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Hannania
Anyone who wanted things to buy i would purchase for them
you want wheat, you want barley
you want a carpet, you want...
whatever they wanted i would purchase for them
that was my work for all my life
Who sells hot tea in the streets
(Hannania)
without a red account book and without favors1
(Hannania)
who comes to me in my dreams
during holidays and sabbaths
who protects me at night
Hannania
Hannania
He doesn't offer credit, just takes cash
Hannania
the bills are under the mattress
Hannania
one who is a servant of G-d is not a slave to time
Tel Aviv, Afghanistan
won't find another like Hannania
one who is a servant of G-d is not a slave to time
Tel Aviv, Afghanistan
won't find another like Hannania
Hannania
Hannania
all the angels chant together in the entourage
Hannania
and you sit and smile down from above
No such thing as one thing in his mouth and something else in his heart2
without words and he loves
one look and you already knew
more of a Zionist than Ben Gurion
doesn't gamble on dice
only seek and ye shall find3
A suit from the nineteen fifties
the Tikvah market4every Tuesday
hand in hand in the park with grandmother
walking on Derech HaShalom5
reciting the Psalms every day
and Tikkun Hazot6at night
Hannania
Hannania
all the angels chant together in the entourage
Hannania
and you sit and smile down from above
Who knows the day of his death
who calls out the Shema prayer over his death bed
who will protect for us his virtue
i hope to be like him
a little like grandfather Hannania
who will protect for us his virtue
i hope to be like him
a little like grandfather Hannania
- 1. does business fairly
- 2. A nice way of saying he is honorable and truthful
- 3. from the bible, make an effort and you'll be rewarded
- 4. a public market in the Tikvah Yeminite neighborhood of Tel Aviv
- 5. a famous street in Tel Aviv
- 6. a Jewish ritual prayer recited each night after midnight as an expression of mourning and lamentation over the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem at night. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikkun_Chatzot
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Submitted by Moshe Kaye on 2022-06-26
Last edited by Moshe Kaye on 2022-09-30
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