PIRSUM RISHON* Kotzk • Moshe Yess sings Baruch Chait

It may not be pretty, but it is gorgeous nonethelesser.

As the man himself might have sung: "I may not be as sweet as you, but there's something you should know is true... every Moshe Yess performance has Moshe Yess's feeling too."

G-d bless the man, the music and the message. G-d bless you too.



Thank you, thank you, thank you YR for unearthing this otherworldly experience.

*As far as I could Google.

U'vedivrei Kodshecha - Moshe Koussevitzky

Re-post:

This is one of the first pieces I learned from my brother when I was a little boy (SIGH), he changed the ending to fit the Lubavitch nusach so I only knew his warped version, but it's still a wonderful piece.

AVI, you will love the music at about 1:44.

Composer of 'Ani Maamin' Dies

From: http://www.israelnationalnews.com   |    By Gil Ronen

Moti Parnas composed popular melody to piyyut by Rambam.

Moti Parnas, who composed the extremely popular melody to "Ani Maamin," the piyyut by the Rambam (Maimonides), has died, according to a relative, Chanie Luz.

Luz said Monday that Parnas was in his mid-60s, and that he had been suffering from a degenerative disease.

This is a link to version of the song, as it appeared in a record by Pirchei Agudas Yisrael from 1969: "From what I know about him, he was one of the first composers and instrumentalists in the hassidic musical revolution in the 60s," wrote Luz in her Facebook page. "He played in the first orchestra made up of hassidic yeshiva students, Negina, and composed the music to Ani Maamin and Pitchu Li Shaarei Tzedek, among other tunes, which virtually all religious people know."

The song is often sung at all kinds of ceremonies – including military ones, as can be seen in the video below.

Freely translated, the words mean: "I believe with a complete faith in the coming of the Messiah, and even though he is running late, nonetheless, I will wait for him, every single day."

Welcome to Shir Shel Yemei Sefira!

Why is this year different from all other years?
In all other years, we posted songs with lenience to the left. This year, we sit upright.

Climb with me brothers, sisters and people I may never meet. Today is Discipline of Discipline—Gevurah shebeGevurah—perhaps meaning the ability to tame the urge to constantly tame urges.

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Machrozet Shabbat • The Revivo Project

What joy, passion, life and love!!! And what an awesome hookah-smoking cow-yingel off the top right corner!
via Shmuel, via Gruntig.




Good Shabbos, good yom tov. Please enjoy a fulfilling time ingesting the humility needed to rise higher, higher, higher in truth. I will not likely post until after Pesach, so Peretz and Shmuel the world is your canvas. Rock and roll, chevra!

Boruch Hoo • Michoel Streicher

Michoel Whom-again? He had some interesting tunes as far as J-pop-wow! music is unconcerned. I think the greatest takeaway from this post is that the tag "Michoel Streicher" already exists. (And funny that my thoughts then are apparently my thoughts now.)

Our Bar Mitzvah Day • Aidan & Dotan

It's TTT! Zero offense meant to the young men performing what has been prepared and promoted for them.

Fifer/Yankel • Monday Matchup

A young boy grows into an old fool. What eventually happens? How do his parents react? And what does this come to show? This Monday-matchup is your invitation to felafesize on the topic.

Moshe Yess - "Rabbi Yitzchak Levi Fifer" - (Album: Shabbos on my mind)



Abie Rotenberg - "Yankel" - (Album: Journeys II)

Niggun Lecha Dodi • Moshe Yess

The recording is called Shabbos on My Mind; 12 tracks in all, two about Shabbos ("If I would have the might" and "Shabbos on my mind") and this, the final of the album that says without saying a thing, You know that I've got Shabbos on my mind.

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Lecha anu shira • Choni Grunblatt

Self-composed, a bissele opera, eh? Pretty good meaning/expression alignment.

Am Ha'aretz • Laible ben Moshe

Yerushalayim • Abie Rotenberg

It's Monday Match-up!

The idea generally, is two singers or songs with similar lyrical content that you may compare using any metric you desire. This match-up in particular pits two different channels of the same singer with similar lyrical content. What do you think of each and why?

Abie Rotenberg and Journeys.



Abie Rotenberg and Shlomo Simcha.


May we sing these and many more, right away, in Yerushalayim eternally!

The Wagoneer • Dovid Negin (Yess Legacy)

The good thing about a world-class lyricist is that no matter how the performer performs, the soul will always come through in the poetry. This is from the Yess Legacy; I don't remember hearing it on any recordings but do remember Moshe Yess performing it in summer camp, circa 1995.

Good Shabbos!

Little Kite • Journeys II

What is Journeys? Journeys is a collection of songs that are not afraid to ask questions out loud. Little Kite is the philosophy behind this confidence. Someone once said: If you think G-d is made up, it's because you think you could make Him up.

Alright, let's do this! • Poll ends tonight

Dear Friends, Fans and Followers,

 

A popular Jewish organization is preparing a tribute to Avraham Fried's 30 years of performing. The content director is soliciting thoughts from fans on their personal favorite songs. Let's offer the ShirShelYom collective mind on the topic, shall we?

See the poll to the right for a start. Click the "Fried" label down the right margin for more ideas. See this list of recordings for bonus thinking. Put your reflections in the comments, including your reason for choosing a given title. Poll ends this evening.

Good luck and good thinking!
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