Hu Ya'anenu, Hi Ta'anenu
Found In: Month of Elul, Yom Kippur
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By Arthur Ocean Waskow | Prayer
You Who answered Sara in the palace—May You answer us;
You Who answered Avraham at knife-point—May You answer us;
You Who answered Rivka in her outcry—May You answer us;
You Who answered Yaakov at the river—May You answer us.
May You answer us, may You answer us,
May You answer us!
Hu Ya'anenu v'yom karenu, hi Ta'anenu.
You Who answered Hagar in the desert—May You answer us;
You Who answered Ruth in the gleaning—May You answer us;
You Who answered Avimelech at the well-spring—May You answer us;
You Who answered Noach with the Rainbow—May You answer us.
May You answer us, may You answer us,
May You answer us!
Hi Ta'anenu v'yom karenu, hu Ya'anenu.
You Who answered Miriam at the seashore—May You answer us;
You Who answered Moshe at Mount Sinai—May You answer us;
You Who answered Eliyahu at Mount Horeb—May You answer us;
You Who answered Chana when she whispered—May You answer us.
May You answer us, may You answer us,
May You answer us!
Hu Ya'anenu v'yom karenu, hi Ta'anenu.
You Who answered Shifra and Puah—May You answer us;
You Who answered Yehonatan and David—May You answer us;
You Who answered Mordechai and Esther—May You answer us;
You Who answered Bruriah and Me'ir—May You answer us.
May You answer us, may You answer us,
May You answer us!
Hi Ta'anenu v'yom karenu, hu Ya'anenu.
You Who answered Nachman of Bratzlav—May You answer us;
You Who answered Henrietta Szold—May You answer us;
You Who answered Sally Preisand—May You answer us;
You Who answer in every generation—May You answer us.
May You answer us, may You answer us,
May You answer us!
Hu Ya'anenu v'yom karenu, hi Ta'anenu.
You Who answered Rosa Parks in Montgomery—May You answer us;
You Who answered King and Heschel—May You answer us;
You Who answered Ida Nudel—May You answer us;
You Who answer in every generation—May You answer us.
May You answer us, may You answer us,
May You answer us!
Hi Ta'anenu v'yom karenu, hu Ya'anenu.
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