A new song from the creative house of Ovadia Hamma, to the words of Rabbi Kook.
From a new album on the way: a war album that was written, recorded, or published in the broad context of Simchat Torah 2023 and everything that preceded them in this year.
An album that encapsulates the big picture of the black year, which exploded in all of our faces, during the Shevah holidays in October 2023.
Hamma says in a conversation with Walla!
Judaism: "This is a song that was composed and recorded exactly one year ago, in our previous world, with the beginning of the great rift in the nation following the demonstrations against the government. I was exposed to this article by Rabbi Kook that was written 90 years ago. It was topical then, it is topical today and probably will always be topical."
"Various messages of unity became prominent slogans throughout the war and as a real existential need for the days after. Rabbi Kook's article and the subsequent poem I edited from it touch on two central points: the power of unity as expressed in the book of Esther. And next to it is the fact that the people of Israel are on one side one people (This is how Haman and the rest of our enemy identify us at all times) and on the other hand, he is a scattered and divided people...
Rabbi Kook in his unique way tries to reconcile this contradiction," he adds.
According to him, "On the eve of Purim Tashpad, the need for unity intensifies, to gather and stay together, this is not only an existential need, but also a living testament of our heroic soldiers and the families of the martyred soldiers who were killed."
The black year was characterized by the great rift in the nation.
To stay together, this is the will, not only of Queen Esther, but also of those who walk at the head of the camp, led by the heroes who will never return."
David Berger, in collaboration with Shuba Israel
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