Shwekey song - brought tears to my eyes now more than ever

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TheBeinoni

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:08 pm

This song makes me cry now more than ever........

Pineapple

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:10 pm

I know what you mean Crying

Pineapple

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:17 pm

The little girl running to the kever, the father davening by his son in the hospital oy Crying

yentaof8

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:24 pm

Wasn't this tune and similar theme a song sung by Dveikus in Yiddish - Tateh, tateh, mir haben shoyn genug durchgemacht - Father, father, we have been through enough already. About a father of a soldier crying out to Hashem.....Enough Already!!!! I'm moved to tears every time I hear it while so many yidden live it.

TheBeinoni

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:31 pm

Shwekey sings it in yiddish too.. I don't know who's song it really is.

soldat

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:35 pm

here is the yiddish version as I learned many years ago.

there are probably a few versions to it.

אין א ווינקעלע שטייט
א איד און וויינט
ווייל זיין קינד אין מלחמה גייט

און די טרערן ווי וואסער גיסן
ער שטייט און ער וויינט
צו זיין טאטע אין הימל

טאטע, טאטע
אוי טאטע, טאטע
מיר האבן שוין גענוג דורך געמאכט

טאטע, טאטע
אוי טאטע, טאטע
נא אל תשכחנו

Tova

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 9:59 pm

Very poignant.

tovasmom

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 10:17 pm

The yiddish version is, I believe, a song written by Rabbi Davidowitz, one of the Roshei Yeshiva from Chofetz Chaim up in Rochester, NY. I think Shwekey was a talmid there for a while, as he credits it as a song written by his Rebbe. When my dh heard the Shwekey version, and saw the credit on the cd jacket, his reaction was "Shwekey went to Rochester?" (dh did also, years earlier).

Doesn't he sing the original in yiddish on one of his cds also?

TheBeinoni

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 10:22 pm

Here are the English words in the song in the clip:

By the ancient cave of Ir Chevron
You'll see a man standing all alone
As the tears stream down his face
This is my hope my request
Where our forefathers rest

Oh my Father! My Dear Father!
The anguish of your children knows no end
Reach out to us with your helping hand
Oh my Father! My Dear Father!
How much more can Klal Yisrael take?
Remember Chasdei Avos for our sake

We are your children, Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov
Won't you carry our prayer to the One above?
As the tears stream down his face
This is my hope my request
Where our forefathers rest

(Chorus)

Oh my children! My dear children!
I've kept every precious tear you've ever shed
You will be redeemed ... (don't know the words here - lolam vaed?)
Every heartfelt tefilah will bring closer the geulah
V'zocher Chasdei Avos

TheBeinoni

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 10:23 pm

and yes he does sing the Yiddish version on the same album, and yes Shwekey did go to Rochester!

yentaof8

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 11:35 pm

Thanks soldadt - The yiddish words always get me choked up but I couldn't think of them all. Riboneh Shel Olem - please listen to our pleas.

TheBeinoni

Sat, Jan 10 2009, 11:38 pm

yentaof8 wrote:

Thanks soldadt - The yiddish words always get me choked up but I couldn't think of them all. Riboneh Shel Olem - please listen to our pleas.

AMEN!!!!!!

Carefulmom

Sun, Jan 11 2009, 12:51 am

heartfelt & beautiful. Still crying.

ChossidMom

Sun, Jan 11 2009, 6:11 am

Pineapple wrote:

The little girl running to the kever, the father davening by his son in the hospital oy Crying

Yeah. That got me too.

I actually like the Dveykus version better though. Maybe because I heard it first.

shabbatiscoming

Sun, Jan 11 2009, 6:17 am

ChossidMom wrote:

I actually like the Dveykus version better though. Maybe because I heard it first.

me too.

Sun, Jan 11 2009, 8:33 am

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Snackers

Tue, Jan 13 2009, 3:47 pm

Thank you for posting that made me cry Crying

TheBeinoni

Tue, Jan 13 2009, 11:16 pm

Here is another version of Shwekey singing, it's with Yiddish AND English and the footage (Holocaust) is REALLY really emotional...

get out your tissues...

#1cook

Tue, Jan 20 2009, 3:53 pm

TheBeinoni wrote:

get out your tissues...

thanks for the warning I needed tons of tissues I was crying so much Crying

Elizabeth W

Thu, Jan 12 2017, 3:26 pm

Yup, Yaakov Shwekey (who is a huge tzadik by the way) went to Rochester. My uncle, Rabbi Amster (who was the mashgiach there) just passed away recently.

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