Oyf’n Pripetshok And Nacht Aktion

by The Bronx

It is a famous childern folk song in Yiddish, and is one of my fav Jewish folk song!!!
On the hearth a little fire is burning,
And it is hot in the house,
And the rebbe is teaching the little children.
The Aleph Bet.
Study, children, with great interest,
That is what I tell you;
He who'll know his lessons first,
Will get a banner for a prize. (Refrain)
When you get older, children,
You will understand that this alphabet
Contains the tears and the weeping
of our people.
(Refrain)
When you grow weary, children
And burdened with exile,
You will find comfort and strength
within this Jewish alphabet. (Refrain) Refrain:
See now children, remember dear ones,
What you've learned here;
repeat it again and again
Aleph with kametz is o!