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Belz Hasidic Dynasty
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The Seer of Lublin - the Lengthy Lawsuit
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Hasidic Judaism | Wikipedia audio article
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R Tzadok Intro
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published: 04 Jan 2016
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The Mozhitzer Rebbeh, Harav Chaim Shaul Taub, singing at the engagement of Tali & Yechiel Hertz
The Modzhitz Hasidic Dynasty is unique in that its leaders emphasized the centrality of music and melody in religious expression. Its founder, Yecḥezkel ben Tzvi Hirsh Taub, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, became a rebbe in Kuzmir, Poland in 1827 and grew famous for the many Hasidic melodies he composed. His son, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Taub, was rebbe in Zvolin. It was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu’s son Yisrael who moved to the town of Modzhitz and became the first Grand Rabbi of the Modzhitz Dynasty. He, too, was an acclaimed composer of Hasidic melodies. Rabbi Yisrael was succeeded by his son, Grand Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Elazar Taub (1886–1947), known as the Imrei Shaul for his most important book. Rabbi Shaul Yedidia managed to escape the Nazi onslaught in 1939 and, via Lithuania, Russia and Japa...
published: 18 Aug 2020
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Rabbi Benzion Shenker Z"L - Akavyo
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio perfo...
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Elie Wiesel: In Hasidism - The Wonders of Rabbi Yisrael of Kozhenitz
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Elie Wiesel: In Hasidism - Zanz and Sadigor | 92nd Street Y Elie Wiesel Archive
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Rabbi Benzion Shenker Z"L - Mizmor Ledovid Concert Tel Aviv 1971
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio perfo...
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Elie Wiesel: In Hasidism: Reb Mendel of Riminov | 92nd Street Y Elie Wiesel Archive
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Lag Beomer tish of Nikolsburger Rebbe
Lag BeOmer tish in Nikolsburg, 5768 - 2008 in the Nikolsburg Shul in Monsey, NY. ניקלשבורג
Shmelke of Nikolsburg
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Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Halevi of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. He was the oldest son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Chortkiv. He traced his lineage back directly to the prophet Samuel who was also a Levite. In their early years, Shmelke and his brother Pinchas - who would also become a famous rabbi - studied Torah together for a long time. After traveling to Mezritch and meeting the great chasidic master Rabbi Dov Ber the Maggid, they became his ardent followers.
After serving as rabbi in Ritchval and Shinive, Shmelke was invited, ...
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Yaakov W. & Moshe Avigdor, music for the Biale Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Melava Malka
June 22, 2019, Five Towns.
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On the guitars: Reb Yaakov and Moshe Avigdor.
The Jewish Community of Five Towns welcomes the famed Tzaddik the Biale Rebbe.
World renowned for his inspiration, wisdom, advice and blessings.
The Biala (Biała Podlaska) dynasty is part of the Prshiskhe dynasty whose first rebbe was Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok (the Holy Jew) of Prshiskhe, a disciple of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin (the Seer "Choze" of Lublin). The Seer was a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, who was a disciple of Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch (the Maggid of Mezritch), the leading disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
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Rabbi Benzion Shenker Z"L - Mizmor Shir Concert Tel Aviv 1971
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio perfo...
published: 11 Nov 2022
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Belz Hasidic Dynasty
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The Seer of Lublin - the Lengthy Lawsuit
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Hasidic Judaism | Wikipedia audio article
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Hasidic Judaism
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Hasidic Judaism
Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written
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SUMMARY
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Hasidism, sometimes Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: חסידות, translit. hasidut, [χaˈsidus]; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group. It arose as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox ("Haredi") Judaism, and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews, so much so that many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism.
Hasidic thought draws heavily on Lurianic Kabbalah, and, to an extent, is a popularization of it. Teachings emphasize God's immanence in the universe, the need to cleave and be one with Him at all times, the devotional aspect of religious practice, and the spiritual dimension of corporeality and mundane acts. Hasidim, the adherents of Hasidism, are organized in independent sects known as "courts" or dynasties, each headed by its own hereditary leader, a Rebbe. Reverence and submission to the Rebbe are key tenets, as he is considered a spiritual authority with whom the follower must bond to gain closeness to God. The various "courts" share basic convictions, but operate apart, and possess unique traits and customs. Affiliation is often retained in families for generations, and being Hasidic is as much a sociological factor – entailing, as it does, birth into a specific community and allegiance to a dynasty of Rebbes – as it is a purely religious one. There are several "courts" with many thousands of member households each, and hundreds of smaller ones. As of 2016, there were over 130,000 Hasidic households worldwide, about 5% of the global Jewish population.
