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GHI first heard Eli, Eli in Hebrew school when I was in third grade at Har Shalom in Potomac, Maryland. I remember the exact moment I first heard it. I remember where I was sitting, the room around me. It is one of those childhood memories that remains so clear, while so many others have blurred with time.
Even at that young age, it struck something within my heart. It felt as if my heart was crying along with the song.
Something about the melody and the words stayed with me. I never forgot it.
As I grew older, I returned to this song and learned its meaning. It was written by Hannah Senesh, a young Jewish poet and resistance fighter during the Holocaust. Written while walking along the Mediterranean Sea, her words became a prayer that would outlive her.
Since then, I sing this song every year for Holocaust Remembrance Day and share Hannah’s story.
Over the years, I have studied the music of the Holocaust, and I still can’t fully put into words what it awakens in me. It strikes something deep, something sacred, and reminds me that even in the darkest moments, the human spirit finds a voice.
Because the music of the Holocaust holds something holy. It is among the most beautiful things left behind from an unspeakable tragedy.
This song is not only memory.
It is prayer.
It is resistance.
It is remembrance. 🕯️
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