| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | When Is the Jew in Paradise? | | By Joseph Leiser |
| | | WHEN is the Jew in Paradise, | |
| Unchained from want and care; | |
| When joy wings word of happiness | |
| And peace perfumes the air? | |
| When is the hour his heart is light | 5 |
| And slow he is to grieve? | |
| The Jew has but one Paradise, | |
| And that is Friday eve. | |
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| A noble queen, she comes to bless | |
| And bear his cares away. | 10 |
| To every home this Princess comes | |
| And sanctifies the day. | |
| The rich and poor, both old and young, | |
| With gratitude receive | |
| The Sabbath Princess of the Jew, | 15 |
| Their guest of Friday eve. | |
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| Who sees her face, Shekinah-like, | |
| He lives a hundred years; | |
| His children’s children bless her name | |
| And all that she endears; | 20 |
| Her sacred, silent footsteps pass | |
| Through every heart and leave | |
| A thousand blessings for the joy | |
| She gives on Friday eve. | | | | |
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