Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Lipa Schmeltzer: Searching for Moshe Yossi

VIN News: Poised on the cusp of the Bar Mitzvah of his oldest child, Chasidic pop star Lipa Schmeltzer takes an emotional journey back through time, as he seeks to continue the legacy of the grandfather he never knew through the son who carries his name,

in a documentary titled “Searching for Moshe Yossi.”The second to youngest of twelve, Lipa was the first member of his family to name a child Moshe Yosef after his grandfather.“A lot of my family didn’t use the name Moshe Yosef because they wanted to name their sons Yaakov Yosef after the previous Skverer Rebbe,” explained Lipa.  “But family begins at home and while my father may not have ever said anything about it, I wanted to name a son for his father.”In an effort to give his son Moshe Yossi a glimpse into his roots,

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very proud of you Lipa....you did something very special!

Gruntiger said...

UM.. Hello... its ossur to put on teffilin in a cemetery...
whats going on?????

Anonymous said...

But he means good