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Hasidism, sometimes Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: חסידות, translit. hasidut, [χaˈsidus]; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group. It arose as a spiritual revival movement in contemporary Western Ukraine during the 18th century, and spread rapidly throughout Eastern Europe. Today, most affiliates reside in Israel and the United States. Israel Ben Eliezer, the "Baal Shem Tov", is regarded as its founding father, and his disciples developed and disseminated it. Present-day Hasidism is a sub-group within Ultra-Orthodox ("Haredi") Judaism, and is noted for its religious conservatism and social seclusion. Its members adhere closely both to Orthodox Jewish practice – with the movement's own unique emphases – and the traditions of Eastern European Jews, so much so that many of the latter, including various special styles of dress and the use of the Yiddish language, are nowadays associated almost exclusively with Hasidism.
Hasidic thought draws heavily on Lurianic Kabbalah, and, to an extent, is a popularization of it. Teachings emphasize God's immanence in the universe, the need to cleave and be one with Him at all times, the devotional aspect of religious practice, and the spiritual dimension of corporeality and mundane acts. Hasidim, the adherents of Hasidism, are organized in independent sects known as "courts" or dynasties, each headed by its own hereditary leader, a Rebbe. Reverence and submission to the Rebbe are key tenets, as he is considered a spiritual authority with whom the follower must bond to gain closeness to God. The various "courts" share basic convictions, but operate apart, and possess unique traits and customs. Affiliation is often retained in families for generations, and being Hasidic is as much a sociological factor – entailing, as it does, birth into a specific community and allegiance to a dynasty of Rebbes – as it is a purely religious one. There are several "courts" with many thousands of member households each, and hundreds of smaller ones. As of 2016, there were over 130,000 Hasidic households worldwide, about 5% of the global Jewish population.
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R Tzadok Intro
Intro to online class on the teaching of the chasidic master, R. Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin
Intro to online class on the teaching of the chasidic master, R. Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin
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Intro to online class on the teaching of the chasidic master, R. Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin
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The Mozhitzer Rebbeh, Harav Chaim Shaul Taub, singing at the engagement of Tali & Yechiel Hertz
The Modzhitz Hasidic Dynasty is unique in that its leaders emphasized the centrality of music and melody in religious expression. Its founder, Yecḥezkel ben Tzv...
The Modzhitz Hasidic Dynasty is unique in that its leaders emphasized the centrality of music and melody in religious expression. Its founder, Yecḥezkel ben Tzvi Hirsh Taub, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, became a rebbe in Kuzmir, Poland in 1827 and grew famous for the many Hasidic melodies he composed. His son, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Taub, was rebbe in Zvolin. It was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu’s son Yisrael who moved to the town of Modzhitz and became the first Grand Rabbi of the Modzhitz Dynasty. He, too, was an acclaimed composer of Hasidic melodies. Rabbi Yisrael was succeeded by his son, Grand Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Elazar Taub (1886–1947), known as the Imrei Shaul for his most important book. Rabbi Shaul Yedidia managed to escape the Nazi onslaught in 1939 and, via Lithuania, Russia and Japan, made his way to America’ East coast where he reestablished the Modzhitz dynasty, continuing its musical traditions. Rabbi Shaul Yedidia fulfilled his lifelong dream of settling in Israel shortly before his passing away. Tonight, the 16th of Kislev, begins his Yahrzeit.
Rabbi Shaul was probably the most prolific Hasidic composer of all time with the total output numbering close to 1000 compositions. Like all other Modzhitz Rebbes, he had no musical training. Reb Shaul's melodies, which appear in several publications, were initially transcribed by Cantor Joshua Weisser and later on by Ben Zion Shenker, a Modzhitz Hasid, who became the musical secretary for Rabbi Shaul. Rabbi Shaul’s melodies were more than simplistic folk melodies - a number of them were intricately structured and quite lengthy. He thought in terms of instrumental colorations and often suggested that accompaniment of strings, winds and horns would enhance his melodies. Modzhitz music can be heard at http://www.modzitz.org/music.
