Popular Israeli singer Amir Benayun recently got together with the children’s choir of Itamar and recorded with them a special song, which he composed for the observance of 30 days since five members of the Fogel family were murdered by terrorists in their Itamar home on March 11. The song is called “Hitna’ari” (Shake yourself free), a phrase taken from the L’cha Dodi prayer sung on Friday evenings and which was used by Yochai Ben Yishai, brother of victim Ruth Fogel, during his eulogy at the funeral. The song is dedicated to the Fogels’ daughter, Tamar Fogel , who survived the terror attack. One of the members of the choir was 11-year-old Yoav Fogel , brother of Tamar and one of those killed in the attack. The choir has been renamed Pirchei Yoav (Yoav’s flowers) in his memory. Lyrics (translated from Hebrew): You are tired Two thousand reasons to cry You are sad There is no drought year from tears You are desperate When you try to just talk You become silent When you have no brother, when you have no friend.. Shake yourself free, rise from the dust Dress in your garments of splendor I am a grain of sand I passed with you all your wanderings Shake yourself free and live in your blood You are tired And must stay and guard You are sad You did not want to be a hero at all You do not give up Even when there is no house to go back to You insist And scream and whisper a prayer Shake yourself free, rise from the dust Dress in your garments of splendor I am a grain of sand I passed with you all your wanderings Shake yourself free and live in your blood
