[Cz-L] aufn pripecheck

Hello all,

I was so interested to read everyone's reminiscences. I also remember the
song from my childhood, in the Bronx, New York, in the 60's. My grandmother,
although not the Czernowitz one, sang it to me. When I was confirmed from
Sunday school at age 12, our teacher taught the group the song, but just the
first verse. When I said I knew the second verse, she had me sing it as a
solo at the ceremony, with the rest of the class singing it in English. The
English translation she used was quite nice. Here it is below. But I still
don't know the real translation of the last line, because that wasn't
translated.

On the hearth, a fire blazes, and the room is warm,
And the rabbi teaches little children, the aleph bet,
And the rabbi teaches little children the aleph bet.

Remember children dear, what you study here,
is the sacred law.
Say it once again, and just once more again,
Kommetz aleph oh.
Say it once again, and just once more again,
Kommetz aleph oh.

What, please, does the Kommetz aleph oh translate to in English!

Joanna Liss

please also read my next posting about the cemetery project.
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