When Rabbi Shaul succeeded his father in 1920, he set up his court in Otwock, near Warsaw. His following continued to grow, drawing both Torah scholars and lay people - attracted by the Torah, the music, and the special atmosphere of Modzhitz religious life. He established Yeshivat Tiferet Yisrael, a yeshiva for young men in Otwock. The Yeshiva had over 200 students in Otwock and quickly earned an excellent reputation. There were nearly 100 Modzhitz “shtiblach” throughout Poland, smaller synagogues that served as outposts for Modzhitz Hasidism. Informal branches of the Yeshiva were opened at many of these local synagogues throughout Poland, with students as few as ten or as many as sixty. Rebbi Shaul's son, Shmuel Eliyahu (who later succeeded his father as Rebbe), led the yeshiva branch at the Nalavky St. shtible in Warsaw.
In keeping with a tradition established by his father, Rabbi Shaul created new melodies for the Halel text with the tempo of a march or a waltz. He was especially fond of the march tempo, although as a practical matter the Jews of the shtetls had little use for militaristic sounding melodies. When Hasidim questioned the composition of such marches by a people without country, flag or military, the Rebbe's prophetic response was that a Jewish State would soon come into being and marches would also be needed. All his life Rabbi Shaul’s heart ached to live in Eretz Yisrael. He visited there three times from Poland. His fourth and last trip to Eretz Yisrael was from the United States in 1947, taken with the intention of settling there. Within six months he became very ill and died on November 29, 1947, the very day that the U.N. passed its partition plan for Palestine. He was the last person buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem until it was recaptured in the 6 Day War in 1967. A monument was placed on his grave in 1967, 20 years after his interment.
Modzhitz hasidism today is based mainly in Bnei Brak, Israel where the Rebbe Chaim Shaul Taub (great-grandson of Rabbi Shaul) lives, and in Jerusalem. There are also smaller communities in Brooklyn, Monsey and Far Rockaway in New York, as well as in Los Angeles and Toronto.
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The Modzhitz Hasidic Dynasty is unique in that its leaders emphasized the centrality of music and melody in religious expression. Its founder, Yecḥezkel ben Tzvi Hirsh Taub, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, became a rebbe in Kuzmir, Poland in 1827 and grew famous for the many Hasidic melodies he composed. His son, Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu Taub, was rebbe in Zvolin. It was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu’s son Yisrael who moved to the town of Modzhitz and became the first Grand Rabbi of the Modzhitz Dynasty. He, too, was an acclaimed composer of Hasidic melodies. Rabbi Yisrael was succeeded by his son, Grand Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Elazar Taub (1886–1947), known as the Imrei Shaul for his most important book. Rabbi Shaul Yedidia managed to escape the Nazi onslaught in 1939 and, via Lithuania, Russia and Japan, made his way to America’ East coast where he reestablished the Modzhitz dynasty, continuing its musical traditions. Rabbi Shaul Yedidia fulfilled his lifelong dream of settling in Israel shortly before his passing away. Tonight, the 16th of Kislev, begins his Yahrzeit.
Rabbi Shaul was probably the most prolific Hasidic composer of all time with the total output numbering close to 1000 compositions. Like all other Modzhitz Rebbes, he had no musical training. Reb Shaul's melodies, which appear in several publications, were initially transcribed by Cantor Joshua Weisser and later on by Ben Zion Shenker, a Modzhitz Hasid, who became the musical secretary for Rabbi Shaul. Rabbi Shaul’s melodies were more than simplistic folk melodies - a number of them were intricately structured and quite lengthy. He thought in terms of instrumental colorations and often suggested that accompaniment of strings, winds and horns would enhance his melodies. Modzhitz music can be heard at http://www.modzitz.org/music.
When Rabbi Shaul succeeded his father in 1920, he set up his court in Otwock, near Warsaw. His following continued to grow, drawing both Torah scholars and lay people - attracted by the Torah, the music, and the special atmosphere of Modzhitz religious life. He established Yeshivat Tiferet Yisrael, a yeshiva for young men in Otwock. The Yeshiva had over 200 students in Otwock and quickly earned an excellent reputation. There were nearly 100 Modzhitz “shtiblach” throughout Poland, smaller synagogues that served as outposts for Modzhitz Hasidism. Informal branches of the Yeshiva were opened at many of these local synagogues throughout Poland, with students as few as ten or as many as sixty. Rebbi Shaul's son, Shmuel Eliyahu (who later succeeded his father as Rebbe), led the yeshiva branch at the Nalavky St. shtible in Warsaw.
