One More Dance

Two years ago, on the morning of Simchat Torah, our life as a nation changed. The joyous dancing of Simchat Torah came to an abrupt stop. ‘One More Dance’ expresses the yearning and prayer to Hashem: we want to dance again, to continue the dance that was brutally stopped, but this time it will be forever – the dance of Geulah, the Final Redemption.

The idea for the song was born from a conversation between Yonatan Razel and Avraham Fried, who inspired the powerful message behind the lyrics. Over time, the song went on a musical journey, with additional collaborators joining in, culminating in this moving duet between Yonatan Razel and Shulem Lemmer.

A few days before Simchas Torah, as the entire Jewish people held their breath in prayer to see our brothers and sisters return home¹, Yonatan Razel and Shulem Lemmer release a heartfelt new song: ‘One More Dance’.

Lyrics

I remember the sky Jerusalem morning

Suddenly silence broken

A distant voice an ancient prayer

Children climbing narrow stairways

Hearts were singing, lips were praying

Beneath us, the ground was shaking

How can we dance? How can we sing?

The golden sky above us burning

We dream of better days

We know that they will come

We will dance again

One more dance

We’re praying for one more dance

A dance that will never end

Together as one heart higher and higher

One more song

We’re praying for one more song

A melody from high above

We’ll sing and rejoice forever and ever

Time has passed the world so different

We saw angels lived with miracles

We feel your presence in every step

Return to us we are ready now

We dream of better days

We know that they will come

We will dance again

One more dance

We’re praying for one more dance

A dance that will never end

Together as one heart higher and higher

One more song

We’re praying for one more song

A melody from high above

We’ll sing and rejoice forever and ever

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¹ Confirmed alive: Ariel Cunio (27), Alon Ohel (23), Eitan Horn (38), Avinatan O r (31), Elkana Bohbot (35), Evyatar David (24), Ziv Berman (27), Gali Berman (27), David Cunio (34), Eitan Mor (24), Maxim Herkin (36), Omri Miran (47), Bar Abraham Kupershtein (23), Guy Gilboa-Dalal (23), Nimrod Cohen (20), Matan Zangauker (25), Matan Angrest (22), Segev Kalfon (27), Rom Braslavski (21), Yosef-Haim Ohana (24)

Confirmed dead: Itay Chen (19) – U.S. Citizen, Inbar Hayman (27), Arie Zalmanowicz (85), Lior Rudaeff (61), Eliyahu Margalit (75), Meny Godard (73), Amiram Cooper (85), Tamir Adar (38), Muhammad Al-Atarash (39), Sahar Baruch (24), Uriel Baruch (35), Ronen Engel (54), Hadar Goldin (23), Ran Gvili (24), Tal Haimi (41), Guy Illouz (26), Eitan Levi (52), Joshua Luito Mollel (21), Omer Neutra (21) – U.S. Citizen, Dror Or (48), Daniel Oz (19), Daniel Perez (22), Yossi Sharabi (53), Asaf Hamami (41), Sonthaya Okkrasari (30), Sontisak Rinthalak (43),  Bipin Joshi (24), Tamir Nimrodi (20)