Another Song I am Loving: “Even When G-d’s Face is Hidden”
Yesterday I went to an event for neighborhood parents, and a boy’s choir sang the song “Afilu b”Hastara”– Even When [G-d’s face is] Hidden. A lot of us were swaying back and forth with the infectious rhythm, and I looked around saw I wasn’t the only JewishMOM (or DAD) wiping away a tear.
The words mean:
Our Father in Heaven tells us “I will hide my face from you on that day.”
But Rebbe Nachman says
Even when [G-d’s face is] hidden within hiddeness, most certainly even there G-d, may his name be blessed, is present
Also behind the difficult things which happen to you
I stand
אבא שבשמים אומר לנו אנוכי אסתיר פני ביום ההוא..
אבל רבי נחמן אומר:
ואפילו בהסתרה שבתוך
ההסתרה בוודאי גם שם נמצא השם יתברך
גם אחרי הדברים הקשים העוברים עליך
אני עומד
BEAUTIFUL SONG! לעמוד על ידי אמונה
Appropriate for Purim – which tells how Hashem’s face was hidden – Hashem’s name is not in the Megilla.