In keeping with a tradition established by his father, Rabbi Shaul created new melodies for the Halel text with the tempo of a march or a waltz. He was especially fond of the march tempo, although as a practical matter the Jews of the shtetls had little use for militaristic sounding melodies. When Hasidim questioned the composition of such marches by a people without country, flag or military, the Rebbe's prophetic response was that a Jewish State would soon come into being and marches would also be needed. All his life Rabbi Shaul’s heart ached to live in Eretz Yisrael. He visited there three times from Poland. His fourth and last trip to Eretz Yisrael was from the United States in 1947, taken with the intention of settling there. Within six months he became very ill and died on November 29, 1947, the very day that the U.N. passed its partition plan for Palestine. He was the last person buried on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem until it was recaptured in the 6 Day War in 1967. A monument was placed on his grave in 1967, 20 years after his interment.
Modzhitz hasidism today is based mainly in Bnei Brak, Israel where the Rebbe Chaim Shaul Taub (great-grandson of Rabbi Shaul) lives, and in Jerusalem. There are also smaller communities in Brooklyn, Monsey and Far Rockaway in New York, as well as in Los Angeles and Toronto.
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Rabbi Benzion Shenker Z"L - Akavyo
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic nigg...
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio performances, and shortly afterward he began studying composition and music theory.
In 1940 Shenker had a cathartic and life-changing experience at a service led by Rabbi Saul Taub, the rebbe of the Polish Modzitzer Hassidic dynasty, so named for the town near Lublin from which his forebears and that particular tradition emanated. He and a group of his Hassidim who had survived the Holocaust had recently resumed their lives in Brooklyn, and R. Taub was especially known for his charismatic delivery as well as the creation of mystical, devotional melodies; Shenker was spellbound. He would soon become dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and disseminating as well as recording and performing the vast repertoire of Modzitzer niggunim; and he was instrumental in preserving many of the stories and anecdotes surrounding their origin. In addition, he notated new niggunim invented by the Modzitzer rebbe, becoming a virtual musical secretary to the dynasty.
In 1956 Shenker established the Neginah record label to produce his first commercial recordings of authentic niggunim. He was accompanied by a male choir that he trained for that purpose. Most of the niggunim and other melodies he recorded then were part of the Modzitzer traditions, but his example was a catalyst for preservation projects by other dynasties that had also settled in New York after the war: the Lubavitcher (Habad), Gerer, and Bobover groups in particular. Those dynasties soon began to document their musical heritages on recordings.
R. Taub intuited creative talent in Shenker and encouraged him to begin composing his own niggunim—and Shenker eventually wrote more than four hundred. His Eshet ḥayil and his setting of Mizmor l’david (Psalm 23) are probably his most famous songs. Although they had been written earlier, they became popular upon his issued recording of them in 1960 and have remained so. Shenker’s niggunim—those without words and the ones to Hebrew liturgical or biblical texts—all follow traditional European Hassidic structures, forms, and styles. They are thus extensions of an authentic European tradition, and they stand apart from the large body of neo- and pseudo-Hassidic songs with transparent American influences and features.
An ordained rabbi who made his living in the garment and jewelry business while he wrote and recorded music, Shenker also served for nearly six decades as cantor of a Modzitzer synagogue in Brooklyn. He passed away on November 20, 2016.
https://wn.com/Rabbi_Benzion_Shenker_Z_L_Akavyo
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio performances, and shortly afterward he began studying composition and music theory.
In 1940 Shenker had a cathartic and life-changing experience at a service led by Rabbi Saul Taub, the rebbe of the Polish Modzitzer Hassidic dynasty, so named for the town near Lublin from which his forebears and that particular tradition emanated. He and a group of his Hassidim who had survived the Holocaust had recently resumed their lives in Brooklyn, and R. Taub was especially known for his charismatic delivery as well as the creation of mystical, devotional melodies; Shenker was spellbound. He would soon become dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and disseminating as well as recording and performing the vast repertoire of Modzitzer niggunim; and he was instrumental in preserving many of the stories and anecdotes surrounding their origin. In addition, he notated new niggunim invented by the Modzitzer rebbe, becoming a virtual musical secretary to the dynasty.
