Lyrics

The Time of Pruning Had Come

© 2025 Issachar Tal van Kekem

Avraham was both blossom and fruit of mankind
In him past and future aligned
In him Creation was refined
The time of pruning had come
With him God His Covenant signed
And we are Avraham’s descendants
And we are forever God’s faithful servants!

Chorus:
We know no other path
No other destination
By threats nor by bloodbath
We will deny our agnation
Avraham, Yitschak, and Ya’akov:
Our Fathers!
Sarah, Rivkah, Lea, Rachel:
Our Mothers!

Before Avraham was pruned, he was blocked
But once he was circumcised, his vision was unlocked:
In the opening of his tent, in the heat of the day,
Not feeling any need to hide away
Yud Hey Vav Hey appeared and Avraham saw Him
In the three Patriarchs who passed by
Avraham did not hesitate, Avraham did not ask why:
He washed their feet, and dined them,
Served them and whined them
For he saw what they represented
Not ornamented, not sweet-scented,
Their loyalty and their servitude!
Their royalty and their certitude!

Chorus:
We know no other path
No other destination
By threats nor by bloodbath
We will deny our agnation
Avraham, Yitschak, and Ya’akov:
Our Fathers!
Sarah, Rivkah, Lea, Rachel:
Our Mothers!