HaTikvah Israel's National Anthem
HaTikvah ("The Hope")
The title of the national anthem, HATIKVA, means "The Hope." It was written by Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909), who moved to Palestine in 1882 from Galicia. The melody was arranged by Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from Moldavia, from a musical theme in Smetana's "Moldau" that is partly based on a Scandinavian folk song.
Spiritual Awarness is available to all of us if we know how to use it.
The role of the Church Singer and Synogogue Cantor is to usher in the Spirit. Carla Benson can trace her legacy back to Congo Square, Louisana where the African, Jewish, and Irish Diaspora became the grandparents of Gospel and Jazz which are the music and language of the crossroads.
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To hear the HaTikva sound file of the National Anthem, right-click file name /sounds/CarlaL.Benson.mp3 and choose "Save Target As" this will download it & put it on your own computer. Then share with as many friends as you like. ~ thanks! <Karen>
right-click on it and choose Save Target As
CARLA BENSON Sings HaTikvah LISTEN NOW!!
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THE MOST RECORDED FEMALE BACKGROUND VOCALIST
IN THE HISTORY OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY
resulting in the 2007 Living Legend Award from her hometown the City of Camden, N.J.
Section Leader for the Background Vocalists featured on stage and screen with the
Funk Brothers "Standing In The Shadows of Motown"
"Carla did a beautiful rendition of the song."
Hatikva - English Lyrics
As long as the Jewish spirit is yearning deep in the heart, With eyes turned toward the East, looking toward Zion, Then our hope - the two-thousand-year-old hope - will not be lost: To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem. |
Transliteration Kol ode balevav Nefesh Yehudi homiyah Ulfa'atey mizrach kadimah Ode lo avdah tikvatenu L'hiyot am chofshi b'artzenu - |
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Hatikva expresses the hope of the Jewish people, that they would someday return to the land of their forefathers as prophesied in the Hebrew Bible. The Jewish people were exiled from Israel in 70 C.E. by the Roman army led by Titus who destroyed the Temple in Jerusalem. During the two thousand years of exile, the Jewish people said special daily prayers for return to Israel while facing the East in the direction of Jerusalem. They celebrated the holidays according to Hebrew seasons and calendar. Zion is synonymous with Israel and Jerusalem.
CARLA's voice goes to Israel
Her CD with HaTikvah goes to the Jeruselum
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Carla's prayer goes into the wall. 
Carla's Voice goes to the Jordan River. 
Brief History of Israel and the Jewish People
