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Understanding the Roedelheim Part 1

Admin June 29, 2017

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I recently encountered an article by the late Jonah Frankel, an authority on piyut who is known for editing some volumes of the “Goldschmidt Machzor”. The article was written over a decade ago on the occasion of 200 years since the publishing of the Heidenheim siddur. The article points out the lack of attention scholars […]

The Songbook Project

Admin June 29, 2017

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Once upon a choir rehearsal there was an initiative taken to record everything in the vloumous songbook of the KAJ choir. I plan on posting from these recordings regularly. Here is one whole Shabbos morning set with Chazan David Kenner. Enjoy

Rav Hirsch. The Question

Admin March 8, 2018

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Please watch until the very end…surprise ending asks all the tough questions. Don’t worry, my heart is in the right places. Please don’t vent in the comment section. The internet is large enough to vent elsewhere…

Rav Schwab and Mr. Harry Levi at Dinner 1985

Admin June 21, 2017

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The German Jewish Wedding Jester

Admin February 26, 2018

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In the much celebrated painting of Moritz Oppenheim of the Jewish wedding a jester appears on the steps of the synagogue. The chuppah is performed in the courtyard of the synagogue. Affixed to a wall of that courtyard is a tablet with a Magen David (six-cornered star) and some Hebrew writing. I was once told […]

Third-Wave Revival of Aschkenaz

Admin April 2, 2024

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This post is long in the making like most things I plan to do – that quickly become victims of procrastination. Things just hit a peak so I am sitting down to write this at a school bball game. A renewed interest in Minhag Aschkenaz is emerging in the broader Jewish communities and Yekkes outside […]

My Rebbe!

Admin August 14, 2017

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A personal tribute to an influential teacher in our school, expressing in my own way some of what needed to be said upon his recent passing. The music is “Velvet” by “The 8th Day”, a song they wrote in tribute to their teacher.

Three Hours; Our Way in Meat and Milk

Admin August 11, 2017

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When I was a young Yeshiva student and beginning to learn Torah earnestly, a friend of mine approached me and showed me something devastating in a sefer. The book was quoting the words of the Sifsei Kohen (or “The Shach”, 1621-1662) in Yoreh Deah (91) that states “one must wait 6 hours after eating meat […]

Shaare Hatikvah Part 2

Admin July 7, 2017

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Rev. Walter Hes passed away this last year at the age of 101. He and our beloved Mr. Hellmann o.b.m might have been the last two remaining alumni of the famed Wurzburg Seminary. This video tells the story of the students who dreamed of becoming “lehrer” and the lives they built on these shores.

Songbook Project Part 2

Admin July 2, 2017

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Once upon the late-eighties there was an initiative to record the regular songs of the typical shul repertoire (as opposed to “concert pieces” already recorded. Here is an entire Yomim Noraim or Yizkor day morning with Chazan Robert Frankel!

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