(She joins a group of students on their way
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to a Yeshiva in Bechv where she is tested
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by the Rabbi. He is impressed with Yentl's
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knowledge and admits "him" as a student.)
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There are moments you remember all your life.
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There are moments you wait for ans1 dream,
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Of all your life.
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This is one of those moments.
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I will always remember this chair,
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that window, the way the light streams in.
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The clothes I'm wearing,
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The words I'm heating,
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The face I'm seeing,
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The feeling I'm feeling,
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The smell, the sounds, will be written
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On my mind, will be written in my heart
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As long as I live!
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I can, travel the past and take what I need
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To see me through the years
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What my father learned and his
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Father before him will be there
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For my eyes and ears.
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I can walk through the forests
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Of the trees of knowledge
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And listen to the lessons of the leaves.
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I can enter rooms
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Were there are rooms within rooms
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Wrapped in the shawl that learning weaves.
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I remember, Papa-everything you taught me
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What you gave me, Papa-
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Look at what it's brought me
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There are certain things that once you have
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No man can take away-
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No wave can wash away-
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No wind can blow away-
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And now they're about to be mine!
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No tide can turn away-
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No fire can burn away-
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No time can wear away...
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I can open doors and take from the shelves
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All the books I've longed to hold
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I can ask all the questions,
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The whys and the wheres
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As the mysteries of life unfold
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Like a link in a chain
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From the past to the future
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That joins me with the children yet to be,
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I can now be a part
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Of the ongoing stream,
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That has always been a part of me!
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There are certain things that once you have
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No man can rake away-
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No wave can wash away-
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No wind can blow away-
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No tide can turn away-
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No fire can burn away-
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No time can wear away-
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And now they're about to be mine!
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There are moments you remember all your life.
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There are moments you wait for
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And dream, of all your life.
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This is one of those moments!
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This Is One Of Those Moments
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| Barbra Streisand |
