Talk about summer camp— specifically, their own years in summer camp— and you can see the little boy
Malachim, how can you comprehend,
What it means, to keep the Torah
You can’t imagine what it feels like
To fight the burning yetzer hara
Malachim, how can you comprehend
What it means, to have emunah
When threatened by hostile nations,
Who want nothing more than to see us gone…
It’s a clip you can rewatch fifty times, boys performing not for applause or even aware of other people — they are reaching inside themselves and expressing what they know to be true but can’t always articulate. It’s not polished or smooth, but it’s raw and real.
It’s the sort of song that can only come out of camp, ’cause otherwise it would be weird. Those lucky young men will carry the refrain in their hearts for years to come, and when they are confronted with nisayon, it will suddenly start to play and give them strength — we were not chosen to receive the Torah despite being human, but because of it!
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