1 00:00:05,300 --> 00:00:16,367 [Wind blowing] 2 00:00:16,467 --> 00:00:23,800 * [music] 3 00:00:23,900 --> 00:00:27,133 Narrator: [God] Abraham... 4 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:31,133 Abraham... 5 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:36,033 Abraham, get out of your country, 6 00:00:36,133 --> 00:00:40,067 from your family and from your father's house 7 00:00:40,167 --> 00:00:43,700 to a land that I will show you. 8 00:00:44,367 --> 00:00:47,333 I will make you a great nation. 9 00:00:47,433 --> 00:00:52,700 I will bless you and make your name great. 10 00:00:53,233 --> 00:00:55,933 And you shall be a blessing. 11 00:00:56,567 --> 00:01:00,067 I will bless those who bless you, 12 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:04,667 and I will curse him who curses you. 13 00:01:04,767 --> 00:01:08,767 And in you, all the families of the earth 14 00:01:08,867 --> 00:01:11,233 shall be blessed. 15 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,433 Look now toward heaven and count the stars, if you are 16 00:01:16,533 --> 00:01:22,433 able to number them, so shall your descendants be. 17 00:01:22,533 --> 00:01:26,700 And I will establish my covenant between me and you 18 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,833 and your descendants for an everlasting covenant 19 00:01:30,933 --> 00:01:36,300 to be your god and you my people. 20 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:40,433 And I will give you and your descendants after you 21 00:01:40,533 --> 00:01:48,133 all the land of canaan as an everlasting possession. 22 00:01:48,233 --> 00:01:52,400 And I will be their god. 23 00:01:55,300 --> 00:01:58,300 This is the story of the descendents of Abraham, 24 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:05,133 Isaac and Jacob and how god chose a people to fulfill his 25 00:02:05,233 --> 00:02:10,633 eternal plan unto all the families of the earth. 26 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:20,300 And Jacob went down to Egypt with all his descendants, 27 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,600 and there they grew in number and might. 28 00:02:24,700 --> 00:02:28,400 But afraid of them, the Egyptians made them their 29 00:02:28,500 --> 00:02:34,800 slaves and put them under great hardship and suffering. 30 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:40,667 And the hebrews cried out to their god. 31 00:02:40,767 --> 00:02:54,900 * [music] * 32 00:02:55,067 --> 00:03:10,100 * ahhh... 33 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:21,733 * [music] 34 00:03:21,833 --> 00:03:24,533 * have you forgotten your people, oh, god... 35 00:03:24,633 --> 00:03:27,867 * do you remember your promise to us... 36 00:03:27,967 --> 00:03:31,433 * be not idolatrous and sons of the man... 37 00:03:31,533 --> 00:03:35,067 * whom you called Abraham... 38 00:03:35,100 --> 00:03:38,100 * lord, we have never forgotten the covenant... 39 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,433 * to be your people and you be our god... 40 00:03:41,533 --> 00:03:44,833 * your promise to make a great nation of us... 41 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:49,333 * give us the land from Abraham... 42 00:03:49,433 --> 00:03:52,733 * can't you hear your people cry... 43 00:03:52,833 --> 00:03:55,867 * can't you see our hope is dying... 44 00:03:55,967 --> 00:04:02,933 * set your people free from slavery... 45 00:04:03,067 --> 00:04:06,300 * don't forget your promise to us... 46 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:09,600 * you said it would come through us, lord... 47 00:04:09,700 --> 00:04:12,667 * take us to the promise land... 48 00:04:12,767 --> 00:04:16,600 * reach to us your saving hand... 49 00:04:16,700 --> 00:04:19,567 * send to us a man of power... 50 00:04:19,667 --> 00:04:23,167 * to lead us through this darkest hour... 51 00:04:23,267 --> 00:04:30,467 * set your people free... 52 00:04:30,567 --> 00:04:42,967 * elohim! 53 00:04:43,067 --> 00:04:50,067 * [music] 54 00:04:50,133 --> 00:04:57,967 * set your people free * 55 00:04:58,067 --> 00:05:10,600 [applause] 56 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,333 - But the more the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed 57 00:05:14,433 --> 00:05:18,900 the hebrews, the more they seemed to multiply. 58 00:05:19,067 --> 00:05:23,300 Then pharaoh commanded all of his people to destroy the 59 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:28,933 newborn Hebrew boys by casting them into the nile. 60 00:05:29,067 --> 00:05:34,500 But god heard the cry of his people. 61 00:05:46,767 --> 00:05:49,200 - Mama, where are we going? 62 00:05:49,300 --> 00:05:51,167 - Miriam, be quiet. 63 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,367 We don't want them to see us here. 64 00:05:53,467 --> 00:05:54,533 - But why? 65 00:05:54,633 --> 00:05:56,433 - We can't keep your brother at home. 66 00:05:56,533 --> 00:05:58,467 He's not safe there. 67 00:05:58,567 --> 00:06:00,633 - Is he safe here? 68 00:06:00,733 --> 00:06:03,667 - Miriam, god will take care of him 69 00:06:03,767 --> 00:06:06,767 but you have to stay right here and look after him. 70 00:06:06,867 --> 00:06:09,267 And please don't let anyone see you. 71 00:06:09,367 --> 00:06:11,567 - Yes, mommy. I will. 72 00:06:14,067 --> 00:06:17,067 - Oh, my beautiful baby. 73 00:06:19,067 --> 00:06:24,067 God, god of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 74 00:06:24,167 --> 00:06:28,400 please take care of my baby. 75 00:06:28,500 --> 00:06:31,933 * [music] * 76 00:06:32,067 --> 00:06:36,333 * my little baby... 77 00:06:36,433 --> 00:06:40,067 * little baby, please don't cry... 78 00:06:40,133 --> 00:06:44,067 * listen to this lullaby... 79 00:06:44,133 --> 00:06:48,633 * every day I'll pray for you... 80 00:06:48,733 --> 00:06:52,133 * I'll wait for your return... 81 00:06:52,233 --> 00:06:55,367 * tell him, god, how much I love him please... 82 00:06:55,467 --> 00:06:58,467 * please don't let him die... 83 00:06:58,567 --> 00:07:03,367 * lead him to a place where he'll be safe... 84 00:07:03,467 --> 00:07:07,867 * he's in your hands... 85 00:07:07,967 --> 00:08:34,767 * [music] * 86 00:08:34,867 --> 00:08:36,600 - it's a baby. 87 00:08:36,700 --> 00:08:40,700 Hello! Hi. 88 00:08:42,067 --> 00:08:50,433 * you are a gift from god... 89 00:08:50,533 --> 00:08:57,867 * you will be like my son... 90 00:08:57,967 --> 00:09:02,300 * the river brought you here to me... 91 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:07,233 * I will love you faithfully... 92 00:09:07,333 --> 00:09:15,167 * I will call you Moses... 93 00:09:15,267 --> 00:09:36,700 * [music] 94 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,600 * little brother, please don't cry... 95 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:42,867 * listen to this lullaby... 96 00:09:42,967 --> 00:09:45,833 * every day I'll pray for you... 97 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:50,500 * I'll wait for your return... 98 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,100 * tell him, god, how much I love him... 99 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,933 * please don't let him die... 100 00:09:57,067 --> 00:10:01,200 * lead him to a place where he'll be safe... 101 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:05,767 * he's in your hands... 102 00:10:05,867 --> 00:10:17,033 * oh... 103 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:19,567 * bring us the land of Abraham... 104 00:10:19,667 --> 00:10:22,733 * can't you hear your people cry... 105 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:26,533 * can't you see our hope is dying... 106 00:10:26,633 --> 00:10:33,000 * set your people free from slavery... 107 00:10:33,100 --> 00:10:36,333 * don't forget your promise to us... 108 00:10:36,433 --> 00:10:40,033 * you said he would come through us, lord... 109 00:10:40,133 --> 00:10:43,567 * take us to the promise land... 110 00:10:43,667 --> 00:10:47,067 * reach to us your saving hand... 111 00:10:47,167 --> 00:10:50,200 * send to us a man of power... 112 00:10:50,300 --> 00:10:54,333 * lead us through this darkest hour... 113 00:10:54,433 --> 00:11:01,167 * set your people free... 114 00:11:01,267 --> 00:11:17,200 * elohim... 115 00:11:17,300 --> 00:11:28,300 * set your people free * 116 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:31,533 [applause] 117 00:11:31,633 --> 00:11:34,467 - And god fulfilled his promise to the hebrews 118 00:11:34,567 --> 00:11:37,767 and delivered them from the hand of pharaoh. 119 00:11:37,867 --> 00:11:43,667 And Moses led the people out of Egypt through the sea 120 00:11:43,767 --> 00:11:53,133 and the desert on their way to the promised land. 121 00:11:58,533 --> 00:12:03,767 In the wilderness of paran, the lord spoke to Moses 122 00:12:03,867 --> 00:12:08,700 saying, send men to spy out the land of canaan 123 00:12:08,800 --> 00:12:14,067 which I am giving to the children of Israel. 124 00:12:14,167 --> 00:12:17,500 And Moses did as the lord commanded, 125 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,833 and the people waited for their return. 126 00:12:23,100 --> 00:12:37,067 [Crowd commotion] 127 00:12:37,167 --> 00:12:40,133 * I'm so sick and tired of this... 128 00:12:40,233 --> 00:12:42,300 * never ending journey... 129 00:12:42,400 --> 00:12:44,967 * through this never ending desert... 130 00:12:45,067 --> 00:12:50,533 * and this never ending waiting... 131 00:12:50,633 --> 00:12:54,333 * I just can't take it anymore... 132 00:12:54,433 --> 00:12:56,667 * I'm so tired and so bored... 