In 1956 Shenker established the Neginah record label to produce his first commercial recordings of authentic niggunim. He was accompanied by a male choir that he trained for that purpose. Most of the niggunim and other melodies he recorded then were part of the Modzitzer traditions, but his example was a catalyst for preservation projects by other dynasties that had also settled in New York after the war: the Lubavitcher (Habad), Gerer, and Bobover groups in particular. Those dynasties soon began to document their musical heritages on recordings.
R. Taub intuited creative talent in Shenker and encouraged him to begin composing his own niggunim—and Shenker eventually wrote more than four hundred. His Eshet ḥayil and his setting of Mizmor l’david (Psalm 23) are probably his most famous songs. Although they had been written earlier, they became popular upon his issued recording of them in 1960 and have remained so. Shenker’s niggunim—those without words and the ones to Hebrew liturgical or biblical texts—all follow traditional European Hassidic structures, forms, and styles. They are thus extensions of an authentic European tradition, and they stand apart from the large body of neo- and pseudo-Hassidic songs with transparent American influences and features.
An ordained rabbi who made his living in the garment and jewelry business while he wrote and recorded music, Shenker also served for nearly six decades as cantor of a Modzitzer synagogue in Brooklyn. He passed away on November 20, 2016.
- published: 11 Nov 2022
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1:15:58
Elie Wiesel: In Hasidism - The Wonders of Rabbi Yisrael of Kozhenitz
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1:27:53
Elie Wiesel: In Hasidism - Zanz and Sadigor | 92nd Street Y Elie Wiesel Archive
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5:26
Rabbi Benzion Shenker Z"L - Mizmor Ledovid Concert Tel Aviv 1971
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic nigg...
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio performances, and shortly afterward he began studying composition and music theory.
In 1940 Shenker had a cathartic and life-changing experience at a service led by Rabbi Saul Taub, the rebbe of the Polish Modzitzer Hassidic dynasty, so named for the town near Lublin from which his forebears and that particular tradition emanated. He and a group of his Hassidim who had survived the Holocaust had recently resumed their lives in Brooklyn, and R. Taub was especially known for his charismatic delivery as well as the creation of mystical, devotional melodies; Shenker was spellbound. He would soon become dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and disseminating as well as recording and performing the vast repertoire of Modzitzer niggunim; and he was instrumental in preserving many of the stories and anecdotes surrounding their origin. In addition, he notated new niggunim invented by the Modzitzer rebbe, becoming a virtual musical secretary to the dynasty.
In 1956 Shenker established the Neginah record label to produce his first commercial recordings of authentic niggunim. He was accompanied by a male choir that he trained for that purpose. Most of the niggunim and other melodies he recorded then were part of the Modzitzer traditions, but his example was a catalyst for preservation projects by other dynasties that had also settled in New York after the war: the Lubavitcher (Habad), Gerer, and Bobover groups in particular. Those dynasties soon began to document their musical heritages on recordings.
R. Taub intuited creative talent in Shenker and encouraged him to begin composing his own niggunim—and Shenker eventually wrote more than four hundred. His Eshet ḥayil and his setting of Mizmor l’david (Psalm 23) are probably his most famous songs. Although they had been written earlier, they became popular upon his issued recording of them in 1960 and have remained so. Shenker’s niggunim—those without words and the ones to Hebrew liturgical or biblical texts—all follow traditional European Hassidic structures, forms, and styles. They are thus extensions of an authentic European tradition, and they stand apart from the large body of neo- and pseudo-Hassidic songs with transparent American influences and features.
An ordained rabbi who made his living in the garment and jewelry business while he wrote and recorded music, Shenker also served for nearly six decades as cantor of a Modzitzer synagogue in Brooklyn. He passed away on November 20, 2016.
https://wn.com/Rabbi_Benzion_Shenker_Z_L_Mizmor_Ledovid_Concert_Tel_Aviv_1971
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio performances, and shortly afterward he began studying composition and music theory.
