Ari Lesser - Elul - The King Is In The Field

The King is in the Field Ari Lesser 10 Av 5777 The King is in the field, the King is in the field His Thirteen Attributes of Mercy are now revealed The King is in the field, the King is in the field Ask him for forgiveness, and you surely shall be healed The King is in the field, the King is in the field Make a request this is the best time for your appeal The King is in the field, the King is in the field Communicate with Him, don’t wait until your fate is sealed I am for my beloved and my beloved is for me Or as we say in Hebrew, Ani l’dodi v’dodi li If you take the first letters of these four words they can be read Just like the month of Elul, Aleph, Lamed, Vav Lamed Now when we show G-d our love it’s “Ani l’dodi And when G-d reveals His love for us it is “V’dodi li” That’s why in Elul, here below we can arose G-d’s love And G-d also bestows upon us His love from above Chorus When the King comes home from travelling far and wide His people, they go out to greet him in the countryside They all have equal access each man, woman, and child And he receives them face to face, warmly, with a smile They follow him back through the city, to the palace gate But unless they have permission that’s where they must wait His throne room may only be entered by a choosen few So you’d better greet the King when He’s accessible to you Chorus The month of Elul is considered and auspicious time For mankind to refine itself, before the year’s deadline G-d shines forth his thirteen attributes of mercy Which empower us to ask forgiveness from the Almighty So in this month, which proceeds Tishrei, we need To focus on the year that past, reflect upon our deeds Atone for our mistakes, meditate on what we’ve done And then make the proper changes for the year to come