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Following: Background story and words :

Legend tells that Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman Zatsl (1886-1969) , The Ponovize rov, once was encountered by a church denial of the existence of jewish children in their place.

He began calling out „Shema Yisroel and instinctly children raised their hands to cover their eyes and startet calling out „Mama! Mama!

He sought to take care of many orphans and tried to rescue them from the clutches of secular Zionist organizations, especially the Yaldei Theran ("Children of Tehran") - children who escaped from Nazi Europe by walking across Europe to Tehran .

Shema Yisroel by Yaakov Shwekey

He raised his hand to wave goodbye

Saw the pain in mother´s eyes

who left her little precious boy of four

In a citadel of ashen stone

that preached a faith unlike his own

Perhaps he just may yet survive this war

In the shadow stood a man in black

My child he said, you must not look back

Yet one image lingered, the tears on her face

And mother´s words from their last embrace

Shema, Shema Yisroel

Know that there is but one G-d above

When you feel pain, when you rejoice

know how he longs to hear your voice

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Deep within the iron gate

Far from the stench of war and hate

he knew not of a world gone insane

You must believe us, he was told

Our faith alone can save your soul

Please let us heal your wounds and ease your pain

He tried not to forget his past, his home

But he was so very young and all alone

While visions of his shtetl, once vivid and clear

began to fade, and all but disappeared

Shema, Shema Yisroel

Know that there is but one G-d above

When you feel pain, when you rejoice

know how he longs to hear your voice

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

The winds of war had finally passed

one man took on a sacred task

to bring the scattered jewish children home

He travelled far, from place to place

A quest to reignite the faith

of those sent into hiding long ago

He entered the fortress grey and cold

Your kind is not among us, he was told

Hashem above, he whispered, please don´t let me fail

As he began to sing

Shema Yisroel

Shema, Shema Yisroel

Know that there is but one G-d above

When you feel pain, when you rejoice

know how he longs to hear your voice

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Shema, Shema Yisroel

Know that there is but one G-d above

When you feel pain, when you rejoice

know how he longs to hear your voice

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Shema, Shema Yisroel

Know that there is but one G-d above

When you feel pain, when you rejoice

know how he longs to hear your voice

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Please say,

Shema, Shema Yisroel

Know that there is but, but one G-d above

When you feel pain, when you rejoice

know how he longs to hear our voice

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad

Hashem Elokeinu, Hashem Echad