133 00:12:56,767 --> 00:12:58,700 * the sun is burning all day long... 134 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,833 * the desert is the driest home... 135 00:13:01,933 --> 00:13:03,633 * and we're always in search of water... 136 00:13:03,733 --> 00:13:05,767 * and there's no time for talking... 137 00:13:05,867 --> 00:13:09,833 * just work and walk before the sun goes down... 138 00:13:09,933 --> 00:13:12,067 * everyday is just the same... 139 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:13,767 * and we know who is to blame... 140 00:13:13,867 --> 00:13:19,167 * this promise land is nothing more than just a dream... 141 00:13:19,267 --> 00:13:21,767 * we should never have left Egypt... 142 00:13:21,867 --> 00:13:24,667 * now for sure we all will die... 143 00:13:24,767 --> 00:13:27,867 * let's go back before it's too late... 144 00:13:27,967 --> 00:13:34,500 * we prefer to live as slaves... 145 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:38,933 * how can you say that... 146 00:13:39,067 --> 00:13:44,300 * I will never go back... 147 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:49,900 * I prefer dying right here... 148 00:13:50,067 --> 00:13:55,267 * being free... 149 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:59,633 * god has been faithful... 150 00:13:59,733 --> 00:14:04,133 * don't forget what he has done... 151 00:14:04,233 --> 00:14:14,400 * we must wait, he will never let us die... 152 00:14:14,500 --> 00:14:26,833 * and I know he will take us to the land of Abraham... 153 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:34,067 [Crowd arguing] 154 00:14:34,133 --> 00:14:36,200 - Please, listen to me. Please! 155 00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:37,567 We must be patient. 156 00:14:37,667 --> 00:14:41,267 We must trust in what the lord has promised to us. 157 00:14:44,100 --> 00:14:47,533 - The spies are coming! 158 00:14:47,633 --> 00:14:51,333 [Horn blowing] 159 00:14:51,433 --> 00:15:07,433 * [music] * 160 00:15:07,533 --> 00:15:08,700 * we have seen this land of god... 161 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,700 * we just cannot describe... 162 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,767 * there is milk and honey everywhere... 163 00:15:12,867 --> 00:15:14,800 * enough for everyone... 164 00:15:14,900 --> 00:15:18,833 * there's water, plants, and flowers of every kind... 165 00:15:18,933 --> 00:15:20,933 * it's just a little problem there... 166 00:15:21,067 --> 00:15:22,900 * that we cannot deny... 167 00:15:23,067 --> 00:15:24,767 * this venture is impossible... 168 00:15:24,867 --> 00:15:26,900 * there is no use to try... 169 00:15:27,067 --> 00:15:28,833 * we'll never even get in there... 170 00:15:28,933 --> 00:15:30,900 * the walls are far too high... 171 00:15:31,067 --> 00:15:33,067 * the people living there are taller... 172 00:15:33,167 --> 00:15:35,067 * than the tower of babble... 173 00:15:35,167 --> 00:15:36,733 * and if we try to fight them... 174 00:15:36,833 --> 00:15:39,167 * we will surely not be able... 175 00:15:39,267 --> 00:15:43,167 * let's go back to Egypt... 176 00:15:43,267 --> 00:15:47,267 * there's nothing we can do... 177 00:15:47,367 --> 00:15:51,633 * everyone will die here, and it's just because of you! 178 00:15:51,733 --> 00:15:55,367 * come on people, let us go... 179 00:15:55,467 --> 00:15:59,367 * this is not our home... 180 00:15:59,467 --> 00:16:01,533 * let's go back to pharaoh... 181 00:16:01,633 --> 00:16:06,267 * and bow before his throne... 182 00:16:06,367 --> 00:16:13,700 - People of Israel, how do you dare to rebel against god 183 00:16:13,800 --> 00:16:16,400 after all he has done for us? 184 00:16:16,900 --> 00:16:18,800 Have you forgotten how he delivered us from the 185 00:16:18,900 --> 00:16:23,400 hands of pharaoh with mighty signs and wonders? 186 00:16:23,500 --> 00:16:26,067 Have you forgotten how he walked us through the sea on 187 00:16:26,133 --> 00:16:31,067 dry land and how we destroyed the armies of Egypt! 188 00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:35,467 This land of canaan is the land god promised us and we 189 00:16:35,567 --> 00:16:39,300 have been dreaming about it all our lives. 190 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,100 So what if the walls are tall and the people strong. 191 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:46,533 If god is with us, they will be nothing for us. 192 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,700 * god's with us... 193 00:16:49,800 --> 00:16:55,533 * there's no power in the world that can beat us... 194 00:16:55,633 --> 00:16:58,267 * if god is with us... 195 00:16:58,367 --> 00:17:04,400 * we're gonna find a way to get into that place... 196 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:07,367 * if god is with us... 197 00:17:07,467 --> 00:17:11,800 * no matter how impossible it seems... 198 00:17:11,900 --> 00:17:16,933 * I know we're gonna get the victory... 199 00:17:17,067 --> 00:17:21,800 * for god is with us... 200 00:17:21,900 --> 00:17:25,267 * immanuel... 201 00:17:25,367 --> 00:17:30,267 * I know he is faithful to his promise... 202 00:17:30,367 --> 00:17:39,100 * immanuel, he'll never take us back to slavery... 203 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:46,533 * immanuel has chosen us forever to be free... 204 00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:51,967 * he gave to us his land eternally... 205 00:17:52,067 --> 00:17:56,833 * for god is with us... 206 00:17:56,933 --> 00:17:59,267 - Do you hear, the people of Israel? 207 00:17:59,367 --> 00:18:01,800 God is with us! 208 00:18:01,900 --> 00:18:05,167 He will never send us back into slavery Egypt. 209 00:18:05,267 --> 00:18:09,067 We are called to freedom! 210 00:18:09,167 --> 00:18:12,467 Come on, let's go to the land of promise! 211 00:18:12,567 --> 00:18:14,700 We'll go to canaan! 212 00:18:14,800 --> 00:18:18,467 * god is here... 213 00:18:18,567 --> 00:18:22,867 * have no fear... 214 00:18:22,967 --> 00:18:27,067 * just believe... 215 00:18:27,167 --> 00:18:31,233 * Israel... 216 00:18:31,333 --> 00:18:34,733 * if god's with us... 217 00:18:34,833 --> 00:18:38,900 * no matter how impossible it seems... 218 00:18:39,067 --> 00:18:43,933 * I know we're gonna get the victory... 219 00:18:44,067 --> 00:18:49,067 * for god is with us... 220 00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:53,333 * god is with us... 221 00:18:53,433 --> 00:19:01,500 * he is with us... 222 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:14,933 [Applause] 223 00:19:15,067 --> 00:19:19,267 - And god kept his promise and gave the people of Israel 224 00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:22,700 the land of canaan. 225 00:19:28,067 --> 00:19:31,867 Many years later, when the judges ruled the land of 226 00:19:31,967 --> 00:19:37,433 Israel, a man called elimelech from Bethlehem left the 227 00:19:37,533 --> 00:19:41,200 country because of a famine. 228 00:19:41,300 --> 00:19:45,267 He moved to the land of moab together with his wife 229 00:19:45,367 --> 00:19:48,733 Naomi and their two sons, 230 00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:55,833 and there the sons found their wives, orpah and Ruth. 231 00:19:56,467 --> 00:20:00,900 After many years in moab, elimelech and his sons all 232 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:07,200 died leaving Naomi and her two daughters-in-law alone. 233 00:20:07,300 --> 00:20:14,967 Then Naomi decided to return back home to Israel. 234 00:20:22,633 --> 00:20:24,500 - Orpah. 235 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,833 - I'm so tired. 236 00:20:25,933 --> 00:20:27,800 - Naomi needs to rest. 237 00:20:34,667 --> 00:20:36,933 - Thank you. 238 00:20:37,033 --> 00:20:39,333 Thank you, thank you. 239 00:20:41,967 --> 00:20:45,933 * I think it's time to say goodbye... 240 00:20:46,033 --> 00:20:49,867 * listen to me, please don't cry... 241 00:20:49,967 --> 00:20:56,533 * you know I'll love you 'til the day I die... 242 00:20:57,533 --> 00:21:00,567 * I have nothing more to give you... 243 00:21:00,667 --> 00:21:05,367 * it breaks my heart, but I must leave you... 244 00:21:05,467 --> 00:21:11,267 * go now to the place where you belong... 245 00:21:13,067 --> 00:21:17,067 * god has been so good to me... 246 00:21:17,133 --> 00:21:20,700 * he took away your family... 247 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,233 * how can you still believe in him... 248 00:21:24,333 --> 00:21:29,700 * he's all I have, how could I not... 249 00:21:30,567 --> 00:21:34,167 * I will pray he'll bless you both... 250 00:21:34,267 --> 00:21:37,700 * for all the things you've been to me... 251 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,800 * we cannot leave you, can't you see... 252 00:21:41,900 --> 00:21:46,800 * we are your only family... 253 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:49,833 * please go now, I set you free... 254 00:21:49,933 --> 00:21:53,400 * from every bond you have to me... 255 00:21:53,500 --> 00:22:00,867 * I'll pray that love will come to you some day... 256 00:22:03,333 --> 00:22:04,800 - Bye, Naomi. 257 00:22:07,767 --> 00:22:09,300 - Orpah. 258 00:22:10,733 --> 00:22:12,300 Orpah. 259 00:22:15,733 --> 00:22:17,067 - You see, Ruth? 260 00:22:17,100 --> 00:22:19,533 Orpah's going back to her people. 261 00:22:19,633 --> 00:22:22,600 You should do the same, my dear. 262 00:22:31,067 --> 00:22:36,433 * please don't ask me to leave you... 263 00:22:36,533 --> 00:22:44,833 * wherever you may go, I want to go with you... 264 00:22:44,933 --> 00:22:51,733 * from now your people, my people... 