Above is the national anthem composed by Rav Kook. We now have the oportunity to live the dream that for generations they dreamed of Lihiyot Am Chofshi B' Artzeinu. 5 Iyar represents a day of gilui shechina, a day where G-d told the world that he might have been hidden from his people for 2000 years but he never forgot us. We have been given a gift that is beyond comprehension. It's a day that transends Jewish history, one which we yearn for and davened for. To be a free people in our own land.
Gut Yom Tov.
Gut yom tov.
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Happy Yom Atzmauteinu.
Interesting to note, I seem to recall when I was in the yeshiva that Rav Tzvi Yehuda said that the Shir Hamaalot we often sing before birkat hamazon should be the national anthem. That may be in keeping with Malbim's description of it as the anthem of Shivat Tzion.
Shir HaEmunah popularly appears in two places: in Rav Kook's siddur in the section for the hakafot (the last song), and in the collection of his poems titled Orot HaRAYH.
Thanks for posting that!
May I note: The Rav of my community has only one problem with HaTikvah. He doesn't like the word "chofshi". We did not pray for 1800 year to return to Israel to be free - of mitzvos, Jewish commitment, etc. We prayed to return s we could observe the law in its fullest.
He therefore suggests we replace it with the word "kodesh". If one does so, it now becomes an excellent anthem.
I have the same issue that a lot of more yeshivish people have with Hatikvah: there is no mention of God or that Israel sacred in it. It only mentions that Israel is "our land". That can be a historical issue, not a divine one. I think R' Kook's version is better, as it brings teh religious aspect into it.
My kids's school uses "L'ad Chaya Bilvavenu" as the virtual national anthem anyway.
I'm also not sure that R. Kook composed HaEmunah as a national anthem, but at any good Mercaz/Mercaz-type event it tends to be sung.
GARNEL:
"He doesn't like the word "chofshi".
is there any evidence that imber had that particular meaning (i.e., antinomianism) of חפשי in mind when he authored התקוה? or for that matter that this is how contemporary israelis relate to it? i never thought of it any way other than in a strict political sense.
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