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The video above is the newest Maccabeats Chanukah video to raise funds for the Miracle Match bone marrow donation organization. Love those "Greek" guys' cameos every year. They even give a hat tip to the fact that Thanksgiving falls on Chanukah this year (eye roll). ;-) And l'hashlamas hainyan, enjoy two other classic Maccabeats Chanukah videos below (wish I could show you our video of our son spontaneously singing Candlelight at his sister's bas mitzva when he was about 5 - sooo cute):
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I'm sure most of you have seen this but here is the Maccabeats' new Chanukah video, which is a cover of Matisyahu's Chanukah song from last year. Ah freilichen Chanukah!
Incidentally, I wouldn't get exercized about Mayim Bialik wearing a yarmulka. She's Allison Jacbos' Partners in Torah chevrusa. I'm sure it's meant to be funny.
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Yosef & Leah Urso: Eight Candles Burning - It tells the story of how he became religious through four chabadskers in a Menorah-mobile. The fiddle player here, Leah Urso, is from my hometown back in Dixie!
You can see another video of them playing Jewish country music in their song, Hashem is Gonna Do it Again here:
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Please donate to my son's cheder by going to minivanraffle.org to buy a raffle ticket. The drawing for a new minivan, car, or $20,000 cash will be IY"H Chanukah time. $100 for 1 ticket. $360 for 5. Where the form says "Referred by," please write "Dixie Yid."Tizku l'mitzvos!
Please donate to my son's cheder by going to minivanraffle.org to buy a raffle ticket. The drawing for a new minivan, car, or $20,000 cash will be IY"H Chanukah time. $100 for 1 ticket. $360 for 5. Where the form says "Referred by," please write "Dixie Yid."Tizku l'mitzvos!
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Please donate to my son's cheder by going to minivanraffle.org to buy a raffle ticket. The drawing for a new minivan, car, or $20,000 cash will be IY"H Chanukah time. $100 for 1 ticket. $360 for 5. Where the form says "Referred by," please write "Dixie Yid."Tizku l'mitzvos!
Please donate to my son's cheder by going to minivanraffle.org to buy a raffle ticket. The drawing for a new minivan, car, or $20,000 cash will be IY"H Chanukah time. $100 for 1 ticket. $360 for 5. Where the form says "Referred by," please write "Dixie Yid."Tizku l'mitzvos!
See the video above which is made up of video and pictures from my Umantrip. I made it as a kind of video journal for myself of the trip and for those of you who may enjoy it.
For all of those who e-mailed me or left comments with names and things to daven for, B"H, was was zoche to daven for virtually everyone at all of the kevarim both on the way to Uman and in Uman. IY"H, all of our tefilos will be answered in the affirmative!
Below is a basic itinerary of the trip so I'll hopefully be able to remember it! Below are some of the better pictures, most of which are also included in the video as well.
The whole trip was somewhat overwhelming. It was good but it will take some time to process. I was zoche to meet Reb Micha Golshevsky in person Baruch Hashem during the trip as well!
Enjoy!
Sunday 9/05/10 - 4:30 PM - Left for a two-legged journey to Kiev
Monday 9/06/10 - 2:30 PM - Landed in Kiev
Monday 9/06/10 - 5 PM - Left on Bus with 15 of the chevra to daven at Kivrei Tzadikim on the way to Uman
Monday 9/06/10 - 8 PM - Arrived in Volednick to daven by the kever of Rav Yisroel Dov Ber ben Yosef of Volednick
Tuesday 9/07/10 - 4 AM - Arrived in Anapoli to daven by the Kevarim of Reb Zusha and the Magid of Mezrich - The Ohel there is in the middle of a completely razed cemetary. Unbelievable.
Tuesday 9/07/10 - 7:30 AM - Arrived in Mezibuz to say slichos, daven, and daven by the kever of the Baal Shem Tov
Tuesday 9/07/10 - 1:30 - Arrived in Berditchev to daven by the kever of Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev
Tuesday 9/07/10 - 8 PM - Arrived in Uman
Tuesday 9/08/10 - 11:30 AM - Erev Rosh Hashana - I said the Tikun Klali and gave at least a pruta to tzedaka at Rebbe Nachman's kever in reliance on the Tzadik's vow.