265 00:22:51,833 --> 00:22:58,067 * your god will be my god... 266 00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:03,700 * but please don't ask me to leave you... 267 00:23:03,800 --> 00:23:14,400 * wherever you may go, I want to go with you... 268 00:23:22,700 --> 00:23:26,933 - And so it happened that Ruth followed Naomi 269 00:23:27,067 --> 00:23:31,067 and went back to Bethlehem in the land of Judah. 270 00:23:31,867 --> 00:23:35,100 - The harvest is ripe, the sun is in. 271 00:23:35,533 --> 00:23:37,533 Where are my workers? 272 00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:39,567 To work now! 273 00:23:39,667 --> 00:23:42,900 * get to the fields, the harvest is ripe... 274 00:23:43,067 --> 00:23:44,700 * from the morning to the night... 275 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,100 * in the fields of boaz... 276 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,133 * working in the fields... 277 00:23:49,233 --> 00:23:50,967 * the harvest is ripe. 278 00:23:51,067 --> 00:23:53,067 * from the morning to the night... 279 00:23:53,100 --> 00:23:55,333 * in the fields of boaz... 280 00:23:55,433 --> 00:23:57,400 * lie, lie, lie... 281 00:23:57,500 --> 00:23:59,467 * lie, lie, lie, lie, lie... 282 00:23:59,567 --> 00:24:01,067 * lie, lie, lie... 283 00:24:01,167 --> 00:24:10,300 * lie, lie, lie, lie, lie... 284 00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:36,400 * [music] 285 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:37,900 * who is this girl... 286 00:24:38,067 --> 00:24:40,067 * I've never seen her here before... 287 00:24:40,167 --> 00:24:42,133 * she is the one who came with Naomi 288 00:24:42,233 --> 00:24:44,400 * from the land of moab... 289 00:24:44,500 --> 00:24:46,633 * she came to me this very morning... 290 00:24:46,733 --> 00:24:48,700 * just before the day was dawning... 291 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:53,333 * asking for permission to pick up some grain... 292 00:24:55,233 --> 00:24:58,067 - Listen my child. 293 00:24:59,067 --> 00:25:01,400 Stay right here with us 294 00:25:01,500 --> 00:25:04,733 and don't think about going to any other fields. 295 00:25:04,833 --> 00:25:08,067 I have one of the young men not above you. 296 00:25:08,167 --> 00:25:09,600 And when you are thirsty, 297 00:25:09,700 --> 00:25:12,933 please come and help yourself to the water. 298 00:25:13,667 --> 00:25:16,100 - How can you be so kind to me? 299 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:17,833 I am a stranger in this land. 300 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:19,900 - Yes, I know. 301 00:25:20,067 --> 00:25:22,633 And I also know about all the love and kindness you have 302 00:25:22,733 --> 00:25:25,067 shown your mother-in-law since the death of your 303 00:25:25,133 --> 00:25:27,967 husband and how you left your father and your mother in 304 00:25:28,067 --> 00:25:32,833 your own land and have come here to live among strangers. 305 00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:37,633 May the lord god of Israel, under whose wings you have 306 00:25:37,733 --> 00:25:43,267 come to take refuge, may he bless you for that. 307 00:25:43,867 --> 00:25:44,800 - Thank you. 308 00:25:44,900 --> 00:25:46,267 Thank you, sir. 309 00:25:46,367 --> 00:25:48,533 You are so good to me. 310 00:25:50,967 --> 00:25:52,367 - Ruth? Ruth? 311 00:25:52,467 --> 00:25:53,600 Where have you been? 312 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:57,467 I was afraid something had happened to you, my dear. 313 00:25:58,300 --> 00:26:00,533 * I met this man... 314 00:26:00,633 --> 00:26:02,333 * I met this girl... 315 00:26:02,433 --> 00:26:04,567 * he was to kind... 316 00:26:04,667 --> 00:26:06,767 * so beautiful... 317 00:26:06,867 --> 00:26:11,233 * I've never met someone like her... 318 00:26:11,333 --> 00:26:16,133 * but master boaz, she's not one of us... 319 00:26:16,233 --> 00:26:20,100 * your god, Naomi, is so good... 320 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:24,700 * he's your god too, remember that... 321 00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:33,867 * I think I fell in love again today... 322 00:26:39,233 --> 00:26:43,267 - My dear, I think it's time to find a husband for you 323 00:26:43,367 --> 00:26:46,767 and to get you happily married again. 324 00:26:46,867 --> 00:26:52,100 And I think that boaz is the right one for you. 325 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:56,467 - But Naomi, remember I am just a girl from moab. 326 00:26:56,567 --> 00:27:02,367 - Now you just listen to me and do exactly as I tell you. 327 00:27:07,900 --> 00:27:11,967 - And Ruth went down to the threshing floor and did 328 00:27:12,067 --> 00:27:16,767 everything according to all that Naomi instructed her. 329 00:27:21,933 --> 00:27:25,433 - Come, let's celebrate the goodness of the lord! 330 00:27:25,533 --> 00:27:29,100 The lord has been faithful! 331 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:30,500 * lie, lie, lie... 332 00:27:30,600 --> 00:27:32,700 * lie, lie, lie, lie, lie... 333 00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:34,233 * lie, lie, lie... 334 00:27:34,333 --> 00:27:36,833 * lie, lie, lie, lie, lie... 335 00:27:36,933 --> 00:27:38,400 * lie, lie, lie... 336 00:27:38,500 --> 00:27:41,433 * lie, lie, lie, lie, lie... 337 00:27:41,533 --> 00:29:12,600 * [music] 338 00:29:12,700 --> 00:29:15,067 - Good night, master boaz. 339 00:29:39,433 --> 00:29:40,233 - Who is there? 340 00:29:40,333 --> 00:29:41,900 - It's me sir, Ruth. 341 00:29:42,067 --> 00:29:46,333 * please don't ask me to leave you... 342 00:29:46,433 --> 00:29:48,200 * I'll never leave you... 343 00:29:48,300 --> 00:29:51,133 * wherever you may go... 344 00:29:51,233 --> 00:29:54,067 * I want to go with you... 345 00:29:54,133 --> 00:29:56,133 * please stay forever... 346 00:29:56,233 --> 00:30:03,100 * from now, your people, my people... 347 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:09,333 * your god will be my god... 348 00:30:09,433 --> 00:30:14,333 * please don't ask me to leave you... 349 00:30:14,433 --> 00:30:18,767 * wherever you may go... 350 00:30:18,867 --> 00:30:23,200 * I want to go with you... 351 00:30:23,300 --> 00:30:30,133 * from now your people, my people... 352 00:30:30,233 --> 00:30:41,633 * your god will be my god... 353 00:30:41,733 --> 00:30:49,033 [Applause] 354 00:30:49,133 --> 00:30:51,733 - And god blessed Ruth and through her, 355 00:30:51,833 --> 00:30:56,167 Israel was to be given its greatest king. 356 00:30:56,267 --> 00:30:58,700 God spoke to his prophet, Samuel, 357 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:04,767 and said fill your horn with oil and go. 358 00:31:04,867 --> 00:31:08,733 I am sending you to Jesse, the bethlehemite. 359 00:31:08,833 --> 00:31:14,433 For I have provided myself a king among his sons. 360 00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:20,300 So Samuel did what the lord said and went to 361 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:24,300 Bethlehem to the house of Jesse. 362 00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:32,967 * [music] 363 00:31:33,067 --> 00:31:34,767 * you don't need to search no longer... 364 00:31:34,867 --> 00:31:36,800 * I'm the strongest... 365 00:31:36,900 --> 00:31:41,067 * with me as king, I know the enemy goes under... 366 00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:44,800 * I'm afraid that strength and muscles are in vain... 367 00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:49,600 * to be a king, the most important thing is brains... 368 00:31:49,700 --> 00:31:53,467 * what you need to be a king...[Giggles] 369 00:31:53,567 --> 00:31:57,567 * is a beautiful face... 370 00:31:57,667 --> 00:32:01,800 * no, it's a man who understands... 371 00:32:01,900 --> 00:32:06,300 * what it means to work the land... 372 00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,967 * let's go boys, don't make more noise... 373 00:32:10,067 --> 00:32:14,167 * I am the one, he has no choice... 374 00:32:14,267 --> 00:32:16,400 * no, I'm the one... 375 00:32:16,500 --> 00:32:18,500 * that you need... 376 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:22,333 * can't you see the king in me... 377 00:32:22,433 --> 00:32:31,867 [Brothers fighting] 378 00:32:31,967 --> 00:32:33,600 * let's go, boys... 379 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:35,600 * make more noise... 380 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:39,667 * I am the one, he has no choice... 381 00:32:39,767 --> 00:32:43,733 * no, I'm the one that you need... 382 00:32:43,833 --> 00:32:50,333 * can't you see a king in me * 383 00:32:52,067 --> 00:32:57,933 - but god said, Samuel, do not judge a man by his face 384 00:32:58,067 --> 00:33:02,233 or his height, for this is not the one. 385 00:33:02,333 --> 00:33:05,500 I have refused him. 386 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,600 Man looks at the outward appearance, 387 00:33:08,700 --> 00:33:13,100 but the lord looks at the heart. 388 00:33:13,200 --> 00:33:19,067 * because the lord is my Shepherd... 389 00:33:19,133 --> 00:33:24,200 * I will have no need... 390 00:33:24,300 --> 00:33:29,833 * he let's me rest in the Meadow grass... 391 00:33:29,933 --> 00:33:37,133 * and leads me beside the quiet stream... 392 00:33:37,233 --> 00:33:42,733 * he restores my failing health... 393 00:33:42,833 --> 00:33:50,200 * and helps me to do what is right... 394 00:33:52,433 --> 00:33:58,100 * even when I walk through the valley of death... 395 00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:03,233 * I will not be afraid... 