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MEDINAT YISRAEL
By MOLLY SCHATZ
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My heart; 'tis an image of multitudinous feelings.
· Etched - - in the trials and the toil of chalutzim; in the blood •of European Jews ·
Dead a.nd dying; in Israel's historical · redemption in my day.
Israel once again a .Jewish Homeland; a sanctuary of G-d_
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N.ow sending forth its courageous message of rene~~d faith,
.reborn .h~pe for a new life
"Arise, ·Israelites, exiles; beseech ·worthiness of this great redemption. .
Teach and live anew the precepts of ·a G-d fearing people." .
Yea, we fought lest we betray our past leaders, our freshly-buried martyrs.
Israel mtist heroically symb~lize the triumph of Right over evi might.
Structur~s for living, for learning, for labor, for worship, mu.st .rise .
Resplendent with' the boundless joy and pride of a nation rededicated.
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·· And yesterday's heritage, today's sacrifice, must bring tomorrow's Glory.
Efface, oh Israel the spectre of two thousand empty, t~agic Galut years.
Live on, oh Israel, in Divine fulfillment of an historic Destiny.
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