Sinai in the Soul
By Harry Marcell
When G-d gave us the Torah of old
All our souls were at Sinai, we’re told.
Just every Jew who lived on earth,
And also those awaiting birth,
Were there that day when earth met sky
And heard G-d speak at
They felt the fire on top of the Mount….
Jews from
Jews from
Jews from
Jews from Long Island, Jews from
Jews brown and white, Jews near and far,
Open Jews, closed Jews, Jews with doors ajar
Their souls were all there at Sinai
You, too, Joe, you too — You and
Say, that’s just a legend, said Joe.
You just prove that it really is so.
The Rav said, You’ve heard of Einstein,
The man who brought in space-time?
He thought up relativity,
So this is how it seems to me:
It’s the same if our souls went to Sinai
Or if Sinai went into our soul. Hi!
It’s Sinai in the soul, man,
Sinai in the soul!
It’s not 3000 years away,
It’s here and now, today, today!
It didn ‘t just happen in olden time,
It’s deep in our subconscious mind,
it’s not then my boy, it’s now!
And I can tell you all just how:
It’s Sinai in the soul, man,
Sinai in the soul!
When you start learning those words
of old.
Cast in a 20th-century mould,
They strike a chord deep down, deep down,
Echoing round, resound, resound.
No more need for you to roam,
You ‘re sure that you ‘ye come home, come home.
It’s Sinai in
the soul, man,
Sinai in the soul;
When you come, as soon as you’re able
An honored guest at that warm Sabbath table,
The father King, the mother Queen,
The eager children in between,
Their faces lit with Shabbos glow….
Then you know, man, then you know….
It’s Sinai in
the soul, man,
Sinai in the soul;