Song by Emily Stern from Rebbe Nachman’s teaching about the mystical meaning of the dreidel.
What did a star do
to be awarded thus?
and what did a beast do
to be embodied thus?
Why is it not upside down?
Why is it not upside down?
Why is it not the other way around?
Why is the head ahead?
Why is the foot the foot?
Why is it not upside down?
Why is it not upside down?
Why is it not the other way around?
The whole world is like a wheel
that revolves and is called a dreidel.
because, at its root, all is one
and it is called a dreidel.
Everything returns to its beginning
and swaps human for an angel.
Everything returns to its beginning
and swaps human for a – – – –
Happy Hanukkah!
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