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New page: '''Ha Tikvah''' (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, "The Hope") is the national anthem of the State of Israel. It was written by Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909), who settled in [[...
'''Ha Tikvah''' ([[Hebrew]]: הַתִּקְוָה, "The Hope") is the [[national anthem]] of the State of [[Israel]]. It was written by Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909), who settled in [[Palestine]] in 1882 from Galicia (now divided between [[Poland]] and the [[Ukraine]]). The musical arrangement is by Samuel Cohen, an immigrant from [[Moldavia]], from a theme in Smetana's ''Moldau'' which was itself partly based on a [[Scandinavia]]n folk song.
Ha Tikvah expresses the hope of the [[Jewish]] people that they would return to the land of their forefathers as prophesied in the [[Bible]]. During the two thousand years of exile, the Jewish people said daily [[prayer]]s for return to Israel while facing the East in the direction of [[Jerusalem]]. Zion is synonymous with Israel and Jerusalem.
==Lyrics==
{| cellpadding="5" style="border-style: none; width: auto; margin: 0 auto;"
| style="text-align: right; direction: rtl;" xml:lang="he" | כל עוד בלבב פנימה<br>נפש יהודי הומיה,<br>ולפאתי מזרח קדימה,<br>עין לציון צופיה,
| style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="he-Latn" | Kol od baleivav p'nimah<br>Nefesh y'hudi homiyah<br>Ulfa'atei mizrach kadimah<br>Ayin l'tziyon tzofiyah
| style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="en" | As long as in the heart, within,<br>A Jewish soul is yearning,<br>And to the edges of the East, forward,<br>An eye watches towards Zion,
|-
| style="text-align: right; direction: rtl;" xml:lang="he" | עוד לא אבדה תקוותנו,<br>התקווה בת שנות אלפים,<br>'''להיות עם חופשי בארצנו,'''<br>ארץ ציון וירושלים.
| style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="he-Latn" | Od lo avdah tikvateinu<br>Hatikvah bat sh'not alpayim<br>'''Lihyot am chofshi b'artzeinu'''<br>Eretz tziyon viyrushalayim
| style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="en" | Our hope is not yet lost,<br>The hope of two thousand years,<br>'''To be a free nation in our own land,'''<br>The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Pages/MediaPlayer.aspx?MediaUrl=/NR/rdonlyres/77B8C90C-0A37-48D6-8F3B-D1837BACBF06/0/HATIKVA.WAV&LANGUAGE_NAME=En Listen to Ha Tikvah] (hosted at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JTmoJXcpyA YouTube]: Ha Tikvah sung by [[Barbra Streisand]] at the conclusion of the 1978 Stars Salute Israel show
*[http://www.wejew.com/media/1192/Al_Jolson_Sings_Hatikvah/] Rare recording of [[Al Jolson]] singing Ha Tikvah
[[Category:National Anthem|Ha Tikvah]]
Ha Tikvah expresses the hope of the [[Jewish]] people that they would return to the land of their forefathers as prophesied in the [[Bible]]. During the two thousand years of exile, the Jewish people said daily [[prayer]]s for return to Israel while facing the East in the direction of [[Jerusalem]]. Zion is synonymous with Israel and Jerusalem.
==Lyrics==
{| cellpadding="5" style="border-style: none; width: auto; margin: 0 auto;"
| style="text-align: right; direction: rtl;" xml:lang="he" | כל עוד בלבב פנימה<br>נפש יהודי הומיה,<br>ולפאתי מזרח קדימה,<br>עין לציון צופיה,
| style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="he-Latn" | Kol od baleivav p'nimah<br>Nefesh y'hudi homiyah<br>Ulfa'atei mizrach kadimah<br>Ayin l'tziyon tzofiyah
| style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="en" | As long as in the heart, within,<br>A Jewish soul is yearning,<br>And to the edges of the East, forward,<br>An eye watches towards Zion,
|-
| style="text-align: right; direction: rtl;" xml:lang="he" | עוד לא אבדה תקוותנו,<br>התקווה בת שנות אלפים,<br>'''להיות עם חופשי בארצנו,'''<br>ארץ ציון וירושלים.
| style="text-align: left; font-style: italic; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="he-Latn" | Od lo avdah tikvateinu<br>Hatikvah bat sh'not alpayim<br>'''Lihyot am chofshi b'artzeinu'''<br>Eretz tziyon viyrushalayim
| style="text-align: left; direction: ltr;" xml:lang="en" | Our hope is not yet lost,<br>The hope of two thousand years,<br>'''To be a free nation in our own land,'''<br>The land of Zion and Jerusalem.
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Pages/MediaPlayer.aspx?MediaUrl=/NR/rdonlyres/77B8C90C-0A37-48D6-8F3B-D1837BACBF06/0/HATIKVA.WAV&LANGUAGE_NAME=En Listen to Ha Tikvah] (hosted at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JTmoJXcpyA YouTube]: Ha Tikvah sung by [[Barbra Streisand]] at the conclusion of the 1978 Stars Salute Israel show
*[http://www.wejew.com/media/1192/Al_Jolson_Sings_Hatikvah/] Rare recording of [[Al Jolson]] singing Ha Tikvah
[[Category:National Anthem|Ha Tikvah]]