In 1940 Shenker had a cathartic and life-changing experience at a service led by Rabbi Saul Taub, the rebbe of the Polish Modzitzer Hassidic dynasty, so named for the town near Lublin from which his forebears and that particular tradition emanated. He and a group of his Hassidim who had survived the Holocaust had recently resumed their lives in Brooklyn, and R. Taub was especially known for his charismatic delivery as well as the creation of mystical, devotional melodies; Shenker was spellbound. He would soon become dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and disseminating as well as recording and performing the vast repertoire of Modzitzer niggunim; and he was instrumental in preserving many of the stories and anecdotes surrounding their origin. In addition, he notated new niggunim invented by the Modzitzer rebbe, becoming a virtual musical secretary to the dynasty.
In 1956 Shenker established the Neginah record label to produce his first commercial recordings of authentic niggunim. He was accompanied by a male choir that he trained for that purpose. Most of the niggunim and other melodies he recorded then were part of the Modzitzer traditions, but his example was a catalyst for preservation projects by other dynasties that had also settled in New York after the war: the Lubavitcher (Habad), Gerer, and Bobover groups in particular. Those dynasties soon began to document their musical heritages on recordings.
R. Taub intuited creative talent in Shenker and encouraged him to begin composing his own niggunim—and Shenker eventually wrote more than four hundred. His Eshet ḥayil and his setting of Mizmor l’david (Psalm 23) are probably his most famous songs. Although they had been written earlier, they became popular upon his issued recording of them in 1960 and have remained so. Shenker’s niggunim—those without words and the ones to Hebrew liturgical or biblical texts—all follow traditional European Hassidic structures, forms, and styles. They are thus extensions of an authentic European tradition, and they stand apart from the large body of neo- and pseudo-Hassidic songs with transparent American influences and features.
An ordained rabbi who made his living in the garment and jewelry business while he wrote and recorded music, Shenker also served for nearly six decades as cantor of a Modzitzer synagogue in Brooklyn. He passed away on November 20, 2016.
- published: 11 Nov 2022
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1:19:21
Elie Wiesel: In Hasidism: Reb Mendel of Riminov | 92nd Street Y Elie Wiesel Archive
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Lag Beomer tish of Nikolsburger Rebbe
Lag BeOmer tish in Nikolsburg, 5768 - 2008 in the Nikolsburg Shul in Monsey, NY. ניקלשבורג
Shmelke of Nikolsburg
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Lag BeOmer tish in Nikolsburg, 5768 - 2008 in the Nikolsburg Shul in Monsey, NY. ניקלשבורג
Shmelke of Nikolsburg
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Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Halevi of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. He was the oldest son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Chortkiv. He traced his lineage back directly to the prophet Samuel who was also a Levite. In their early years, Shmelke and his brother Pinchas - who would also become a famous rabbi - studied Torah together for a long time. After traveling to Mezritch and meeting the great chasidic master Rabbi Dov Ber the Maggid, they became his ardent followers.
After serving as rabbi in Ritchval and Shinive, Shmelke was invited, in 1773, to become the rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia, where he made a powerful impact. On the first day of his being Rabbi of Nikolsburg; Abraham Trebitch a native of Nikolsburg reports him performing a miracle and bringing rain. It is told that his strong attachment to Chasidus angered many members of the community, which led to bitter quarrels that were quelled as a result of the personal intervention of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk.
Rabbi Shmelke established a major yeshivah that attracted numerous outstanding students. Among these were such luminaries as Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, Rabbi Yisrael of Koznitz, Rabbi Mordecai Benet and Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov.
Nikolsburg today
The current Nikolsburger Rebbe
Although Nikolsburg was not a dynasty, Reb Shmelke's 6th generation descendant chasidic leader Rabbi Mechel Lebowits Shlit"a was named Nikolsburger Rebbe by the Vizhnitz Rebbe Reb Mordechai Hager from Vishnitz Monsey.
Having a Yeshiva, Kolel and thousands of followers over the world, he has a tremendous influence to many, his Torahs and letters are recorded in many seforim, Igros yechiel and Divrei Yosef.
[edit]External links
Biography of current Nikolsburger Rebbe
Partial list of the current Rebbe's Seforim
The current Rebbe singing one of his compositions after giving a tish in London
https://wn.com/Lag_Beomer_Tish_Of_Nikolsburger_Rebbe
Lag BeOmer tish in Nikolsburg, 5768 - 2008 in the Nikolsburg Shul in Monsey, NY. ניקלשבורג
Shmelke of Nikolsburg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Halevi of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. He was the oldest son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Chortkiv. He traced his lineage back directly to the prophet Samuel who was also a Levite. In their early years, Shmelke and his brother Pinchas - who would also become a famous rabbi - studied Torah together for a long time. After traveling to Mezritch and meeting the great chasidic master Rabbi Dov Ber the Maggid, they became his ardent followers.
