Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#296

296. Open Your Ears, O Faithful People

Text Information

• First Line: Open your ears, O faithful people
• Title: Open Your Ears, O Faithful People
• Author: Willard F. Jabusch (1966, rev. 1985)
• Refrain First Line: God has spoken to the people / Torah ora, Torah ora
• Meter: 9 8 9 5 w. refrain
• Language: English; Hebrew (romanized)
• Publication Date: 1998
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 51:4
  ;
  Matthew 11:15
• Topic: Bible: Nature of, Prophets and Stories
• Source: Hasidic traditional
• Copyright: © 1966, 1984 Willard F. Jabusch

Tune Information

• Name: YISRAEL V'ORAITA
• Meter: 9 8 9 5 w. refrain
• Key: a minor or modal
• Source: Hasidic tune; arr. With One Voice, 1995, adapt.
• Copyright: Arr. © 1995 Augsburg Fortress

Text Information:

Hasidism is 'the fervent, boisterous, and often joyful heritage of eighteenth-century Jewish teachers in Europe.' 'Torah ora' means 'God's law is light'