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Musical Mishna

I had once, a long time ago, posted on Andre Hajdu curious attemtps to set the MIshna to music.

Enjoy:

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 In a more popular vein, see this effort.

The miracle year

Hope

As long as a man lives, he has hope

(Yalkut Shimoni, Koheles 9:4, section 989)

Man, why sleep thou...

Make that change - this year

Playing the shofar

Couldn't resist reposting this:

Out of two, 1400.00

Woman dies at 99, leaves behind 1,400 descendents

One of Jerusalemite Rachel Krishevsky's grandchildren says with pride, 'Grandma knew all of her descendents'

Nissan Shtrauchler

Published:

09.17.09, 12:24 / Israel News

The commandment to "be fruitful and multiply" the Krishevsky family follows quite closely. Last Saturday, the great grandmother, Rachel Krishevsky passed away at the age of 99, leaving behind no less than 1,400 children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and even great-great-grandchildren.

Krishevsky got married to her cousin, Yitzhak, just before turning 19. The couple brought seven sons and four daughters into the world. In accordance with haredi custom, Krishevsky brought up her children to see children as a great joy. Her children subsequently adopted her outlook and produced 150 children of their own.

These 150 children continued the commitment to be fruitful and multiply and themselves had no less than 1,000 children. From here, the lineage continued even further, and Rachel Krishevsky was blessed with a few hundred great-great-grandchildren.

Rachel Krishevsky died on Saturday surrounded by loving descendents.

Due to their great numbers, the family is not quite clear on precisely how many descendents there are. "The estimate in the family is that we are about 1,400 people since almost all of those from the family line were blessed with many children," said one of the grandchildren Wednesday.

Josef Hassid - Achron - Hebrew Melody Op.33

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 Josef Hassid (Polish: Józef Chasyd) (28 December 1923 - 7 November 1950) was a Polish violinist. He was noted for his intense vibrato and temperament, causing Fritz Kreisler to say "A Heifetz violinist comes around every 100 years, a Hassid every 200." Furthermore pianist Gerald Moore called him "possibly the most incandescent prodigy after perhaps Yehudi Menuhin." He received an honorary diploma in the 1935 Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Warsaw and traveled to London in 1938 with his father, since his mother had died when Hassid was young. However, the start of World War II prevented their return to Poland. He performed in London (where he suffered from a memory lapse while playing the Tchaikovsky Concerto in Queen's Hall) and recorded for HMV; his great legacy to music is in the form of 9 recordings among which Joseph Achron's Hebrew Melody is notable.....He was first placed in a psychiatric hospital in 1941 after suffering from a nervous breakdown at the age of 18. He was admitted again in 1943 and was diagnosed with acute schizophrenia. He was lobotomised in late 1950 and died at the age of 26.

 from Wikipedia

On the Society for Jewish Music and what happeneded to it under Stalin, see here

 

Bye Bye to Illusion

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Hat tip to Dixie Yid