After serving as rabbi in Ritchval and Shinive, Shmelke was invited, in 1773, to become the rabbi of Nikolsburg in Moravia, where he made a powerful impact. On the first day of his being Rabbi of Nikolsburg; Abraham Trebitch a native of Nikolsburg reports him performing a miracle and bringing rain. It is told that his strong attachment to Chasidus angered many members of the community, which led to bitter quarrels that were quelled as a result of the personal intervention of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk.
Rabbi Shmelke established a major yeshivah that attracted numerous outstanding students. Among these were such luminaries as Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov, Rabbi Yisrael of Koznitz, Rabbi Mordecai Benet and Rabbi Moshe Leib of Sassov.
Nikolsburg today
The current Nikolsburger Rebbe
Although Nikolsburg was not a dynasty, Reb Shmelke's 6th generation descendant chasidic leader Rabbi Mechel Lebowits Shlit"a was named Nikolsburger Rebbe by the Vizhnitz Rebbe Reb Mordechai Hager from Vishnitz Monsey.
Having a Yeshiva, Kolel and thousands of followers over the world, he has a tremendous influence to many, his Torahs and letters are recorded in many seforim, Igros yechiel and Divrei Yosef.
[edit]External links
Biography of current Nikolsburger Rebbe
Partial list of the current Rebbe's Seforim
The current Rebbe singing one of his compositions after giving a tish in London
- published: 23 May 2008
- views: 14485
1:12
Yaakov W. & Moshe Avigdor, music for the Biale Rebbe of Bnei Brak, Melava Malka
June 22, 2019, Five Towns.
______________________________________________
On the guitars: Reb Yaakov and Moshe Avigdor.
The Jewish Community of Five Towns welc...
June 22, 2019, Five Towns.
______________________________________________
On the guitars: Reb Yaakov and Moshe Avigdor.
The Jewish Community of Five Towns welcomes the famed Tzaddik the Biale Rebbe.
World renowned for his inspiration, wisdom, advice and blessings.
The Biala (Biała Podlaska) dynasty is part of the Prshiskhe dynasty whose first rebbe was Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok (the Holy Jew) of Prshiskhe, a disciple of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin (the Seer "Choze" of Lublin). The Seer was a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, who was a disciple of Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch (the Maggid of Mezritch), the leading disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
https://wn.com/Yaakov_W._Moshe_Avigdor,_Music_For_The_Biale_Rebbe_Of_Bnei_Brak,_Melava_Malka
June 22, 2019, Five Towns.
______________________________________________
On the guitars: Reb Yaakov and Moshe Avigdor.
The Jewish Community of Five Towns welcomes the famed Tzaddik the Biale Rebbe.
World renowned for his inspiration, wisdom, advice and blessings.
The Biala (Biała Podlaska) dynasty is part of the Prshiskhe dynasty whose first rebbe was Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok (the Holy Jew) of Prshiskhe, a disciple of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin (the Seer "Choze" of Lublin). The Seer was a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, who was a disciple of Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch (the Maggid of Mezritch), the leading disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
- published: 23 Jun 2019
- views: 259
3:51
Rabbi Benzion Shenker Z"L - Mizmor Shir Concert Tel Aviv 1971
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic nigg...
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio performances, and shortly afterward he began studying composition and music theory.
In 1940 Shenker had a cathartic and life-changing experience at a service led by Rabbi Saul Taub, the rebbe of the Polish Modzitzer Hassidic dynasty, so named for the town near Lublin from which his forebears and that particular tradition emanated. He and a group of his Hassidim who had survived the Holocaust had recently resumed their lives in Brooklyn, and R. Taub was especially known for his charismatic delivery as well as the creation of mystical, devotional melodies; Shenker was spellbound. He would soon become dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and disseminating as well as recording and performing the vast repertoire of Modzitzer niggunim; and he was instrumental in preserving many of the stories and anecdotes surrounding their origin. In addition, he notated new niggunim invented by the Modzitzer rebbe, becoming a virtual musical secretary to the dynasty.
