In a dream at night the Alter did appear

To his son from a world where all is clear

"Shik mir pekelach" implored Reb Nosson Tzvi

Send packages from your world to me

And throughout the ages this has been the cry

From our sages as they would ascend on high

Learn l’iluy nishmasi, my neshamah to uplift

For each word of Torah is the greatest gift

“Shik mir pekelach,” the neshamah cries

It’s the best way I can hope to further rise

Higher and higher, passing through the heavenly gates

With the zechus that only limud haTorah creates

Each neshamah yearns to rise above

Through the zechusim we can generate with love

The learning of Mishnah can help us reach our goal

For the sake of the eternal soul

Each midnight Rav Yehudah Tzadkah rose

After the days of shivah wound to a close

Mishnah after Mishnah, for his father’s sake

‘Til one night he overslept by mistake

Said his father in a dream, Dear son of mine

Every night you have poured me a cup of wine

Why is this beautiful gift coming to an end

Please continue the mishnayos that you send

“Shik mir pekelach,” the neshamah cries

It’s the best way I can hope to further rise

Higher and higher, passing through the heavenly gates

With the zechus that only limud haTorah creates

Each neshamah yearns to rise above

Through the zechusim we can generate with love

The learning of Mishnah can help us reach our goal

For the sake of the eternal soul

It was a question posed to the Chafetz Chaim

When the family of a niftar questioned him

For kevurah in Eretz Yisrael we are ready to pay

Should we honor our loved one this way

And remarkably the Chafetz Chaim said

Use the money to support limud haTorah instead

For there can be no greater zechus

Than Torah learned on this earth

And we can’t imagine just how much it’s worth

“Shik mir pekelach,” the neshamah cries

It’s the best way I can hope to further rise

Higher and higher, passing through the heavenly gates

With the zechus that only limud haTorah creates

Each neshamah yearns to rise above

Through the zechusim we can generate with love

The learning of Mishnah can help us reach our goal

For the sake of the eternal soul

For the sake of the eternal soul

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In a dream at night the Alter did appear

To his son from a world where all is clear

"Shik mir pekelach" implored Reb Nosson Tzvi

Send packages from your world to me

And throughout the ages this has been the cry

From our sages as they would ascend on high

Learn l’iluy nishmasi, my neshamah to uplift

For each word of Torah is the greatest gift

“Shik mir pekelach,” the neshamah cries

It’s the best way I can hope to further rise

Higher and higher, passing through the heavenly gates

With the zechus that only limud haTorah creates

Each neshamah yearns to rise above

Through the zechusim we can generate with love

The learning of Mishnah can help us reach our goal

For the sake of the eternal soul

Each midnight Rav Yehudah Tzadkah rose

After the days of shivah wound to a close

Mishnah after Mishnah, for his father’s sake

‘Til one night he overslept by mistake

Said his father in a dream, Dear son of mine

Every night you have poured me a cup of wine

Why is this beautiful gift coming to an end

Please continue the mishnayos that you send

“Shik mir pekelach,” the neshamah cries

It’s the best way I can hope to further rise

Higher and higher, passing through the heavenly gates

With the zechus that only limud haTorah creates