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Kiddush Friday Night (The other one)

Kiddush Friday Night (The other one)

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This was Chazan Frankel’s signature kiddush (composed by Cantor Abraham Katz of Amsterdam). On one of my other channels I have this as sung by a young budding Chazan in Erets. I took the performance and had the organ added by my friend Yehoshua Solomon (who is available for simchas…) and voila. Enjoy before the
Our Way in Tora im Derech Eretz

Our Way in Tora im Derech Eretz

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This video, third in a series, gives the history of Tora learning and pursuit of career in the community over 150 years. It also has alot of 80s tidbits- because, if you haven’t realized, I am stuck there. Finally, it adresses the comment of YGB in the previous video about the kehila and TIDE. In
Hirsch Part 2; The Ideas

Hirsch Part 2; The Ideas

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Three thinkers within the Orthodox community speak to Hirschian ideas in America today. Rabbi Dr. Moshe Miller whose doctoral thesis was on Rav Hirsch and is a professor of Judaic Stuudies at Touro College and teaches a course at Lander College for Women about R. Hirsch, Dr. Yitzchok Levine who writes on American-Jewish history for
Shaarei Hatikvah Part 4. A Chanukah Miracle

Shaarei Hatikvah Part 4. A Chanukah Miracle

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An emotional look at a shul that has meant so much to so many people and its will to continue. We have discussed the history of this institution in three parts, and in this final installment we see it through to this very day. Discusses Rabbi Avraham Gross ZtL, and the shul today under the
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Rav Hirsch. The Question

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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…
Sharei Hatikvah Part 3

Sharei Hatikvah Part 3

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From its heyday in the 50s and 60s until it took on a new role as the last of its kind. Tribute to Rabbi Abraham Krauss. Opening music by Seymour Silbermintz off a rare recording. /closing song:::: MIPAS Celtic Field – Patrick Smith, BMI. Some footage at the end lifted from the film “we were
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My Rebbe!

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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.
Shaare Hatikvah Part 2

Shaare Hatikvah Part 2

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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.
Rav Schwab and Mr. Harry Levi at Dinner 1985

Rav Schwab and Mr. Harry Levi at Dinner 1985

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Judische Eigenarte (Frankfurt Grammen)

Judische Eigenarte (Frankfurt Grammen)

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Halleluka Lewandowski (Corrected)

Halleluka Lewandowski (Corrected)

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For our community this piece tops anything ever written by anyone named “Handel”. And while this piece can be found many places online, we will always prefer it “our way”.
Burning the Chometz

Burning the Chometz

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Early Kajmo Torah Dedication

Early Kajmo Torah Dedication

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A few clips and then a speech. Some familiar Heights and Monsey faces here. Some of the video filmed by Mr. Fred Prince a’H.
Community History Intro

Community History Intro

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Studying the history of our community means knowing it from its earliest days. From Its North to its South. The places we’ve come from and the places we’ve moved to. Our shuls our culture and our shared history. It means coming 2gether and talking. New Series. Breuers 2gether.
Rav Schwab Ztl. Montage

Rav Schwab Ztl. Montage

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Sukkos/Hakafos

Sukkos/Hakafos

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Rav Gelley 1996 remembers R. Schwab

Rav Gelley 1996 remembers R. Schwab

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The Dinner is Here 2017

The Dinner is Here 2017

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Cong. Shaarei Hatikva. Part 1

Cong. Shaarei Hatikva. Part 1

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Here is a long-awaited beginning to what I hope will be a fruitful journey to the four corners of the neighborhood and to the various German kehillos they produced. Here we learn about the first Rav of Sharei Hatikvah and his previous position in Wurzburg. The project sent me down the path of learning about
Shachris 1974

Shachris 1974

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  From home movies of the day I entered Brith Avraham Avinu.
Zachary

Zachor

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From the four-part series on the “Daled Parshiyos”.
Yom Teruah Vlog

Yom Teruah Vlog

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Words of Rav Hirsch set to my own thoughts.  
Vlog 1. -Matbea shel aish-

Vlog 1. -Matbea shel aish-

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Parshas Shekalim

Parshas Shekalim

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Parshas Hachodesh

Parshas Hachodesh

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Parah and Piyutim

Parah and Piyutim

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Published on Apr 1, 2016 With the author of Shivchei Yeshurun – Rabbi Dovid Roth. A brief excursion through the background of this week’s additions to the Tefilos interspersed with the words of praise themselves. Important: I follow the Rabbinate of this Kehilla in psak and have a strong affiliation to its hashkafos. The nuances
Korbanos Vlog Vayikra/Pesach

Korbanos Vlog Vayikra/Pesach

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Published on Apr 19, 2016 Touches on korbanos and how we can relate to them.Articles mentioned are: 1) http://rabbisblog.brsonline.org/pleas… 2) http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/of-cou…
Taisi Psalm 119

