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Hebrew songs
#11
(10-09-2021, 10:10 PM)Blue Bird Wrote: Jason, is there a group or singer in Israel that you like and recommend?

My favorite Israeli singers are Harel Skaat, Harel Moyal, and Boaz Meudah. Smile
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#12
(10-11-2021, 10:39 PM)Jason Wrote:
(10-09-2021, 10:10 PM)Blue Bird Wrote: Jason, is there a group or singer in Israel that you like and recommend?

My favorite Israeli singers are Harel Skaat, Harel Moyal, and Boaz Meudah. Smile

Thank you Jason. I have never been to Israel, but maybe one day I'll have the chance to visit the land and see one of their live concerts. Until then they will be on my favorite playlist  Heart.
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#13
(10-05-2021, 08:50 AM)Blue Bird Wrote: Hi! I enjoy listening to good Hebrew songs but I know only a few. Which would you recommend? Thank you.

Blue Bird, I am probably a bit older than you (74 in another month if it be G-d's will) but I believe Ofra Haza was one of the best. Voice of an angel. Very sad that she is no longer with us except for her music......


'Yerushalayim Shel Zahav' (Jerusalem of Gold)...... Ofra Haza......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsQLuVW0msk&ab_channel=GoingUp%21Torah%2CHebrew%2CandIsrael


'Tehillim (Psalms) 23'...... Rabbi Carlebach (you may appreciate this more if you have served in combat)......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23slHr5Tm9Y

Better video, but video cuts off a bit before song is complete......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Xjl7nw2vc

More traditional version.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fgcRnIhVAc&ab_channel=ManeJano


For High Holy Days......

'Avinu Malkeinu' (Janowski version)..... Barbra Streisand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rjYV9NUy40&ab_channel=BarbraStreisand-Topic

'Avinu Malkeinu' (older traditional version)...... Leonardo Goncalves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2c2jVbYCkE


For Pesach....... Ma Nishtanah (The 4 Questions)...... Gad Elbaz......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1rH7rYuZQE


For Remembrance of the Shoah......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKGyI88ZkS8&list=PLFAF9AAFE710A0EA3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvjw1oa3c1Y


Enjoy,

Daryavesh
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#14
Ofra Hazas voice was really like that of an angel. I cried when I heard all these songs. Thanks for your work and for listing these links.

Yes, you are a bit older than me. I'm even a little younger than your son Jonathan. It seems that God has carried you through many hardships in this life. Nice that you are here in this forum.

Unfortunately I can't see the last link. Youtube requires an age confirmation by credit card - but don't have one - or a passport - and they won't get such information from me. I'll try with my Tor bowser later, perhaps this will work.
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#15
I am happy to share these songs with you, Blue Bird. A good song should touch the soul and a good soul should be touched by song.

Apologies for the link that gave you a problem. And I do understand your reluctance to post such information as asked for by youtube. 'Ihre Papiere, bitte!'

The link below is not musical. It is a documentary about the Shoah...... The experiences of a Hungarian woman who survived the death camps......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayN-IhDYBBQ&ab_channel=FairfaxNetwork-FairfaxCountyPublicSchools

I had an older friend (co-worker) who along with 1 sister, escaped Hungary in the late 1930s as the Nazis were closing off venues of escape. He came to America and his sister immigrated to Israel (called Palestine in those days). They were the only members of their extended family to survive. My friend learned English, found employment and when America came into the war, he joined the US Army. One day, I will tell you his story.

Best regards,

Daryavesh
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#16
Blue Bird, in many ways (and by varying degrees), we are all of us the result of our upbringing and the times we grew up in. Euthanasia is murder. So is abortion when not medically necessary to sustain the life of the mother-to-be.

In Torah, Bereshit 9:6 sets down the seven mitzvot (commandments) of Bnei Noach. The primary objective of the parochial commandments in Torah (the five books of Moses) is to support and preserve the seven Noachide laws. The Third Noachide Law (Thou shalt not murder) applies to euthanasia as well as abortion. This law contains the admonition, 'He who spills the blood of a man in a man, his blood will be spilt.' The Talmud (Sanhedrin 57b) defines 'a man in a man' to be an as yet unborn child in his (or her) mother’s womb. This passage specifically states that abortion not of medical necessity to save the life of the mother-to-be is a capital crime, a view supported by one of the leading sages of the Talmud, Rabbi Yishmael.

These issues were debated by the House of Hillel and the House of Shammai 2,000 years ago. And are supported by Maimonides (Hilkhot Rozeah 1:9 and Shulchan Aruch Hoshen Mishpat 425:2), as well.

In the 1930s, many people (not all) had become less observant religiously and had forsaken many of the precepts of the faiths of their fathers. Both Christian and Jew alike. Secularism was on the rise. And it was in this moral malaise of the Depression era (1930s) that proponents of euthanasia and abortion came of prominence. In Germany, yes. But also in America and elsewhere. A sad commentary on life, to be sure.

