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[Music] when I was a little girl and we were at this time of the year in Kadesh hello before Rosh Hashanah before Yom Kippur my parents would always take us to see my grandparents my Zaida my grandparents my Zaida my mama and we would line up for abraha and I would put my head down and my zeda who survived bergen-belsen together with mama and my parents I remember I would put my head down and his soft beard would cover me and he would place his hands on my head and he would say you seemeth elokim kiss our rifka rafael seemeth elokim kiss our rifka rafael Vallejo may you be like Sarah Rivka rocof Alea IVA Rocca haha Chandi ich maraca hashem should watch you hashem should bless you Hashem should shine his countenance on you Malati rahman should be with humankind the angels of mercy should be with you wherever you go and then I would feel my Zetas hot tears on my head and I say that would cry and my head and I say that would cry and when my Zadie would finish his bracha his blessing I would go to mama my grandmother and I would put my head down and the same thing my mama would put her hands on my head I was just a little girl I'll never forget it and she would say see Sam Adel and my sweet sweet girl you see me hello Kim kiss our rifka Rochelle Vallejo may you be like Sarah rifka raha Vallejo you've a replica Hashem Dias merica Hashem should watch you Hashem should guard you hashem should give you a good
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