Ra’anana Community Kollel
My uncle grew up as a high-functioning person with Down syndrome.
During his first visit to Israel, he wrote this poem. People with mental disabilities cannot intellectualize on the level of the average person, but we all share the same emotions.
Elana Horwitz
Land of Love
Sheldon Goldstein
This is a far land of love
What can I say about Israel?
People live here in Israel
It is in our hearts and in our soul
Forevermore.
Looking at people, that is what I see
They are in our hearts
Forevermore
I see an old man
And also I see an old woman
You could cry in your heart
Let’s not forget our Rabbis
That we love so much
And let’s not forget our kinder and our maidels
They always will be in our hearts
And in our soul
To be loved always
Please just listen what we say
Listen to the sound of pray
Come in with us to our synagogue
And pray with us
Together as one
And open up your heart
And you will know inside of you
Look up in the sky and you will see lights
The golden stars of Israel
Of love
Forevermore