396 00:34:03,333 --> 00:34:06,633 * for you walk there with me... 397 00:34:06,733 --> 00:34:14,267 * guiding me, guarding me all the way... 398 00:34:14,367 --> 00:34:37,767 * [music] 399 00:34:37,867 --> 00:34:42,900 * you have welcomed me as your guest... 400 00:34:43,067 --> 00:34:48,300 * blessings overflow... 401 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:54,067 * you prepared the table before me... 402 00:34:54,167 --> 00:35:01,167 * in the presence of my enemies... 403 00:35:01,267 --> 00:35:06,600 * only goodness and mercy... 404 00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:16,500 * will follow me all the days of my life... 405 00:35:16,600 --> 00:35:22,133 * even then I walk through the valley of death... 406 00:35:22,233 --> 00:35:27,267 * I will not be afraid... 407 00:35:27,367 --> 00:35:30,467 For you walk there with me...* 408 00:35:30,567 --> 00:35:39,933 * guarding me, guiding me all the way... 409 00:35:40,067 --> 00:35:44,600 * even when I walk through the valley of death... 410 00:35:44,700 --> 00:35:49,700 * I will not be afraid... 411 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:52,900 * for you walk there with me... 412 00:35:53,067 --> 00:36:08,133 * guarding me, guiding me all the way * 413 00:36:08,233 --> 00:36:10,400 - give thanks to the lord, for he is good, 414 00:36:10,500 --> 00:36:14,067 his mercy endures forever! 415 00:36:14,133 --> 00:36:16,433 [Applause] 416 00:36:16,533 --> 00:36:18,433 - There's no one like you in the heavens! 417 00:36:18,533 --> 00:36:21,967 There's no one like you in the heavens! 418 00:36:22,067 --> 00:36:26,467 We praise you oh, lord god of Israel! 419 00:36:26,567 --> 00:36:32,067 * [music] 420 00:36:32,133 --> 00:36:35,300 - Create in me a clean heart, oh, god. 421 00:36:35,900 --> 00:36:38,833 And renew a steady spirit within me! 422 00:36:40,667 --> 00:36:44,300 Take me not away from your presence oh, god. 423 00:36:45,933 --> 00:36:50,167 * hallelujah... 424 00:36:50,267 --> 00:36:55,600 * hallelujah... 425 00:36:55,700 --> 00:37:07,867 * hallelujah, god of Israel... 426 00:37:07,967 --> 00:37:09,733 - With the sound of the trumpet, with the beating of 427 00:37:09,833 --> 00:37:14,133 the drum, let everything give praise to god! 428 00:37:14,233 --> 00:37:16,867 Worship the lord your god, oh Israel! 429 00:37:16,967 --> 00:37:19,567 Who is mighty! 430 00:37:19,667 --> 00:37:24,900 Hallelujah! 431 00:37:25,067 --> 00:37:29,067 * hallelujah... 432 00:37:29,167 --> 00:37:35,633 * hallelujah... 433 00:37:35,733 --> 00:37:39,133 * god of Israel... 434 00:37:39,233 --> 00:37:42,567 * trust the lord, oh Israel... 435 00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:46,200 * he is your help and your shelter... 436 00:37:46,300 --> 00:37:49,900 * trust the lord, oh Israel... 437 00:37:50,067 --> 00:38:00,467 * he was and he is and forever will be the lord... 438 00:38:00,567 --> 00:38:03,433 * hallelujah... 439 00:38:03,533 --> 00:38:10,633 [Applause] 440 00:38:10,733 --> 00:38:13,433 - There has never been a greater time in Israel than 441 00:38:13,533 --> 00:38:17,933 that of king David and his son, Solomon, who built the 442 00:38:18,067 --> 00:38:23,100 first temple of the lord in Jerusalem, but Solomon's heart 443 00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,467 was turned away from the lord. 444 00:38:25,567 --> 00:38:30,600 And after him, Israel was divided into two kingdoms 445 00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:35,067 ruled by many ungodly kings. 446 00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:38,400 And after many years, the assyrians conquered the 447 00:38:38,500 --> 00:38:42,833 northern part that was called Israel, and its people were 448 00:38:42,933 --> 00:38:44,800 taken away. 449 00:38:44,900 --> 00:38:49,833 Then nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, conquered Judah, 450 00:38:49,933 --> 00:38:51,900 the Southern kingdom. 451 00:38:52,067 --> 00:38:56,500 Jerusalem, its capitol, with the temple was destroyed, and 452 00:38:56,600 --> 00:39:00,967 the people were brought into captivity in Babylon. 453 00:39:01,067 --> 00:39:05,533 * [music] 454 00:39:05,633 --> 00:39:10,133 Among them were four young men that kept their faith in the 455 00:39:10,233 --> 00:39:15,900 god of Israel and his covenant. 456 00:39:16,067 --> 00:40:40,467 * [music] 457 00:40:40,567 --> 00:40:49,900 [Applause] 458 00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:57,100 [Trumpets call] 459 00:41:01,233 --> 00:41:04,933 - Oh people of all nations and languages, this is the 460 00:41:05,067 --> 00:41:07,067 king's command. 461 00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:09,800 When you hear the sound of the trumpets, you have to fall 462 00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:14,300 flat on the ground and worship the king nebuchadnezzar. 463 00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:17,667 All who fail to do so will be cast alive into the 464 00:41:17,767 --> 00:41:19,200 flaming furnace. 465 00:41:19,300 --> 00:41:22,467 * [music] 466 00:41:22,567 --> 00:41:29,367 - Shadrach, meshach, abednego, bow down before me. 467 00:41:29,467 --> 00:41:31,800 * [music] 468 00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:34,100 * we will never bow down ... 469 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:37,500 * before any other god ... 470 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:45,900 * elohim adonai is our god ... 471 00:41:46,067 --> 00:41:51,100 * Israel, the lord is our god ... 472 00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:59,267 * elohim adonai is one ... 473 00:41:59,367 --> 00:42:03,433 - Then throw them into the flaming furnace and let us see 474 00:42:03,533 --> 00:42:06,733 if your god delivers you. 475 00:42:06,833 --> 00:42:11,567 * [music] 476 00:42:11,667 --> 00:42:17,733 * we are not afraid of anything that you can do ... 477 00:42:17,833 --> 00:42:23,700 * for we know our god is able to deliver us ... 478 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,667 * even if he doesn't save us ... 479 00:42:27,767 --> 00:42:30,767 * should he choose to let us die ... 480 00:42:30,867 --> 00:42:34,533 * we will stand then with our last breath ... 481 00:42:34,633 --> 00:42:41,267 * we will say ... 482 00:42:41,367 --> 00:42:44,433 * we will never bow down ... 483 00:42:44,533 --> 00:42:45,767 * never bow down ... 484 00:42:45,867 --> 00:42:47,467 * to another other god ... 485 00:42:47,567 --> 00:42:48,967 * any other god ... 486 00:42:49,067 --> 00:42:51,967 * elohim adonai is our god ... 487 00:42:52,067 --> 00:42:56,167 * he is our god ... 488 00:42:56,267 --> 00:43:02,800 * [music] 489 00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:03,867 - We're alive! 490 00:43:03,967 --> 00:43:06,067 We're alive! 491 00:43:06,133 --> 00:43:08,433 - Hallelujah! 492 00:43:08,533 --> 00:43:14,267 * we are not afraid of anything that you can do ... 493 00:43:14,367 --> 00:43:20,800 * for we know our god is able to deliver us ... 494 00:43:20,900 --> 00:43:23,900 * he delivered us ... 495 00:43:24,067 --> 00:43:27,967 * he delivered us ... 496 00:43:28,067 --> 00:43:38,233 * elohim adonai is our god ... 497 00:43:38,333 --> 00:43:44,233 * we will never bow down before any other god ... 498 00:43:44,333 --> 00:43:50,800 * elohim adonai is our god ... 499 00:43:50,900 --> 00:43:57,467 * oh hear Israel, the lord is our god ... 500 00:43:57,567 --> 00:44:00,367 * elohim adonai ... 501 00:44:00,467 --> 00:44:04,867 * he is one ... 502 00:44:04,967 --> 00:44:09,867 * our lord ... 503 00:44:09,967 --> 00:44:17,167 * he is one god ... 504 00:44:17,267 --> 00:44:22,233 * he is mighty ... 505 00:44:22,333 --> 00:44:28,233 * and he is lord ... 506 00:44:28,333 --> 00:44:32,733 * we will never bow down ... 507 00:44:32,833 --> 00:44:42,600 * only one god we serve ... 508 00:44:42,700 --> 00:44:45,800 * he is one god ... 509 00:44:45,900 --> 00:44:49,333 * he is mighty ... 510 00:44:49,433 --> 00:44:55,567 * and he is lord ... 511 00:44:55,667 --> 00:45:00,600 * we will never bow down ... 512 00:45:00,700 --> 00:45:02,867 * only one god ... 513 00:45:02,967 --> 00:45:10,767 * willwe serve ... 514 00:45:10,867 --> 00:45:17,933 [Applause] 515 00:45:18,067 --> 00:45:24,067 * [music] 516 00:45:24,100 --> 00:45:27,567 - And god raised up in Babylon a man of excellent 517 00:45:27,667 --> 00:45:33,400 spirit, Daniel, full of wisdom, knowledge and skill. 518 00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:37,800 Daniel had understanding of ll visions and dreams, and fora 519 00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:41,867 this received great favor in the site of the king 520 00:45:41,967 --> 00:45:46,133 of Babylon. 521 00:45:46,233 --> 00:45:49,833 Thus in the days of Darius, Daniel was elevated to the 522 00:45:49,933 --> 00:45:54,133 position of governor, but jealousy burned in the hearts 523 00:45:54,233 --> 00:45:58,267 of those who served with him, and they sought to find some 524 00:45:58,367 --> 00:46:02,133 charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom. 525 00:46:02,233 --> 00:46:06,800 Finally when Daniel opened his window and prayed towards 526 00:46:06,900 --> 00:46:12,100 Jerusalem as was his custom, his accusers charged him of 527 00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:16,833 disloyalty to the king and breaking the law of the land. 528 00:46:16,933 --> 00:46:22,700 For his crime, Daniel was cast into a den of lions. 529 00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:27,067 But the king spoke to Daniel saying, "your god whom you 530 00:46:27,133 --> 00:46:34,300 serve continually will deliver you. " 531 00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:39,067 [Lion roars] 532 00:46:39,133 --> 00:47:02,367 * [music] 533 00:47:02,467 --> 00:47:07,967 * lord, you are a great and awesome god ... 