Sunday, November 13, 2011

Yossi Green – Ma Yedidus Menuchoseich

Recently Yossi Green unofficially released a new single entitled “Shabbos with Zeidy Berish – Ma Yedidus Menuchoseich.”

The single is the second in a series called “Shabbos with Zeidy Berish” and is part of a new series called “Yossi Green Vistory.” Vistory, Yossi tells us, stands for “Vintage Music History” and marks the beginning of a new endeavor on his part to produce, present and thereby preserve some of the most beautiful songs of the previous generations so that they be available for future generations to come, IY”H. The first single in the series was released last year August, 2010 and is called “Shabbos with Zeidy Berish – Boruch Hashem Yom Yom.”

Click Here to listen to the first in this series “Boruch Hashem Yoim Yoim” August 24th, 2010. Via TheJewishInsights.com

HT: JewishInsights

Who is this Zeidy Berish? Zeidy Berish is none other than Reb Dov Berish Halevi Horowitz, Zatzal, otherwise known throughout pre-war Europe as R’ Berish Vishever on account of his having lived in the city called Vishov in what was then Hungary. R’ Berish was one of the most well-known composers of Chassidic music in Europe before World War II. He composed songs for most of the Chassidic dynasties in the Austro-Hungarian part of Europe. There are many stories and legends told about him. One of these is that R’ Berish (some say that he could have been a Rebbe in his own right) after getting to know a new Rebbe, would immediately understand the nuances of his Derech in Avodas Hashem and would then compose a song which would represent and reflect this individuality. He would then have it written up (there were no recording devices readily available at the time) and sent as a gift to the individual Rebbe. It is further said that R’ Berish would develop a strong connection and relationship with each Rebbe who would then ask him to compose songs for specific times and occasions through the years. These songs would go on to become those that the Chassidim, and eventually the Chassidic world, would sing for generations. Tragically, in 1944 at Auschwitz toward the end of World War II, R’ Dov Berish Halevi Horowitz Zatzal, perished together with most of the members of his family as well as the other Jewish people of his city, Vishov. Hashem Yinkom Domom.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Zeidy Berish has many well known great-grand children including Rabbi Yaakpv Horowitz of Project YES