Video: A Russian Boy’s Hopeless Plight

The 8th grade of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva-Crown St. recorded the classic camp song “A Russian Boy’s Hopeless Plight,” about a boy stuck in Communist Russia, who, when given the opportunity to send a letter to the Rebbe, instead of asking for rescue from his harsh life, asks for his Davening to come more naturally.

Recorded At:
Music Studio NYC – www.MusicStudio.NYC, Crown Heights, NY

Musical Arrangements & Audio Engineering:
Moishy Goldstein

Soloists:
Yossi Kievman
Yosef Chaim Sufrin
Ari Schmukler
Shragi Raksin
Dovber Cohen

Choir:
Yossi Kievman
Yosef Chaim Sufrin
Ari Schmukler
Shragi Raksin
Dovber Cohen
Avremi Freeman
Yitzchok Singer

Videography:
Yoni Ben-Oni
Yossi Kievman

Video Editing:
Yoni Ben-Oni

Lyrics:

A Russian boy’s hopeless plight
Dreariness fills his night
Hardship and pain befall him
His chance of survival is slim

Finding no source of true comfort
To the Rebbe he turns with a letter
Compelled to express to him
How life could have been so much better

Chorus:
The boy did not beg for an easier life
Nor for a hope to be free
Vos zol ich ton az s’davent zich nisht
That was the Russian boy’s plea

As the Rebbe spoke at Farbrengen
The Chassidim gazed on in surprise
As the Rebbe choked with emotion
And tears came to his eyes.

Chorus…

A project of Chayolei Beis Dovid (http://www.Chayol.org)

Rebbe Videos Credit: Jewish Educational Media (http://www.JEMedia.org)