These Holy Days—A High Holidays Supplement After October 7 | Page 88

ינִ‏ יֵע
ל ־ אֵ‏ לֶּהַע
רְֹי ינִ‏ יֵע
נִ‏ יֲא
הָד
כְּ‏ רְָז
םִי
הָיּ
Eileh Ezk ’ rah After October 7
הֶלּֽ‏ ‏ֵא ‏ֶא ה . . . Eileh ezk ’ rah . . . These I remember . . .
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The young and the old , The children , the mothers , The babies , the fathers , And I do not look away . The brutalized , the maimed , The assaulted , the raped , Burnt alive , Terrorized and tortured , Killed and kidnapped , And I do not look away .
ב וֹ כִ‏ . . . Al-eileh ani vochiyah . . . For these I weep . . .
In every age , In our homes and our villages , In the fields and on the streets , In our cities and our towns , Death and terror stalk . . .
‏ַמּ . . . Eini , eini yordah mayim . . . My eyes , my eyes flow like streams of water . . .
For Re ’ im and Be ’ eri , For Pittsburgh and Toulouse , For Kfar Aza , Netiv HaAsara , and Nachal Oz , For Mumbai and Colleyville , For Ofakim , Nir Oz , Nirim , and Sderot , For Paris and Poway , For Alumim , Zikim , Psyduck , and Kissufim , For Halle and Overland Park ,
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