[HANASHIR:14298] Hatikvah

[Debra Olitzky <devora85...>]

Okay, I really hate to be redundant, but since my e-mail has pooped out on me 
and has deleted ALL of the messages I had saved as reference, I don't have a 
choice. So here's my question, and my quest...

I need to find the history of Hatikvah, lyrics and music. My Director of 
Education also wanted to find out if other schools are singing with or without 
the Bat. He regards it more of what's tradition here (akin to Sephardic and 
Askenazi pronounciation of Hebrew) rather than solely what is sung in Israel. 
He feels that if we teach it with the Bat in school and our cantor sings it 
without the Bat, or students go somewhere else and sing it where they are 
singing without the Bat, that they will feel like they're doing it wrong. I 
know this will make many of you angry. I explained that singing without the Bat 
would be like Israelis altering America's National Anthem. So...I ask for your 
suggestions...input...information.

Thanks for helping me beat a dead horse a little bit more!

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