Taisi Psalm 119

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Service

Service

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Piyut Shnei Zeisim Chanukah

Piyut Shnei Zeisim Chanukah

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A brief talk about the piyut by Rabbi Dovid Roth author of Shivchei Yeshurun spliced in with its incantation by Benno Weis aH- in the Frankfurt tradition. A British nusach is featured on KAYJ. A short and meaningful article was used in preparation found here: http://www.kayj.net/en/forum/minhogim…
Tribute to the Photographer

Tribute to the Photographer

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As Pesach cleaning and computer issues clog my schedule, I present here a tribute I made for another channel to K’vod Avi Morie Shlita – the owner of these precious archives. Please like.
The Chanukah Legacy

The Chanukah Legacy

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Although I am personally a fan of all our chazzonim, the late, beloved Ch. Frankel has become the icon of the candle lighting in our Shul. It is at this time of the year that we think of him as we behold the Menorah he faced in service for so many decades. Some of the

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Chupah KAJ ’86

Chupah KAJ ’86

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There must be many people in possession of a video like this one. Here is vintage choir with some old faces. Seen here is Mr. Bernard Stone  a’h a beloved choir baritone of yore. In the future I hope to post a chupah with our Chazonim as well.
Breslauer 50th Part 2

Breslauer 50th Part 2

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Rav Breuer – A Loving Tribute

Rav Breuer – A Loving Tribute

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Distributed at the Dinner of 1999. Fox Video Productions, with permission of Steve Fox.
Shachris 1974

Shachris 1974

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  From home movies of the day I entered Brith Avraham Avinu.
The Answer

The Answer

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Yom Teruah Vlog

Yom Teruah Vlog

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Words of Rav Hirsch set to my own thoughts.  
Hirsch Hakafos

Hirsch Hakafos

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Melaveh Malkah ’60s

Melaveh Malkah ’60s

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Mi Adir Speech

Mi Adir Speech

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Breuers 1974

Breuers 1974

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This is the flagship video of the collection. This film was produced by Manny Meyer Studios for the 1974 Breuer’s dinner- long before “videos” were shown at dinners. The film was converted to 1/2 inch tape for large screen thetre mode.. Narration by Mr. Jacob Breuer a’h. Original rare footage of the Shul in Frankfurt
Parah and Piyutim

Parah and Piyutim

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Published on Apr 1, 2016 With the author of Shivchei Yeshurun – Rabbi Dovid Roth. A brief excursion through the background of this week’s additions to the Tefilos interspersed with the words of praise themselves. Important: I follow the Rabbinate of this Kehilla in psak and have a strong affiliation to its hashkafos. The nuances

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Kashrus Stories Part 3

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Here is a story about a local kashrus scandal that did not involve the fault of any local people, but began at the slaughter house. It was told to me by the then supervisor of shechita Rabbi N. Bernstein. My father added the details at the end of the account. There were strict controls over
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Kashrus Stories Part 2

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A woman in the community once told me this story: As you may know there was a time when we ate leafy green vegetables and the like in the United States without checking for insects. It is not because we were not as stringent then, but because the pesticides did a near perfect job. With
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Some Kashrus Stories. Part 1

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I was shopping in Shoprite today, where all the chicken is from Empire. I took a minute to examine the packaging and confirm that there is someone out there who prefers the novice (first time giving to shechita I think) to KAJ in hashgocho. Of course, Chasidim might. But which Chasid is buying Empire chickens, which
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Rav Schwab’s Battles, Part 1

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This past week was the Agudah – virtual-  convention. In my adolescence I remember that the convention had a polemical side to it . There were barbs launched at Modern Orthodox leaders- sometimes in response to barbs launched from that community. Rav Gifter would get up and speak to the importance of Bnei Torah and the growth of
Kiddush Friday Night (The other one)

Darcei Noam. Refinement in Halacha

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In a post in my lesser touted, more personal blog space, I noted that my late father disliked it when people smacked their Hoshanos against the floor with force or even anger. It is a mystical minhag of the nevi’im and since its meaning is sublime why would you do it angrily?  He would say that this shows people’s
Evening shofar – MMA luach 5781

Minority Minhagim (Elul and High Holiday)

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Rav Schwab ZtL used to say that since we are in the minority vis a vis other communities, we tend to assimilate to their minhagim. Recently I encountered a few circumstances in which our minhagim have escaped recognition. An article in a Queens, NY paper mentioned blowing shofar twice a day in Elul as an
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Rav Hirsch’s Birthday; An Afterthought

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  Was it appropriate to celebrate the birthday of a deceased ” gadol b’yisrael”? In the Orthodox world of today an event such as the shalosh seudos of 2008 can only be found among the Lubavich tzibur. No one else refers to the birthday of a deceased individual as a milestone. King Solomon placed the
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Rav Hirsch’s Birthday. Part III

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  We previously talked about the area where TO and TIDE would be competing for the same mind.  We need to re-examine the idea that TIDE would be less adamant about telling the individual to sanctify his talents to the study of the Torah. This has been done before by Rav Schwab z”l  who wrote

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