“And the words from Yirmiyahu, ‘Yesh tikvah la’achariseich, neum Hashem, v’shavu banim ligvulam’ really stood out for me.”For there is hope, and your children shall return to their land. But as an adult, I explore the words of the tefillah and see how the words of V’chol Ma’aminim echo the feelings I experienced as a child. In those far-off days, I would dutifully recite the words, and make an effort at the suitable kavanah. But in truth, the words remained mere words. So it is with the classic, “Al tashlicheinu.” The words uttered by a youngster are the same as those uttered by an old man: the same words, the same rhythm, the same pleading.