Just wanted to share a short video with you, but first a little background ...
Last week we had some very special guests for Shabbat! Josua and Stefanie are from Switzerland and my father met Josua when he was in Israel years ago. They stayed in contact ever since and we all looked forward to when the whole family could meet him. Last year, Josua married a really sweet girl named Stefanie and they were visiting in the States ... so that is how they ended up at our home for last Shabbat!
Anyway, they were telling us about their wedding and were trying to describe the song that was being played as Stefanie walked down the aisle. When they said it was a Hebrew song and was taken from the psalm that said something about "if I forget Jerusalem", I thought I knew what song they were talking about! Our internet was not working properly and they could not pull up the song on youtube, so I got my phone and played my ringtone ... which just happened to be the same song they were talking about, but a slightly different version.
This song is called "Im Eshkachech Yerushalayim" and is taken from Psalm 137:5-6 which says, "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! If I do not remember you, let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth -- if I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy." When Tommy and I were in Israel last year, it was a popular song and we heard it on the radio everywhere and I was so happy when I found it in my ringtone selection!
Eventually the internet came on and we were able to play the version that they had in their wedding ... it is absolutely beautiful and I wanted to share it with you! But ... as I pulled up youtube just now to find the video, I came across another one ... it is the same song but a different video. I couldn't decide between which one to post here so I decided to do both of them. I mean ... can you overdose on Hebrew psalms, pictures and video footage of Israel?!
So here they are: the first one is just pictures and actually cuts the song short a little before the end, but the pictures are great! The second one is video footage of someone walking in Jerusalem.
So which one do you like best?! Hard choice, eh?
I hope you all have a wonderfully blessed Shabbat and remember Jerusalem above your chief joy!
(P.S. If you are receiving this through email, you will probably have to go to the blog to see the videos)
beautiful! both of them! miss you all!
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