534 00:47:08,067 --> 00:47:13,467 * you keep your covenant with those who love you ... 535 00:47:13,567 --> 00:47:18,400 * those who keep your law ... 536 00:47:18,500 --> 00:47:25,133 * but me, we all have sinned against you lord ... 537 00:47:25,233 --> 00:47:30,433 * we all have turned the way from your commandments ... 538 00:47:30,533 --> 00:47:36,300 * and your perfect will ... 539 00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:42,233 * god, you brought your people out of Egypt ... 540 00:47:42,333 --> 00:47:44,833 * and with your mighty hand ... 541 00:47:44,933 --> 00:47:52,900 * you made yourself a name that lasts forever ... 542 00:47:53,067 --> 00:47:59,533 * hear, oh god, your people crying for forgiveness ... 543 00:47:59,633 --> 00:48:04,067 * open your eyes and see Jerusalem ... 544 00:48:04,133 --> 00:48:10,600 * who worships your name ... 545 00:48:10,700 --> 00:48:16,733 * lord my god, I know that you are merciful ... 546 00:48:16,833 --> 00:48:21,167 * and forgiving even though ... 547 00:48:21,267 --> 00:48:26,167 * we rebel yours word ... 548 00:48:26,267 --> 00:48:33,600 * lord our god, forgive your people one more time ... 549 00:48:33,700 --> 00:48:38,500 * and take us back, lord, to the land ... 550 00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:45,700 * that you gave to Abraham ... 551 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:49,567 [Applause] 552 00:48:49,667 --> 00:48:52,833 - And god fulfilled his word through Jeremiah and allowed 553 00:48:52,933 --> 00:48:56,567 the Jews to go back to Israel to rebuild Jerusalem and the 554 00:48:56,667 --> 00:49:02,267 temple, but only a few of them returned. 555 00:49:02,367 --> 00:49:05,567 Among those who remained in the kingdom of persia was a 556 00:49:05,667 --> 00:49:10,700 righteous man called mordecai and Hadassah whom he had taken 557 00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,933 as his own daughter. 558 00:49:13,067 --> 00:49:17,333 In those days, king ahashverosh had banished his 559 00:49:17,433 --> 00:49:21,267 wife vashti from his presence for she had refused to come at 560 00:49:21,367 --> 00:49:23,200 the king's command. 561 00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:27,133 In order to satisfy the king's desire, beautiful young 562 00:49:27,233 --> 00:49:31,067 virgins were gathered together so that ahashverosh could 563 00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:36,800 choose one to replace his former queen. 564 00:49:37,433 --> 00:49:41,400 * how can you ask me to leave you ... 565 00:49:41,500 --> 00:49:45,733 * if I go, I won't see you ... 566 00:49:45,833 --> 00:49:49,367 * we have no choice but to obey ... 567 00:49:49,467 --> 00:49:53,067 * now, in the palace you must stay ... 568 00:49:53,133 --> 00:49:56,333 * I'll pray that god will keep you safe ... 569 00:49:56,433 --> 00:50:02,633 * that you may win the heart of the king ... 570 00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:06,367 * I don't want to go anywhere ... 571 00:50:06,467 --> 00:50:11,000 * if I know that you're not there ... 572 00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:17,367 * you are everything that I have left ... 573 00:50:17,467 --> 00:50:21,167 * after one night with the king ... 574 00:50:21,267 --> 00:50:24,967 * what if he does not choose me ... 575 00:50:25,067 --> 00:50:28,900 * remember who you are ... 576 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:35,100 * remember who is your god ... 577 00:50:35,200 --> 00:50:42,533 * shema Israel, adonai, elohanu ... 578 00:50:42,633 --> 00:50:49,600 * adonai ehyeh ... 579 00:50:49,700 --> 00:50:56,833 * shema Israel, adonai, elohanu ... 580 00:50:56,933 --> 00:51:03,200 * adonaiehyeh ... 581 00:51:03,900 --> 00:51:07,133 * may the lord bless you ... 582 00:51:07,233 --> 00:51:10,633 * may the lord keep you safe ... 583 00:51:10,733 --> 00:51:18,167 * may the lord shine his countenance upon you ... 584 00:51:18,267 --> 00:51:21,533 * may the lord give you grace ... 585 00:51:21,633 --> 00:51:25,733 * his glory shine through your face ... 586 00:51:25,833 --> 00:51:32,767 * go now in his peace ... 587 00:51:32,867 --> 00:51:37,133 * [music] 588 00:51:37,233 --> 00:51:51,433 [Sobbing] 589 00:51:51,533 --> 00:52:13,067 * [music] 590 00:52:13,133 --> 00:52:16,967 - And so it happened that Hadassah was also taken to 591 00:52:17,067 --> 00:52:21,400 shushan, the citadel, for she was lovely and beautiful, 592 00:52:21,500 --> 00:52:25,300 but she did not reveal her people or family, 593 00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,867 for mordecai had charged her not to reveal it. 594 00:52:28,967 --> 00:52:34,800 So she was called instead Esther. 595 00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,167 - Your majesty, I present to you the most beautiful flowers 596 00:52:37,267 --> 00:52:40,733 in your vast and glorious kingdom. 597 00:52:40,833 --> 00:52:49,333 * [music] 598 00:52:49,433 --> 00:52:52,567 * we have come from east and west ... 599 00:52:52,667 --> 00:52:55,233 * we are the kingdom's very best ... 600 00:52:55,333 --> 00:52:58,133 * one of us will be the queen ... 601 00:52:58,233 --> 00:53:01,900 * the most beautiful the world has ever seen ... 602 00:53:02,067 --> 00:53:03,333 * it's going to be me ... 603 00:53:03,433 --> 00:53:06,600 * just wait and see ... 604 00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:09,500 * I'm going to take queen vashti's place ... 605 00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:12,133 * just with the beauty of my face ... 606 00:53:12,233 --> 00:53:16,067 * oh, my lady, I'm the only one who can give this king 607 00:53:16,133 --> 00:53:17,633 * some fun ... 608 00:53:17,733 --> 00:53:19,067 [Giggling] 609 00:53:19,167 --> 00:53:20,633 * I will help him to forget ... 610 00:53:20,733 --> 00:53:23,433 * I'm the only one who has what it takes ... 611 00:53:23,533 --> 00:53:24,933 * nothing is fake ... 612 00:53:25,067 --> 00:53:27,900 * I will make him shake ... 613 00:53:28,067 --> 00:53:29,533 [Laughing] 614 00:53:29,633 --> 00:53:33,433 * aah ... 615 00:53:33,533 --> 00:53:36,367 * we have come from east and west ... 616 00:53:36,467 --> 00:53:39,100 * we are the kingdom's very best ... 617 00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:41,967 * one of us will be the queen ... 618 00:53:42,067 --> 00:53:45,633 * the most beautiful the world has ever seen ... 619 00:53:45,733 --> 00:53:46,933 * it's going to be me ... 620 00:53:47,067 --> 00:53:49,767 * just wait and see ... 621 00:53:49,867 --> 00:54:07,467 * [music] 622 00:54:07,567 --> 00:54:10,600 * the most beautiful the world has ever seen ... 623 00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:11,933 * who could she be ... 624 00:54:12,067 --> 00:54:15,300 * she looks like a queen ... 625 00:54:15,400 --> 00:54:17,767 - I give you Esther, queen of persia. 626 00:54:17,867 --> 00:54:19,433 - Esther? 627 00:54:19,533 --> 00:54:22,367 [Women crying] 628 00:54:22,467 --> 00:54:27,400 [Applause] 629 00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:31,267 - Now, the king loved Esther more than all the others, 630 00:54:31,367 --> 00:54:35,767 and she obtained grace and favor in his sight. 631 00:54:35,867 --> 00:54:38,967 But Esther was unaware of the danger within the walls of the 632 00:54:39,067 --> 00:54:43,667 palace, the king's servant haman. 633 00:54:43,767 --> 00:54:48,800 * [music] 634 00:54:48,900 --> 00:54:53,433 [Sinister laughter] 635 00:54:54,667 --> 00:55:01,400 * I never asked for all this fortune, fame and power ... 636 00:55:01,500 --> 00:55:05,367 * yet the king so wise has given it to me ... 637 00:55:05,467 --> 00:55:09,633 * I am persia's number one man of the hour ... 638 00:55:09,733 --> 00:55:14,233 * it is written in his majesty's decree ... 639 00:55:14,333 --> 00:55:16,500 * I am modest, wise and just ... 640 00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:18,233 * and oh, so humble ... 641 00:55:18,333 --> 00:55:19,567 [Women sigh] 642 00:55:19,667 --> 00:55:22,533 * and I must admit the mirror never lies ... 643 00:55:22,633 --> 00:55:24,100 * never lies ... 644 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:27,533 * so to recognize the gift we have among us ... 645 00:55:27,633 --> 00:55:31,500 * everyone must bow when I come passing by ... 646 00:55:31,600 --> 00:55:35,500 * this ring I'm wearing on my finger ... 647 00:55:35,600 --> 00:55:39,967 * the king has placed upon my hand ... 648 00:55:40,067 --> 00:55:54,067 * for he delights to bring me honor ... 649 00:55:54,700 --> 00:55:59,067 * but there is something fishy brewing in our kingdom ... 650 00:55:59,100 --> 00:56:03,167 * like a foul smell I just can't tolerate ... 651 00:56:03,267 --> 00:56:07,533 * I suspect the odor is coming from those hebrews ... 652 00:56:07,633 --> 00:56:12,067 * and the one whose always praying by the gate ... 653 00:56:12,167 --> 00:56:16,367 * strangers dwell at my hand ... 654 00:56:16,467 --> 00:56:21,100 * and spread like cancer in our land ... 655 00:56:21,200 --> 00:56:27,100 * with a skillful knife I'll cut them out ... 656 00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:33,133 * from our kingdom ... 657 00:56:36,500 --> 00:56:39,400 - Should we not expect those people who dwell in our 658 00:56:39,500 --> 00:56:43,433 kingdom to obey the laws of our land? 659 00:56:43,533 --> 00:56:48,600 And yet you, mordecai, refuse to honor the king's command 660 00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:54,800 and bow down to me! 661 00:56:55,467 --> 00:57:00,300 Now look here, you dirty Jew, I've had just about 662 00:57:00,400 --> 00:57:02,633 enough of you. 663 00:57:02,733 --> 00:57:07,467 * and god forbid if I were you I'd do just as I was 664 00:57:07,567 --> 00:57:09,667 * told to do ... 