Wednesday 9/09/10 - 8:30 PM - 2nd night of Rosh Hashana - I davened for the amud at a Ma'ariv minyan on the street outside the Kloyz (the main Shul seating about 5000 people) and then after the seuda, was able to say the entire Tikun Klali while touching Rebbe Nachman's tziyun.
Motzoi Shabbos/Rosh Hashana 9/11/10 - 11:30 PM - I left for the Kiev airport to head back on my 3 legged trip to the states!
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Please donate to my son's cheder by going to minivanraffle.org to buy a raffle ticket. The drawing for a new minivan, car, or $20,000 cash will be IY"H Chanukah time. $100 for 1 ticket. $360 for 5. Where the form says "Referred by," please write "Dixie Yid."Tizku l'mitzvos!
Please donate to my son's cheder by going to minivanraffle.org to buy a raffle ticket. The drawing for a new minivan, car, or $20,000 cash will be IY"H Chanukah time. $100 for 1 ticket. $360 for 5. Where the form says "Referred by," please write "Dixie Yid."Tizku l'mitzvos!
Rav Goldberger here leads a Shabbos "rally" in Baltimore with some beautiful niggunim. As always, he has an amazing voice and they sing a number of beautiful niggunim, including the famous "Baltimore" niggun that Rav Goldberger himself composed, at the end. Enjoy.
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Adi Ran is crazy and I love this song. It is hilarious. In modern Hebrew, "dos" is a pejorative term for a religious Jew so this song is a very funny attempt to tell his parents and grandparents not be be angry with him for becoming religious. There are some really funny lines in there. He is a real character.
The funniest line is "!סבתא - נהייתי דוס, תוציא את השיניים מהכוס"
The person who put this video on Youtube put the lyrics so I'll post them below.
אבא - נהייתי דוס זה לא אומר שאתה צריך לכעוס אמא - נהייתי דוס זה לא אומר שאת צריכה לכעוס
אומנם נולדתי לדור שרוב פניו סביבו שחור אבל גליתי ת'אמת וכל השאר סתם תפל..
לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה... לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה...
אאאבאאא - נהייתי דוס זה לא אומר שאתה צריך לכעוס אאאמאאא - נהייתי דוס זה לא אומר שאת צריכה לכעוס
מחר תודיעו לכולם שיש קדוש ברוך הוא בעולם ומי שלא רוצה להתעדכן רחמנא ליצלן מסכן מסכן
לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה... לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה לה...
סבתאאא - נהייתי דוס תוציא את השיניים מהכוס סבאאא - ועוד מעט תישברו פה כוס
לה לה לה לה לה פרו ורבו לה לה לה לה לה פרו ורבו לה לה לה לה לה פרו ורבו פרו ורבו פרו ורבו פרו ורבו...
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My wife really likes this video. And since I just saw it now on Raisin' Soul, I realized that I hadn't shared it before. Enjoy!
Possible Kol Isha note: At one point, there is a large group of people singing, including some women. If you don't rely on "trei kalei lo mishtamei," you might not want to watch the video, or at least you might want to be ready to turn the sound down at that point. Kol tuv.
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Somehow, Rabbeinu Raisin' Soul got a'hold of the audio of the musical portion of the Lag B'Omer Hillula for Rabi Shimon Bar Yochai at Aish Kodesh this past Motzoi Shabbos (which was awesome!). Eitan Katz, Nochi Krohn, and Avi Feinberg made the music and Rav Weinberger gave the Torah. Enjoy!
Picture of Rav Weinberger from this past year's Hillula for the Piaczecna Rebbe, the Aish Kodesh, courtesy of Aish Kodesh. Click here to get Dixie Yid in your e-mail Inbox or here to subscribe in Google Reader.
There is music at the beginning and then Rebbe starts speaking at about the 18 minute mark. In order to skip to the part where Rav Weinberger speaks, hit "play," then "pause." Wait for the download bar to reach past about the 1/4 mark and then you can move the video to the 18 minute mark. Hit play again to start the video again from that point.
Rav Weinberger really touches on so many fundamentals of Yiddishkeit today. A must watch/listen!
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