Rabbi Debra Orenstein – Rabbi Debra.com Let It Go – Idina Menzel Version – Idina/Esther Waiting for Achashverosh to Point His Scepter The snow glows white on the mountain tonight The light shines bright on a gallows tonight Not a footprint to be seen Not a Hebrew to be seen A kingdom of isolation, A kingdom of isolation, And it looks like I’m the Queen And it looks like I’m the Queen The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside The clock is ticking like my beating heart inside Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried Purim day is near, have to stem the tide Don’t let them in, don’t let them see Don’t let them in, don’t let them see Be the good girl you always have to be Be the good girl you always had to be Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know Well, now they know Well, now they know Let it go, let it go Let us go, let us go Can’t hold it back anymore Can’t frighten us anymore Let it go, let it go Let us go, let us go Turn away and slam the door I’m a Jew – choose whom you’re for I don’t care I don’t care What they’re going to say What they’re going to say Let the storm rage on Let the war rage on The cold never bothered me anyway I’m living my life as a Jew today It’s funny how some distance It’s funny how my journey Makes everything seem small Has been guided after all And the fears that once controlled me And the fears that once controlled me Can’t get to me at all Can’t keep me from my call It’s time to see what I can do It’s time to see what I can do To test the limits and break through To test the limits and break through No right, no wrong, no rules for me There’s right, there’s wrong, God’s rules help me I’m free Be free Let it go, let it go Let it go, let it go I am one with the wind and sky I am one with Mordecai Let it go, let it go Let it go, let it go You’ll never see me cry Dah-vid melech chai Here I stand Here I stand And here I'll stay And here I'll stay Let the storm rage on Scepter, point my way My power flurries through the air into the ground My power comes from Elohim and not the crown My soul is spiraling My life is yours to take in frozen fractals all around my soul’s eternal and unbound And one thought crystallizes like an icy blast And one thought crystallizes like a solid stone I’m never going back, I’m never hiding from The past is in the past The Jews who are my own Let it go, let it go Let us go, let us go Let me rise up like the dawn Let us wake up to the dawn Let it go, let it go Spare our lives, let us go That perfect girl is gone That Beauty Queen is gone.

Here I stand Here I stand In the light of day In the Court to say Let the storm rage on, Let Hah-mahn rage on The cold never bothered me anyway. Bullies never bothered me anyway. Let It Go – Demi Lovato Version – Demi/Esther Waiting for Achashverosh to Point His Scepter

Let it go, let it go Let us go, let us go Can’t hold it back anymore Can’t frighten us anymore Let it go, let it go Let us go, let us go Turn my back and slam the door I’m a Jew – choose whom you’re for The snow glows white on the mountain tonight The light shines bright on a gallows tonight Not a footprint to be seen Not a Hebrew to be seen A kingdom of isolation, A kingdom of isolation, And it looks like I’m the Queen. And it looks like I’m the Queen. The wind is howling like this swirling storm inside The clock is ticking like my beating heart inside Couldn’t keep it in, heaven knows I tried Purim day is near, have to stem the tide Don’t let them in, don’t let them see Don’t let them in, don’t let them see Be the good girl you always have to be Be the good girl you always had to be Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know Conceal, don’t feel, don’t let them know Well, now they know Well, now they know Let it go, let it go… Let us go, let us go… Here I stand I’ll take a stand. And here I’ll stay Please fast and pray. Let it go, let it go Let it go, let it go The cold never bothered me anyway If only the scepter would point my way It’s funny how some distance It’s funny how my journey Makes everything seem small Has been guided after all And the fears that once controlled me And the fears that once controlled me Can’t get to me at all Can’t keep me from my call Up here in the cold thin air Out there in the cold night air I finally can breathe. on a noose - you cannot breathe. I know I left a life behind I’m leaving all the lies behind. but I’m too relieved to grieve. I may swing, but won’t deceive. Let it go, let it go… Let us go, let us go… Here I stand… I’ll take a stand… Standing frozen in the life I’ve chosen Was I - placed here - in the royal throne room? You won’t find me, the past is so behind me If I just hide, I seal my people’s doom Buried in the snow Haman runs the show Let it go, let it go… Let us go, let us go… Here I stand… I’ll take a stand…

Na, na, na, na. Let it go.

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