665 00:57:09,767 --> 00:57:15,400 * now hit the ground and kiss my shoe! 666 00:57:15,500 --> 00:57:20,700 [Applause] 667 00:57:20,800 --> 00:57:23,733 - When haman saw that mordecai did not bow or pay 668 00:57:23,833 --> 00:57:27,533 homage to him, he was filled with wrath and sought to 669 00:57:27,633 --> 00:57:32,100 destroy all the Jews who were in the kingdom. 670 00:57:32,200 --> 00:57:36,733 Because haman had deceived the king, ahashverosh allowed him 671 00:57:36,833 --> 00:57:41,600 to issue a decree that all the Jews, the people of the 672 00:57:41,700 --> 00:57:44,667 mordecai, should be killed. 673 00:57:44,767 --> 00:57:48,067 When mordecai learned all that had happened, he tore his 674 00:57:48,100 --> 00:57:53,167 clothes and put on sack cloth and ashes and went out into 675 00:57:53,267 --> 00:57:55,367 the midst of the city. 676 00:57:55,467 --> 00:57:59,533 He cried out with a loud and bitter cry ... 677 00:57:59,633 --> 00:58:02,733 * shema Israel ... 678 00:58:02,833 --> 00:58:06,700 * adonai elohanu ... 679 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:15,833 * adonai ehyeh ... 680 00:58:15,933 --> 00:58:20,567 * now we will die ... 681 00:58:20,667 --> 00:58:23,200 * haman condemned us with a lie ... 682 00:58:23,300 --> 00:58:28,900 * the king's command is spreading through the land ... 683 00:58:29,067 --> 00:58:34,100 * anyone can kill a Jew ... 684 00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:37,933 * we have no other hope but you ... 685 00:58:38,067 --> 00:58:45,333 * Hadassah, go to the king and plead for us ... 686 00:58:45,433 --> 00:58:48,567 * how can you ask me that ... 687 00:58:48,667 --> 00:58:55,967 * you know that anyone who sees the king uninvited ... 688 00:58:56,067 --> 00:58:59,833 * he may die ... 689 00:59:00,067 --> 00:59:04,800 * if you don't go, you still may die ... 690 00:59:04,900 --> 00:59:08,133 * Hadassah, please don't ask me why ... 691 00:59:08,233 --> 00:59:13,467 * I just believe that this may be the reason that you 692 00:59:13,567 --> 00:59:16,500 * came to me ... 693 00:59:16,600 --> 00:59:19,333 * you were just a little girl ... 694 00:59:19,433 --> 00:59:23,500 * afraid and lonely in this world ... 695 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:30,067 * before your father died, I gave my word ... 696 00:59:30,100 --> 00:59:34,100 * that I will love you as my own ... 697 00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:38,367 * and you will never be alone ... 698 00:59:38,467 --> 00:59:46,100 * I would teach of our god and who you are ... 699 00:59:46,200 --> 00:59:51,633 * and you, my Jewish queen of persia... 700 00:59:51,733 --> 00:59:54,433 * servant to the god of Israel... 701 00:59:54,533 --> 00:59:57,700 * now take your place, Hadassah ... 702 00:59:57,800 --> 01:00:01,200 * fulfill your destiny ... 703 01:00:01,300 --> 01:00:11,167 * god may have sent you here for such a time as this ... 704 01:00:11,267 --> 01:00:16,333 * oh ... 705 01:00:16,433 --> 01:00:19,600 * lord, what am I to do ... 706 01:00:19,700 --> 01:00:28,433 * in such a time as this ... 707 01:00:28,533 --> 01:00:37,533 [Sobbing] 708 01:00:37,633 --> 01:00:49,633 * [music] 709 01:00:49,733 --> 01:00:52,433 * shema Israel ... 710 01:00:52,533 --> 01:00:57,300 * adonai elohanu ... 711 01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:05,133 * adonai ehyeh ... 712 01:01:05,233 --> 01:01:08,533 * I come to you ... 713 01:01:08,633 --> 01:01:12,633 * I have no other place to go ... 714 01:01:12,733 --> 01:01:15,167 * oh, hear me lord now ... 715 01:01:15,267 --> 01:01:22,067 * I'm crying out to you ... 716 01:01:22,133 --> 01:01:25,967 * once again our hope is gone ... 717 01:01:26,067 --> 01:01:29,967 * your people facing death, lord ... 718 01:01:30,067 --> 01:01:38,700 * they think that I'm the answer to their prayers ... 719 01:01:38,800 --> 01:01:42,767 * don't walk away from me ... 720 01:01:42,867 --> 01:01:44,700 * I'm helpless ... 721 01:01:44,800 --> 01:01:47,067 * lord, can't you see ... 722 01:01:47,133 --> 01:01:55,367 * there's nothing that I can do but render myself to you 723 01:01:55,467 --> 01:02:36,933 * [music] 724 01:02:37,067 --> 01:02:41,200 * I will be who you want me to be ... 725 01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:44,800 * I will do what you've called me to do ... 726 01:02:44,900 --> 01:02:53,067 * there's just one thing that I would ask of you ... 727 01:02:53,100 --> 01:02:55,600 * walk with me ... 728 01:02:55,700 --> 01:02:57,400 * be my guide through this night ... 729 01:02:57,500 --> 01:02:59,400 * talk through me ... 730 01:02:59,500 --> 01:03:02,067 * let your words be the light ... 731 01:03:02,100 --> 01:03:05,967 * deliver us, lord, once again ... 732 01:03:06,067 --> 01:03:08,467 * I am your servant ... 733 01:03:08,567 --> 01:03:11,867 * take my hand and walk with me ... 734 01:03:11,967 --> 01:03:13,833 * be my guide through this night ... 735 01:03:13,933 --> 01:03:15,867 * talk through me ... 736 01:03:15,967 --> 01:03:19,133 * let your words be the light ... 737 01:03:19,233 --> 01:03:22,767 * deliver us, lord, once again ... 738 01:03:22,867 --> 01:03:24,700 * I am your servant ... 739 01:03:24,800 --> 01:03:29,500 * take my hand ... 740 01:03:29,600 --> 01:03:31,567 - Ho! 741 01:03:31,667 --> 01:03:34,867 * [music] 742 01:03:34,967 --> 01:03:36,600 [Applause] 743 01:03:36,700 --> 01:03:41,867 - And again Esther found favor in the sight of the king. 744 01:03:41,967 --> 01:03:45,333 The evil plot of haman was exposed. 745 01:03:45,433 --> 01:03:51,433 Haman himself was destroyed, and Esther saved her people 746 01:03:51,533 --> 01:03:54,733 from certain annihilation. 747 01:03:54,833 --> 01:04:08,233 * [music] 748 01:04:08,333 --> 01:04:11,600 - Israel was occupied by many foreign nations. 749 01:04:11,700 --> 01:04:16,167 After the babylonians, the persians came, and then the 750 01:04:16,267 --> 01:04:19,767 romans filled the streets of Jerusalem with pagan 751 01:04:19,867 --> 01:04:22,433 gods and customs. 752 01:04:22,533 --> 01:04:28,300 But still there in the land of Israel, the Jews kept 753 01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:32,633 their hope in the promise of god, keeping his commandments 754 01:04:32,733 --> 01:04:36,533 and celebrating his feasts. 755 01:04:38,533 --> 01:05:02,833 [Celebration music] 756 01:05:02,933 --> 01:05:12,933 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 757 01:05:13,067 --> 01:05:16,333 * god of Israel... 758 01:05:16,433 --> 01:05:26,233 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 759 01:05:26,333 --> 01:05:30,733 * god of Israel... 760 01:05:30,833 --> 01:05:33,600 * trust in the lord oh, Israel... 761 01:05:33,700 --> 01:05:37,233 * he is your help and your shelter... 762 01:05:37,333 --> 01:05:40,867 * trust in the lord, oh, Israel... 763 01:05:40,967 --> 01:05:46,433 * he is and forever will be the lord... 764 01:05:46,533 --> 01:05:51,500 * oh... 765 01:05:51,600 --> 01:05:53,967 * hallelujah... 766 01:05:54,067 --> 01:06:01,300 [Applause] 767 01:06:01,400 --> 01:06:03,567 - Look here, we caught this woman in the very 768 01:06:03,667 --> 01:06:05,500 act of adultery. 769 01:06:05,600 --> 01:06:09,633 According to the law of Moses, she deserves to die. 770 01:06:09,733 --> 01:06:17,667 So, what say you, rabbi? 771 01:06:19,067 --> 01:06:21,067 - Everything you say is right. 772 01:06:21,100 --> 01:06:24,067 According to the law, she deserves to die. 773 01:06:24,133 --> 01:06:29,533 But let him who is among you who is without sin, let him 774 01:06:29,633 --> 01:06:32,533 throw the first stone! 775 01:06:36,933 --> 01:06:41,967 Woman, where are now your accusers? 776 01:06:42,067 --> 01:06:45,367 Did not even one of them condemn you? 777 01:06:45,467 --> 01:06:48,600 * there's no one left... 778 01:06:48,700 --> 01:06:52,567 * I don't believe it's possible... 779 01:06:52,667 --> 01:06:55,933 * they went away... 780 01:06:56,067 --> 01:07:03,233 * I really thought this was the end for me... 781 01:07:03,333 --> 01:07:05,500 * I know the law... 782 01:07:05,600 --> 01:07:14,933 * I don't deserve to live... 783 01:07:15,067 --> 01:07:18,300 * but no one condemned me... 784 01:07:18,400 --> 01:07:19,967 - Neither do I. 785 01:07:20,067 --> 01:07:22,833 Go now and sin no more. 786 01:07:24,300 --> 01:07:26,833 * who is this man... 787 01:07:26,933 --> 01:07:34,467 * how could someone like him have been so kind to me... 788 01:07:34,567 --> 01:07:38,333 * I don't deserve this mercy, but he... 789 01:07:38,433 --> 01:07:42,433 * set me free, who is he... 790 01:07:42,533 --> 01:07:48,533 * he talks about a kingdom that will never end... 791 01:07:48,633 --> 01:07:52,600 * where the smallest one will be the greatest... 792 01:07:52,700 --> 01:08:01,433 * and the last one he will be the first... 793 01:08:01,533 --> 01:08:03,500 * who is he... 794 01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:05,433 * he's just a man... 795 01:08:05,533 --> 01:08:08,733 * a dreamer fooling everyone... 796 01:08:08,833 --> 01:08:11,333 * another one... 797 01:08:11,433 --> 01:08:18,533 * proclaiming he will save us from our enemy... 798 01:08:18,633 --> 01:08:22,200 * what kind of king surrounds himself... 799 01:08:22,300 --> 01:08:24,900 * with poor and sinners... 800 01:08:25,067 --> 01:08:27,367 * who is he... 801 01:08:27,467 --> 01:08:29,733 * he's one of us... 802 01:08:29,833 --> 01:08:32,600 * stop fighting with each other sons... 803 01:08:32,700 --> 01:08:35,467 * he dreams like us... 804 01:08:35,567 --> 01:08:42,900 * about that kingdom that will never end... 805 01:08:43,067 --> 01:08:45,200 * god help us all... 806 01:08:45,300 --> 01:08:51,200 * to hold onto that faith... 