Mame Rochel - Live! • Mordechai Ben David

For generations, the cries of Mame Rochel, the one who could not rest when her children were sent into exile, echo. As the Jewish people wander through pain, tears, and uncertainty, her voice echoes from that lonely road near Beis Lechem. While others were silent, Rochel Imeinu wept - not for herself, but for her children - until Hashem Himself promised her, “There is reward for your tears… and the children shall return to their land.” Her tears never stopped flowing. Tonight, on her yahrzeit, we join together once more, pleading with Mame Rochel to carry our tears to the Kisei HaKavod, to intercede for her children and bring an end to our suffering.

I performed “Mame Rochel” live earlier this month at the Hebrew Music Museum in Yerushalayim, and I hope the emotion and longing embedded in every note continue to awaken that same timeless cry, the cry of a mother who still weeps for her children, and the hope of a nation waiting for her promise to be fulfilled.

Credits:
Composed, Lyrics & Performed by: Mordechai Ben David
Choir: Neshama Choir
Presented by: Zevi Fried
Original arrangement: Yisroel Lamm
Musical Direction, Keyboards and Programming: Avi Dror
Produced By: Shlomo Malul
Artistic Direction: Moishy Roth
Technical Direction: Nuta Levin
Guitars: Ariel Aharon, Meir Ozeri
Percussion: Lior Zusiev
Wind instruments: Nachman Tzucker
Vocal Editing: Eli Klein
Mixed and Mastered by: Yaniv Balas
Filmed & Edited by: Chaim Cohen
PR: Israel Rozen