In 1956 Shenker established the Neginah record label to produce his first commercial recordings of authentic niggunim. He was accompanied by a male choir that he trained for that purpose. Most of the niggunim and other melodies he recorded then were part of the Modzitzer traditions, but his example was a catalyst for preservation projects by other dynasties that had also settled in New York after the war: the Lubavitcher (Habad), Gerer, and Bobover groups in particular. Those dynasties soon began to document their musical heritages on recordings.
R. Taub intuited creative talent in Shenker and encouraged him to begin composing his own niggunim—and Shenker eventually wrote more than four hundred. His Eshet ḥayil and his setting of Mizmor l’david (Psalm 23) are probably his most famous songs. Although they had been written earlier, they became popular upon his issued recording of them in 1960 and have remained so. Shenker’s niggunim—those without words and the ones to Hebrew liturgical or biblical texts—all follow traditional European Hassidic structures, forms, and styles. They are thus extensions of an authentic European tradition, and they stand apart from the large body of neo- and pseudo-Hassidic songs with transparent American influences and features.
An ordained rabbi who made his living in the garment and jewelry business while he wrote and recorded music, Shenker also served for nearly six decades as cantor of a Modzitzer synagogue in Brooklyn. He passed away on November 20, 2016.
https://wn.com/Rabbi_Benzion_Shenker_Z_L_Mizmor_Shir_Concert_Tel_Aviv_1971
Appearance at Yeshurun Synagogue Tel Aviv 5731
Ben Zion Shenker
1925 – 2016
Ben Zion Shenker was one of the most gifted and inspired composers of Hassidic niggunim and other related “operas” that became a feature of the Modzitzer dynasty’s tradition. He credited his mother with transmitting to him a wealth of Hassidic melodies and with inspiring his curiosity and creativity. He became fascinated with traditional hazzanut while still a child—attending synagogue services that featured some of the legendary hazzanim and hearing recordings. When he was twelve years old, he joined a synagogue choir conducted by the esteemed cantor Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser], who was a virtual dean of hazzanim in the greater New York area. In 1939 Weisser presented him as a soloist in live radio performances, and shortly afterward he began studying composition and music theory.
In 1940 Shenker had a cathartic and life-changing experience at a service led by Rabbi Saul Taub, the rebbe of the Polish Modzitzer Hassidic dynasty, so named for the town near Lublin from which his forebears and that particular tradition emanated. He and a group of his Hassidim who had survived the Holocaust had recently resumed their lives in Brooklyn, and R. Taub was especially known for his charismatic delivery as well as the creation of mystical, devotional melodies; Shenker was spellbound. He would soon become dedicated to collecting, transcribing, and disseminating as well as recording and performing the vast repertoire of Modzitzer niggunim; and he was instrumental in preserving many of the stories and anecdotes surrounding their origin. In addition, he notated new niggunim invented by the Modzitzer rebbe, becoming a virtual musical secretary to the dynasty.
In 1956 Shenker established the Neginah record label to produce his first commercial recordings of authentic niggunim. He was accompanied by a male choir that he trained for that purpose. Most of the niggunim and other melodies he recorded then were part of the Modzitzer traditions, but his example was a catalyst for preservation projects by other dynasties that had also settled in New York after the war: the Lubavitcher (Habad), Gerer, and Bobover groups in particular. Those dynasties soon began to document their musical heritages on recordings.
R. Taub intuited creative talent in Shenker and encouraged him to begin composing his own niggunim—and Shenker eventually wrote more than four hundred. His Eshet ḥayil and his setting of Mizmor l’david (Psalm 23) are probably his most famous songs. Although they had been written earlier, they became popular upon his issued recording of them in 1960 and have remained so. Shenker’s niggunim—those without words and the ones to Hebrew liturgical or biblical texts—all follow traditional European Hassidic structures, forms, and styles. They are thus extensions of an authentic European tradition, and they stand apart from the large body of neo- and pseudo-Hassidic songs with transparent American influences and features.
An ordained rabbi who made his living in the garment and jewelry business while he wrote and recorded music, Shenker also served for nearly six decades as cantor of a Modzitzer synagogue in Brooklyn. He passed away on November 20, 2016.
- published: 11 Nov 2022
- views: 280