807 01:08:51,300 --> 01:08:57,233 - Hear oh, Israel, the lord our god is one god! 808 01:08:57,333 --> 01:08:59,567 - You have one god, his name is Caesar. 809 01:08:59,667 --> 01:09:02,533 - Blasphemer, you blasphemer! 810 01:09:02,633 --> 01:09:07,067 Away with you! 811 01:09:07,100 --> 01:09:18,200 [Screaming] 812 01:09:18,300 --> 01:09:22,067 * don't forget your promise to us... 813 01:09:22,133 --> 01:09:25,833 * you said you will come through us, lord... 814 01:09:25,933 --> 01:09:29,467 * give to us this promised man... 815 01:09:29,567 --> 01:09:33,367 * reach to us your saving hand... 816 01:09:33,467 --> 01:09:37,067 * send to us a man of power... 817 01:09:37,167 --> 01:09:40,933 * lead us through this storm... 818 01:09:41,067 --> 01:09:48,833 * set your people free... 819 01:09:48,933 --> 01:09:57,600 * set your people free... 820 01:09:57,700 --> 01:10:04,700 [Applause] 821 01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:07,933 - Many Jews Rose up against the Roman occupation, 822 01:10:08,033 --> 01:10:11,367 dreaming and fighting for the right to live in freedom 823 01:10:11,467 --> 01:10:13,967 in their own land. 824 01:10:14,067 --> 01:10:16,600 But in the year 70 a.D., 825 01:10:16,700 --> 01:10:20,467 these hopes disappeared as the romans totally 826 01:10:20,567 --> 01:10:24,333 destroyed Jerusalem and the temple, desecrating all that 827 01:10:24,433 --> 01:10:27,967 was holy to the Jewish nation. 828 01:10:28,067 --> 01:10:31,733 From this moment on, the Jews were scattered to the four 829 01:10:31,833 --> 01:10:35,733 corners of the earth, farther and farther away from their 830 01:10:35,833 --> 01:10:44,767 beloved promised land. 831 01:11:04,367 --> 01:11:07,833 As time went by, the Jewish people absorbed many of the 832 01:11:07,933 --> 01:11:12,500 cultural elements of the lands where they settled such 833 01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:18,700 as language, music, dance and literature. 834 01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:22,067 But no matter how far they were driven away from their 835 01:11:22,100 --> 01:11:25,633 homeland, there was one thing that neither time nor 836 01:11:25,733 --> 01:11:30,967 distance, pressure nor persecution could erode; The 837 01:11:31,067 --> 01:11:36,067 eternal covenant god had made with his people. 838 01:11:36,167 --> 01:11:39,833 By keeping his commandments, the spiritual identity of the 839 01:11:39,933 --> 01:11:46,133 Jewish people was preserved through generations. 840 01:11:46,233 --> 01:11:51,333 Every Friday as the sun set, Jewish mothers all over the 841 01:11:51,433 --> 01:11:57,867 world kindled the lights celebrating the sabbath. 842 01:11:57,967 --> 01:12:04,167 London, england, the year 1290. 843 01:12:04,267 --> 01:12:06,300 - Rebecca, is the window closed? 844 01:12:06,400 --> 01:12:10,067 - Mama, why do we always need to hide? 845 01:12:10,167 --> 01:12:12,667 - My darling Rebecca, many people here in London 846 01:12:12,767 --> 01:12:15,133 don't like that we celebrate the sabbath. 847 01:12:15,233 --> 01:12:17,500 - I like the sabbath, I like when we can light 848 01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:22,467 the candles and sing. 849 01:12:31,633 --> 01:14:37,333 [Singing in Hebrew] 850 01:14:37,433 --> 01:14:43,067 - Cordoba, Spain, the year 1492. 851 01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:50,367 - Please, Jacob, don't go to the synagogue today. 852 01:14:50,467 --> 01:14:54,700 Stay with us, you know it's so dangerous. 853 01:14:54,800 --> 01:14:57,933 - But Sarah, we have to be strong in these days and hold 854 01:14:58,067 --> 01:15:02,400 onto our faith because that is all we have. 855 01:15:02,500 --> 01:15:07,367 - Jacob. 856 01:15:07,467 --> 01:15:11,133 * I am so afraid... 857 01:15:11,233 --> 01:15:14,667 * please don't let them see you pray... 858 01:15:14,767 --> 01:15:18,500 * I don't want to lose you... 859 01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:21,700 * I need you... 860 01:15:21,800 --> 01:15:24,067 * Jacob, tell me more... 861 01:15:24,167 --> 01:15:28,900 * about the god of Israel... 862 01:15:29,067 --> 01:15:35,533 * do you think he has forgotten his people... 863 01:15:35,633 --> 01:15:43,200 * do you really believe he will deliver us... 864 01:15:43,300 --> 01:15:49,467 * and that he will take us home to Israel... 865 01:15:49,567 --> 01:15:57,700 * that my eyes one day my see my Jerusalem... 866 01:15:57,800 --> 01:16:04,067 * do you believe that he remembers me... 867 01:16:04,133 --> 01:16:06,967 * you don't need to fear... 868 01:16:07,067 --> 01:16:10,633 * god is faithful to the end... 869 01:16:10,733 --> 01:16:17,233 * everything that he has promised he will do... 870 01:16:17,333 --> 01:16:20,200 * but we have been unfaithful... 871 01:16:20,300 --> 01:16:24,100 * we have turned away from him... 872 01:16:24,200 --> 01:16:30,800 * but I know our god is willing to forgive us... 873 01:16:30,900 --> 01:16:37,167 * and I really do believe he will deliver us... 874 01:16:37,267 --> 01:16:39,533 * deliver us... 875 01:16:39,633 --> 01:16:44,867 * and that he will take us home to Israel... 876 01:16:44,967 --> 01:16:52,367 * that my eyes one day may see my Jerusalem... 877 01:16:52,467 --> 01:16:58,667 * and I know for sure that he remembers you... 878 01:16:58,767 --> 01:17:06,067 * now I know for sure that he remembers you... 879 01:17:06,167 --> 01:17:09,400 - In every generation, the Jews were subject to terrible 880 01:17:09,500 --> 01:17:13,500 persecutions and were driven away from their homes. 881 01:17:13,600 --> 01:17:17,533 But throughout the centuries, the hope of the fulfillment 882 01:17:17,633 --> 01:17:20,800 of god's promises was kept alive in the hearts 883 01:17:20,900 --> 01:17:23,233 of the Jewish people. 884 01:17:23,333 --> 01:17:26,533 And every year, in celebrating the passover 885 01:17:26,633 --> 01:17:29,400 meal, they remembered how god delivered their 886 01:17:29,500 --> 01:17:33,600 forefathers out of Egypt. 887 01:17:33,700 --> 01:17:41,833 Warsaw, Poland, the year 1942. 888 01:17:41,933 --> 01:17:43,500 - Where is your father? 889 01:17:43,600 --> 01:17:45,333 He should be home by now. 890 01:17:45,433 --> 01:17:50,200 Where can he be? 891 01:17:50,300 --> 01:17:55,067 Oh, mendel, mendel, where have you been? 892 01:17:55,167 --> 01:17:56,667 I've been so worried about you. 893 01:17:56,767 --> 01:17:59,200 - Oh, Leah, why do you worry so? 894 01:17:59,300 --> 01:18:02,633 I've only been gone a short while. 895 01:18:02,733 --> 01:18:04,567 - But abba, you know it's not safe to go out 896 01:18:04,667 --> 01:18:06,500 like this anymore. 897 01:18:06,600 --> 01:18:08,533 - Haven't you heard about the klein family from 898 01:18:08,633 --> 01:18:10,633 upstairs in they've already been missing for a week, and 899 01:18:10,733 --> 01:18:12,900 today I heard they were taken in the middle of the night. 900 01:18:13,067 --> 01:18:16,367 - Hush now, let's not speak of such unpleasant things. 901 01:18:16,467 --> 01:18:21,500 You'll upset the children. 902 01:18:21,600 --> 01:18:25,333 After all, it is pesach. 903 01:18:25,433 --> 01:18:28,200 Tonight we will celebrate our freedom. 904 01:18:28,300 --> 01:18:30,800 - Freedom? What freedom? 905 01:18:30,900 --> 01:18:34,333 Here we are trapped like rats with only crumbs to eat. 906 01:18:34,433 --> 01:18:37,767 - But son, we are alive, and as long as we have 907 01:18:37,867 --> 01:18:44,533 breath in our bodies, we will give thanks. 908 01:18:44,633 --> 01:18:48,733 Children, come to the table. 909 01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:55,567 Blessed art thou oh, lord our god, king of the universe who 910 01:18:55,667 --> 01:18:59,600 has chosen us and sanctified us with his commands and with 911 01:18:59,700 --> 01:19:04,500 love has given us, oh, lord our god, sabbath days for 912 01:19:04,600 --> 01:19:09,733 rest, festivals for rejoicing, and in this season 913 01:19:09,833 --> 01:19:14,867 of unleavened bread, the season of our freedom and 914 01:19:14,967 --> 01:19:17,800 remembrance of our exodus from Egypt. 915 01:19:17,900 --> 01:19:20,333 This year, we are here. 916 01:19:20,433 --> 01:19:23,500 Next year in the land of Israel. 917 01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:25,733 This year, we are slaves. 918 01:19:25,833 --> 01:19:28,500 Next year, free men. 919 01:19:28,600 --> 01:19:30,600 - Abba, why is this night different from all 920 01:19:30,700 --> 01:19:33,367 the other nights? 921 01:19:33,467 --> 01:19:36,067 - We were slaves to pharaoh in the land of Egypt, and the 922 01:19:36,167 --> 01:19:38,367 lord our god brought us out of there. 923 01:19:38,467 --> 01:19:41,433 With a mighty hand, he delivered us from our enemies 924 01:19:41,533 --> 01:19:44,500 and brought us to the promised land. 925 01:19:44,600 --> 01:19:48,067 - Do you think he'll do the same for us? 926 01:19:48,133 --> 01:19:51,233 - He will one day. 927 01:19:51,333 --> 01:19:54,767 I know he will. 928 01:19:57,667 --> 01:20:01,400 * have you forgotten your people oh, god... 929 01:20:01,500 --> 01:20:07,133 * do you remember your promise to us... 930 01:20:07,233 --> 01:20:12,000 * we are the daughters and sons of the man... 931 01:20:12,100 --> 01:20:17,300 * whom you called Abraham... 932 01:20:17,400 --> 01:20:22,600 * lord, we have never forgotten your covenant... 933 01:20:22,700 --> 01:20:27,233 * to be your people and you be our god... 934 01:20:27,333 --> 01:20:32,500 * you promised to make a great nation of us... 935 01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:38,933 * and give us the land of Abraham... 