We think now of

the ones we love,

r’fuah shleimah.

For God’s care,

this wish we share,

r’fuah shleimah.

Bless them, heal them,

both in mind and body.

Please, God, make them well again –

a complete recovery.

We think now of

the ones we love,

r’fuah shleimah.

For God’s care,

this wish we share,

r’fuah shleimah,

r’fuah shleimah.

The Golem

Words and music by Cindy Michelassi

A long time ago in the city of Prague,

Rabbi Liva was the leader of the synagogue.

It was a bad time for his people, I’m sure you’d agree,

vicious rumors were the Jews worst enemy.

Rabbi Liva thought, “What can we do, things are a mess!

We must have some protection, I need help, I confess.”

The answer came in a dream, the words of a spell

told him, “create your own protector, he will serve you well.”

Chorus: It was the Golem, oh the Golem,
Of his kind there had never been one.
It was the Golem, oh the Golem,
He wasn’t too bright, but he got the job done.

The rabbi formed his helper out of mud and clay,

a quote of Torah, an incantation to say,

walk around it seven times, to the left and the right,

the Golem came to life in a flash of firelight.

The rabbi took him home, in nice clothes he was dressed.

Introduced him to the shtetl, they were quite impressed!

“No one give him orders, he should do as I say.

Don’t take advantage or there’ll be the devil to pay!”

Chorus: It was the Golem, oh the Golem,
Of his kind there had never been one.
It was the Golem, oh the Golem,
He wasn’t too bright, but he got the job done.

Bridge: Each enemy of the Jews got their own, in turn.
Anyone who tried to harm them had a lesson to learn.
For more than 15 years the Golem kept the peace,
He’d tie ‘em up and take ‘em to the local police.

The day finally came, they could hardly believe,

“The Jews cause no harm,” King Rudolph decreed.

The danger past, the Rabbi felt that he’d done his best.

He said, “His work is done, it’s time to put the Golem to rest.”

In the synagogue attic, wrapped him in tallitot,

put him to sleep with another spell that he wrote.

He said, “No one go up there, there he should stay.”

The story goes the Golem is there to this day.