Kad Yasvun Yisroel

 
כד יתבון ישראל


Kad yasvun yisroel vaskin besimchas haTorah, kudsha barich hu omer lefalmaya dilay, chazu banai chavivai, demishtachin betzarah dilhon ve'askin bechedvasah dilay.
כד יתבון ישראל ועסקין בשמחת התורה, קודשא בריך הוא אומר לפלמיא דיליה, חזו בניי חביביי, דמשתכחין בצערא דלהון ועסקין בחדוותא דילי

Translation:

When the Jewish people sit, and busy themselves with the joys of Torah, the Holy One Blessed be He, says to all his heavenly hosts: 'Look at at my beloved children as they forget their own sufferings and become immersed in my delight.'

(User-contributed translation)

Information:

Lyrics: Unknown where the lyrics are from; they are in the style of the Zohar but not found there.
Mishpacha Magazine (October, 2011) wrote an expose on this song tracing it back to the Vilna Gaon who composed it. http://www.thejewishinsights.com/wp/mishpacha-magazine-presentsthe-story-song/

Printed from the Zemirot Database