936 01:20:39,033 --> 01:20:43,000 * have you forgotten your people oh, god... 937 01:20:43,100 --> 01:20:48,467 * do you remember your promise to us... 938 01:20:48,567 --> 01:20:53,833 * we are the daughters and sons of the man... 939 01:20:53,933 --> 01:20:59,267 * whom you called Abraham... 940 01:20:59,367 --> 01:21:04,367 * lord, we have never forgotten your covenant... 941 01:21:04,467 --> 01:21:09,367 * to be your people and you be our god... 942 01:21:09,467 --> 01:21:14,900 * you promised to make a great nation of us... 943 01:21:15,067 --> 01:21:20,633 * and give us the land of Abraham... 944 01:21:20,733 --> 01:21:22,633 [Loud banging on door] 945 01:21:22,733 --> 01:21:37,267 [Screaming and praying] 946 01:21:37,367 --> 01:22:39,333 [Distressing music] 947 01:22:49,667 --> 01:24:00,567 [Singing in Hebrew] 948 01:24:03,267 --> 01:24:08,867 - [God] Behold, oh, my people. 949 01:24:08,967 --> 01:24:12,233 I will open your graves and cause you to come up from 950 01:24:12,333 --> 01:24:17,600 them and bring you into the land of Israel. 951 01:24:17,700 --> 01:24:22,800 Then you shall know that I am the lord. 952 01:24:22,900 --> 01:24:27,067 I will take the children of Israel from among the nations 953 01:24:27,100 --> 01:24:32,167 wherever they have gone, and I will gather them from every 954 01:24:32,267 --> 01:24:38,633 side and bring them back into their own land. 955 01:24:38,733 --> 01:24:43,067 And I will make them one nation in the land on the 956 01:24:43,133 --> 01:24:46,267 mountains of Israel. 957 01:24:46,367 --> 01:24:50,400 Then people will say, this land that was desolate has 958 01:24:50,500 --> 01:24:55,233 become like the garden of Eden. 959 01:24:55,333 --> 01:25:00,067 And the nations which are left around you shall know 960 01:25:00,100 --> 01:25:04,667 that I, the lord, have rebuilt the ruined places and 961 01:25:04,767 --> 01:25:08,333 planted what was desolate. 962 01:25:08,433 --> 01:25:15,067 I, the lord, have spoken it, and I will do it, and you 963 01:25:15,100 --> 01:25:21,367 will know that I am the lord your god. 964 01:25:21,467 --> 01:25:23,900 - Abba, ema! 965 01:25:24,067 --> 01:25:27,467 - May 14th, 1948. 966 01:25:27,567 --> 01:25:33,633 David Ben gurion declares eretz, Israel was the 967 01:25:33,733 --> 01:25:37,233 birthplace of the Jewish people. 968 01:25:37,333 --> 01:25:41,300 Here, their spiritual, religious and political 969 01:25:41,400 --> 01:25:43,900 identity was shaped. 970 01:25:44,067 --> 01:25:48,267 Here, they first attained to statehood, created cultural 971 01:25:48,367 --> 01:25:52,633 values of national and universal significance and 972 01:25:52,733 --> 01:25:57,100 gave to the world the book of books. 973 01:25:57,200 --> 01:26:04,933 Accordingly, we, by the virtue of our natural and 974 01:26:05,067 --> 01:26:09,867 historic right and the strength of resolution of the 975 01:26:09,967 --> 01:26:14,900 united nations general assembly, hereby declare the 976 01:26:15,067 --> 01:26:20,067 establishment of a Jewish state in eretz, Israel to be 977 01:26:20,100 --> 01:26:25,300 known as the state of Israel. 978 01:26:25,400 --> 01:26:34,767 [Applause] 979 01:26:39,367 --> 01:28:15,333 [Singing in Hebrew] 980 01:28:15,433 --> 01:28:18,267 Hallelujah! 981 01:28:18,367 --> 01:28:28,833 [Applause] 982 01:28:28,933 --> 01:28:35,233 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 983 01:28:35,333 --> 01:28:41,800 * hallelujah, god of Israel... 984 01:28:41,900 --> 01:28:48,700 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 985 01:28:48,800 --> 01:28:56,400 * hallelujah, god of Israel... 986 01:28:56,500 --> 01:28:58,900 * trust in the lord oh, Israel... 987 01:28:59,067 --> 01:29:02,967 * he is your help and your shelter... 988 01:29:03,067 --> 01:29:06,600 * trust in the lord, oh, Israel... 989 01:29:06,700 --> 01:29:09,933 * he was and he is and forever will be... 990 01:29:10,067 --> 01:29:16,867 * the lord, oh... 991 01:29:16,967 --> 01:29:20,933 * hallelujah... 992 01:29:21,067 --> 01:29:47,767 [Applause] 993 01:29:47,867 --> 01:29:53,067 * because the lord is my Shepherd... 994 01:29:53,167 --> 01:29:58,367 * I will have no need... 995 01:29:58,467 --> 01:30:04,433 * he lets me rest in the Meadow grass... 996 01:30:04,533 --> 01:30:11,933 * and leads me beside the quiet streams... 997 01:30:12,033 --> 01:30:16,833 * he restores my failing health... 998 01:30:16,933 --> 01:30:26,667 * and helps me to do what honors him most... 999 01:30:26,767 --> 01:30:31,867 * even when I walk through the valley of death... 1000 01:30:31,967 --> 01:30:37,567 * I will not be afraid... 1001 01:30:37,667 --> 01:30:42,433 * for he walks with me... 1002 01:30:42,533 --> 01:31:11,967 * guiding me, guiding me all the way... 1003 01:31:12,067 --> 01:31:16,800 * you have welcomed me as your guest... 1004 01:31:16,900 --> 01:31:22,133 * blessings overflow... 1005 01:31:22,233 --> 01:31:27,800 * you prepare the table before me... 1006 01:31:27,900 --> 01:31:36,067 * in the presence of my enemies... 1007 01:31:36,133 --> 01:31:40,933 * only goodness and mercy... 1008 01:31:41,067 --> 01:31:49,367 * shall follow me all the days of my life... 1009 01:31:49,467 --> 01:31:56,067 * even when I walk through the valley of death... 1010 01:31:56,167 --> 01:32:01,333 * I will not be afraid... 1011 01:32:01,433 --> 01:32:04,633 * for you walk with me... 1012 01:32:04,733 --> 01:32:13,367 * guiding me, guiding me, all the way... 1013 01:32:13,467 --> 01:32:18,400 * even when I walk through the valley of death... 1014 01:32:18,500 --> 01:32:26,900 * I will not be afraid... 1015 01:32:27,067 --> 01:32:30,967 * for you are there with me guiding me, guiding me... 1016 01:32:31,067 --> 01:32:36,733 * all the way... 1017 01:32:36,833 --> 01:32:41,300 * even when I walk through the valley of death... 1018 01:32:41,400 --> 01:32:46,900 * I will not be afraid... 1019 01:32:47,067 --> 01:32:49,900 * for you walk there with me... 1020 01:32:50,067 --> 01:33:04,933 * guiding me, guiding me all the way... 1021 01:33:05,067 --> 01:33:14,833 [Applause] 1022 01:33:14,933 --> 01:33:21,633 - Abraham, look now toward heaven and count the stars, 1023 01:33:21,733 --> 01:33:24,667 if you are able to number them. 1024 01:33:24,767 --> 01:33:27,833 So shall your descendants be. 1025 01:33:27,933 --> 01:33:33,533 Lift up your eyes and see for your sons and daughters are 1026 01:33:33,633 --> 01:33:36,867 coming home to you from distant lands. 1027 01:33:36,967 --> 01:33:41,600 Your eyes will shine with joy, and your hearts will be 1028 01:33:41,700 --> 01:33:44,067 filled with gladness. 1029 01:33:44,133 --> 01:33:47,833 And I will establish my covenant between me and you 1030 01:33:47,933 --> 01:33:52,767 and your descendants for an everlasting covenant, to be 1031 01:33:52,867 --> 01:33:57,200 your god, and you my people. 1032 01:33:57,300 --> 01:34:02,167 And I will give you and your descendants after you all the 1033 01:34:02,267 --> 01:34:06,567 land of canaan as an everlasting possession, 1034 01:34:06,667 --> 01:34:14,833 and I will be their god. 1035 01:34:16,500 --> 01:34:22,667 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 1036 01:34:22,767 --> 01:34:30,633 * hallelujah, lord of Israel... 1037 01:34:30,733 --> 01:34:38,433 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 1038 01:34:38,533 --> 01:34:47,933 * hallelujah, lord of Israel... 1039 01:34:48,067 --> 01:34:55,667 * we are the descendants of your servant Abraham... 1040 01:34:55,767 --> 01:34:59,200 * you have gathered us again... 1041 01:34:59,300 --> 01:35:03,200 * and you brought us to this land... 1042 01:35:03,300 --> 01:35:10,233 * the fulfillment of your promise has begun... 1043 01:35:10,333 --> 01:35:12,567 * we came back from all nations... 1044 01:35:12,667 --> 01:35:14,800 * as you promised in your word... 1045 01:35:14,900 --> 01:35:18,767 * we can clearly see your hand... 1046 01:35:18,867 --> 01:35:21,867 * now complete what you have planned... 1047 01:35:21,967 --> 01:35:32,400 * so the world will know that only you are god... 1048 01:35:32,500 --> 01:35:39,067 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 1049 01:35:39,100 --> 01:35:48,600 * hallelujah, god of Israel... 1050 01:35:48,700 --> 01:35:53,100 * we have never forgotten your covenant... 1051 01:35:53,200 --> 01:35:57,267 * to be your people and you be our god... 1052 01:35:57,367 --> 01:36:05,700 * you are our god, god of Israel... 1053 01:36:05,800 --> 01:36:07,867 * renew with us your covenant... 1054 01:36:07,967 --> 01:36:10,933 * fulfill your promise, god... 1055 01:36:11,067 --> 01:36:14,300 * pour your spirit over us... 1056 01:36:14,400 --> 01:36:17,633 * take away our hearts of stone... 1057 01:36:17,733 --> 01:36:21,567 * so that we can be your people... 1058 01:36:21,667 --> 01:36:24,667 * you are god... 1059 01:36:24,767 --> 01:36:27,400 * make Jerusalem a place... 1060 01:36:27,500 --> 01:36:30,900 * shining brightly with your grace... 1061 01:36:31,067 --> 01:36:33,600 * when your peace goes out from here... 1062 01:36:33,700 --> 01:36:37,067 * then your kingdom will appear... 1063 01:36:37,100 --> 01:36:39,900 * not for our sake... 1064 01:36:40,067 --> 01:36:47,067 * but for your holy name... 1065 01:36:47,100 --> 01:36:53,700 * hallelujah, hallelujah... 1066 01:36:53,800 --> 01:37:01,600 * hallelujah, god of Israel... 1067 01:37:01,700 --> 01:37:04,667 * god of Israel... 1068 01:37:04,767 --> 01:37:13,400 * hallelujah... 1069 01:37:13,500 --> 01:37:20,700 * god of Israel... 1070 01:37:20,800 --> 01:37:31,667 * god of Israel... 1071 01:37:31,767 --> 01:37:48,200 [Applause] 1072 01:37:48,300 --> 01:38:55,467 * [music]