתפתח גורלינו


הבה  נתעלה מעל מלכים חולפים


ולדבוק במלך מלכי המלכים


ובכך נכיר כח אמיתי


ומתוך אחדות נהיה  באמת חופשי

Temptation

To many temptation is the short road to elation

blinding her followers with illusory fascination

Nurturing excitement passion and frenzied anticipation

Bringing priorities and clear thinking to immediate cessation

misrepresenting the fleeting with the importance of the eternal

Yet once engaged and revealed infernal

We again have the chance to embrace the supernal

Letting Hashem(G-D) back in feeling strong enough to repel

Temptation's wiles no matter the sell