I had a teacher

A Rebbi in my life

Who made me what I am today

I was too young then to know that I’d owe

A debt I could never repay

Now, we were no angels

But Rebbi stayed on

He saw something we couldn’t see

Year after year, at the front of the class

Building the world that would be

He could’ve been a doctor

accountant, a lawyer

Had wealth and a fancy degree

He could’ve chosen to go for the gold

But instead my Rebbi chose me

How I wish you could see that the message you taught

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, dear Rebbi

How I wish you could see that the lessons we’ve learned

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, dear Rebbi

Every day

I had a teacher

A Rebbi in my life

But it’s only now when I’m grown

I realize that teacher and Rebbi of mine

Had a family and life of his own

And I’d like to tell them

You all have a zechus

Because you were there to support

Like Rabbi Akiva who said of his wife

All that is mine’s really yours

May you all have brachos

And share joy and nachas

And blessings for eternity

You could have chosen to go for the gold

But with you, my Rebbi chose me

How I wish you could see that the message you taught

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, dear Rebbi

How I wish you could see that the lessons we’ve learned

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, dear Rebbi

Every day

How I wish you could see that the message you taught

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, Rebbi

Every day

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I had a teacher

A Rebbi in my life

Who made me what I am today

I was too young then to know that I’d owe

A debt I could never repay

Now, we were no angels

But Rebbi stayed on

He saw something we couldn’t see

Year after year, at the front of the class

Building the world that would be

He could’ve been a doctor

accountant, a lawyer

Had wealth and a fancy degree

He could’ve chosen to go for the gold

But instead my Rebbi chose me

How I wish you could see that the message you taught

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, dear Rebbi

How I wish you could see that the lessons we’ve learned

Remains with us all of our lives

Rebbi, just know that you’re changing the world

You do it one child at a time

Countless talmidim who stand up and say

Thank you, dear Rebbi

Every day

I had a teacher

A Rebbi in my life

But it’s only now when I’m grown

I realize that teacher and Rebbi of mine

Had a family and life of his own

And I’d like to tell them

You all have a zechus

Because you were there to support

Like Rabbi Akiva who said of his wife

All that is mine’s really yours

May you all have brachos

And share joy and nachas

And blessings for eternity