La tora , la tora , mi hijic' a la hevra , con el pan y el queso y el libric' al pecho. - Onde vas, fijo del Dio? - A meldar la ley del Dio - El Dio que te guadre, a ti y a tu madre y a tu siñor que es un buen jidió, y a la cumadre que t'arrecibió.
The tora, the tora My little boy is going to the hevra With bread and cheese And a book on his chest - Where are you going, son of God? - To learn the law of God - The God who will protect you and your mother and your father who is a good Jew, and the midwife who received you.
Referenced and notated in: El ciclo de la vida, pg. 147, Editorial Alpuerto, 2013 Susana Weich-Shahak. This rhyme is spoken by the parent to the young child, stressing the importance of learning. The text develops as a dialogue between an adult and the child going to his studies at the hevra - the place of learning together , with bread and cheese and carrying his book . And then blessings for him, for his mother and father, and for the midwife that attended his birth.
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