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Mi Y'Malel

Mi y'malel g'vurot Yisrael (Who can retell the things that befell us?) (מִי יְמַלֵּל)

Translator (English): Judith K. Eisenstein
Tune: MI Y'MALEL
Published in 2 hymnals

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HEBREW -
Mi y’malel g’vurot Yisrael Otan mi yimneh?
Henb’chol dor yakum hagibor, Goel Haam.

Sh’ma! Bayamin hahem baz’ man hazeh.
Makabi moshia u fodeh,
U v’ya menu kol am Yisrael,
Yitached, yakum v’yigael.

Mi y’malel g’vurot Yisrael Otan mi yimneh?
Henb’chol dor yakum hagibor, Goel Haam.

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Who can retell the things that befell us?
Who can count them?
In every age a hero or sage came to our aid.

Ah! At this time of year in days of yore
Maccabees the Temple did restore,
and today our people, as we dreamed,
will arise, unite, and be redeemed.

Who can retell the things that befell us?
Who can count them?
In every age a hero or sage came to our aid.

Source: Singing the Living Tradition #222

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Translator (English): Judith K. Eisenstein

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First Line: Mi y'malel g'vurot Yisrael (Who can retell the things that befell us?) (מִי יְמַלֵּל)
Title: Mi Y'Malel
Hebrew Title: מִי יְמַלֵּל
Translator (English): Judith K. Eisenstein
Source: Hebrew folk song
Language: English; Hebrew
Copyright: Public Domain
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Singing the Living Tradition #222

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