My saying this is not to make excuses for anyone who may have been a proponent of either of these abominable practices. It is to remind us all that the times they live in can influence impressionable young people...... Both for good and for bad.

We remember the Shoah both to honour the victims and to learn the lessons history teaches us so that such things might not be repeated in future. Not to punish the descendants of those who participated in such things nor those who knew of them but did nothing to actively oppose them.

You are not in any way responsible for the actions of others. Be they family members, friends nor total strangers. You are only responsible for your own actions...... And inactions.

I recently had a discussion with a friend. In many ways, it was the reverse of what you describe. The topic of discussion had to do with families and loved ones of the deceased saying that they 'forgive' murderers. I have no understanding of this concept because as a Jew, it is foreign to me.

One of the basic tenets of Judaism is that just as no one may atone for another's misdeeds...... No one can forgive someone for a thing that person did to someone else.

All must be accountable (both to those whom they wronged and to G-d) for their own actions...... And inactions. This is what the 10 days separating Rosh HaShanah (Head of the Year) and Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) are to be used for...... Introspection and the opportunity to make things right between ourselves and those whom we have wronged the preceding year, in the event we have not already done so.

For specificity...... When I say 'make things right between us', that does not mean saying 'I'm sorry' or 'Please forgive me'. It means being willing to take action to right a wrong.

And what do we do if the person has absented themselves from us and we cannot locate them to make amends? Or if they have passed away? I such cases, we still must do what we can to make things right. And at times, that means simply that we discontinue doing whatever it was that caused the wrong (so that we may never do it again). Not only with regard to that specific wronged person, but to all whom we meet in future.

I asked of a learned rabbi of blessed memory many years ago, 'What should I do if the person I wronged chooses to hold on to their anger and will not accept my offer to set things right between us?' He told me that although I could exceed it...... My obligation was to approach him (face to face and with genuine contrition) a minimum of 3 times.

The first time, when we were alone. And if he would not allow me to make amends...... I should approach him a 2nd time when several of his friends or family members were present. And if he still would not accept my offer to make amends...... I should stand before the entire congregation when he is present. State that I had wronged him and ask him what I can do to make things right between us. And if he still refuses...... That was the minimum I was required to do and the guilt was his. Of course, I could continue to pursue the matter beyond that point, but was not obligated to do so.

All the best to you my friend,

Daryavesh
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#17
Thank you Daryavesh for your kind reply. Yes, when people decide to live their lives without God, darkness in the form of various kinds of murder can be a result. The theory of evolution is a root of much evil, too and it doesn't just affect Germany.

Christianity also teaches that a person is only responsible for what he or she does (and does not). But there is a level at which I cannot escape the history of my people and family. Especially when there are walls of silence and denial all around me. I learned that this is an issue on the Jewish side, too, when the next generation didn't know what was going on and they carried the history of their (grand-)parents with them.
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#18
Do you know the movie "Im Labyrinth des Schweigens"? Some say, it is kitschy, and to a certain degree it is. But it expresses well what I mean by the walls of silence and denial. I love this movie because it helps change perspective. It's more about empathy than about guilt.
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#19
I understand, Blue Bird. All families have their secrets. Mine is no exception. And these matters can be...... Complicated. Consider those of Jewish ancestry who served in the German military during the war, for instance......

http://www.jewishmag.com/158mag/hitler_j...ldiers.htm

https://listverse.com/2019/06/14/10-jews...nazi-army/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRfCwrI--is&ab_channel=MarkFeltonProductions

I am not familiar with the movie 'Labyrinth of Silence', Blue Bird. However I can imagine from the context of your remarks what is the subject matter. I found this......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53zCRW_ju24&ab_channel=metropolefilms

My French is not so good. I know only a bit of the Creole French spoken by descendants of the Acadians living in Louisiana. And this is much different than modern French as spoken in France and regions of Canada, as it was brought here in the mid-1700s and has evolved over time.

I will see if I can find a full length version of this movie. If not in English, I can comprehend enough of German to view it with understanding.

Best regards,

Daryavesh
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#20
Good Morning Daryavesh, I can feel that you understand what I wanted to say, thank you. I laughed out loud when I saw the headline 'Hitler's Jewish Soldiers' - this evil system contradicted itself in so many ways. It woud have been strange if Jews hadn't loved the country they were rooted in for hundrets of years. The experience of being marginalized must have been extremely hard.

Some of my ancestors were French, too. But my knowledge of the language is quite bad. Where does a word begin and where does it end? Everything sounds similar.

If you are interested in "Das Labyrinth des Schweigens", you can find it with English subtitles, the title of the English version is "Labyrinth of Lies". Here is the trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtiwdPLj8nw
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