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Peacocking over Tz'fat

Like a peacock on a roof,

I’m a wonder with height

American-Jew on Mt. Harmon.

My tallis are bright feathers

My tefillin, my beak.

In Israel they are me.

Why do I feel different in the Land?

Like a peacock on a roof,

I’m curiously at home.

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