Saturday, September 21, 2019

A Team Presents The Symphony of Yomim Noroim

The A Team Presents, The Symphony of Yomim Noroim.

It is our pleasure to once again bring you another collection from what has a become an annual tradition in the A-Team Shlome Daskal series.

This time, the collection was chosen opting for the nostalgic sound of the old Suki & Ding Albums, we grew up when we were kids.

You cannot help but feel those memories when you watch this video, we were honored to have Suki Beri arrange the medley for us, along side Avremi G, to help capture the essence and the purity of those albums.

As you can imagine, a project like this involves a large team of people to execute it to perfection, please take a moment to acknowledge the people behind the making of this special video. And may we all be zoche to A ksiva v”chasima Tova & A  Shana Tova Mesuka


Produced by: Yitzy Schwartz
Music Arranged: Suki Beri & Avremi G
Conducted by: Yitzy Schwartz
Live Mix: Eli Lishinsky & Daniel Baruch
Click Programming: Avremi G, Eli Gerstner, Ruli Ezrachi
Post production: Yisrael Orbach, Platinum Productions, MK Studios, Pluto Studios
Additional Guitars: Amit Peled, Stol Chiyana
Additional Bass Overdubs: Ramon De Bruyn
Choir Arranged and conducted: Aba Berkowitz of Lev Choir
Event Production: DS Productions LLC
Post Mix: V- Gold Production
Production manager: Motty Jay
Live Video: Motty Engel
Video Edit: Leiby Wieder - Studio62

Uri Davidi - Tefila Sheli - Music Video

Tefila Sheli - תפילה שלי
Composed by: Mordechai Brezel
Musical Production by Daniel Kapler
Arranged by Daniel Kapler & Ian Freitor
Produced by Yitzy Waldner
Lyrics by: Eliyahu Raful , Mordechai Brezel & Miriam Israeli
Video by Munch Media

Friday, September 20, 2019

Poway Mayor, Chabad Rabbi Welcome Trump to San Diego

Poway Mayor Steve Vaus and Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein were among the first to greet President Donald Trump when he deplaned Air Force One Wednesday at MCAS Miramar in San Diego where he is attending a fundraising visit..

Mayor Vaus said he gave President Trump a “Mayor’s Medallion” after shaking the president’s hand in the receiving line upon his arrival.

Sep 18, 2019.

Thursday, September 19, 2019

98-year-old Veteran is Still Leaping out of Planes

Jump by jump, 98-year-old D-Day veteran Tom Rice is nudging closer to his goal of leaping out of planes at age 100.


Footage of Pesach Shooting at Chabad of Poway

Surveillance video from a Poway synagogue was shown in court Thursday, depicting the moment a gunman charged into the place of worship with an assault rifle and opened fire before congregants chased him away.

Images showing the receipt for a rifle, a hunting license, an alleged manifesto along with ammunition and protective gear found in the vehicle driven by the defendant were also entered into evidence.

John T. Earnest, 20 of San Diego, sat quietly next to his attorneys during the preliminary hearing. At various times during testimony, he made facial expressions and even a hand gesture toward the people sitting in the courtroom.

Earnest faces murder and attempted murder charges, both with hate-crime and gun allegations, and arson of a house of worship in connection with the April 27 shooting and the March 24 fire at an Escondido mosque. He also faces more than 110 federal charges.

The Mount Carmel High School graduate and Cal State San Marcos nursing student has pleaded not guilty.

Earnest is believed to have acted alone when he burst into the Chabad of Poway synagogue on the last day of Passover, and opened fire with an assault rifle, killing beloved community member Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injuring three others, including the synagogue's rabbi and an 8-year-old girl, Noya Dahan.

Cameras positioned both inside and outside the synagogue captured the less-than-three-minute incident on surveillance -- from the moment the suspect vehicle pulled up outside the church to the moment congregants chased him away.

Oscar Stewart, an Army veteran and Chabad of Poway worshiper who is credited for running after the shooter, described the chaos when gunshots first rang out.

"They were trying to get out. Most of them were running towards the exit doors," Stewart said. "The sanctuary has numerous doors and they were running towards there. People were falling over each other; there was chaos."

Video from the lobby showed a gunman approach the synagogue's entrance; Kaye was struck immediately and thrown to the ground. Rabbi Israel Goldstein was also in the lobby area, the video shows; officials said he was struck in the hand.

Stewart identified the man in court, Earnest, as the person who opened fire that day.

He said as he began to run towards the shooter, the gunman appeared to run out of ammunition.

"I told him I was going to kill him. I was trying to throw him off. I didn’t say it very politely. I yelled it and used some profanities also," he said.

The video shows at least four congregants run after the suspect. The gunman then jumps into a vehicle across the street and drives off.

Warning! Footage displays extreme violence. Viewer discretion is advised.



Watch the full court proceedings of Thursday's preliminary hearing.

Eli Herzlich - Meir Martin Widerker - Kol Yisroel

Israeli Singer Eli Herzlich performs this fun tempo changing song. Composed by  Meir Martin Widerker. This song, Kol Yisroel will be featured on the upcoming 4th album in the series of Shabbos songs.

The delightful composition brings together both Eli and energetic children's choir celebrating Hashem watching over each and every one of us in an inspirational way. 

CREDITS:

Produced, filmed and edited by: Hyper Productions
Composed by: Meir Martin Widerker
Singer: Eli Herzlich
Conducted, Arranged & Orchestrated By: Menachem Bristowski
Kids Choir - Shir Hallel

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Yoeli Dikman - Limtzoh Chen - Music Video


Cantor Yoel Ausch and Shira at NYPD Security Briefing

NYPD executives, clergy members, and community leaders convened at 1 Police Plaza for the annual High Holy Days briefing. Every year the department holds a meeting to discuss security measures and address community concerns as the Jewish community prepares for important religious observances throughout the city. Since its inception in the late 1970s, this longstanding tradition has fostered open lines of communication between community members and the NYPD.

Police Commissioner James P. O’Neill presided over the event and reassured those present that the NYPD is dedicated to protecting all religious communities.
 

Diamond of Life - Chai Elul Production

Talmidim Release video version of their Chai Elul production, titled "The Diamond of Life."

In honor of Chai Elul, birthdays of the Baal Shem tov the founder of Chassidus, and 53 years later the Baal Hatamya, the founder of Chassidus Chabad, 8th grade Talmidim of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva of Crown Heights performed a short play titled "The Diamond of Life" in Yeshiva. The live show was performed several times throughout the day for all the Talmidim from Pre-1A through 8th grade.

The Talmidim also released their play in a video version so that everyone around the world can enjoy their performance as well.

A special thank you goes to all the Talmidim of Rabbi Munitz's 8th grade class for a job well done..

Lipa and Yanky Green Pre-Bar Mitzvah - Moshe Holtzberg

Yanky Green & Lipa Schmeltzer singing Ani Maamin at the pre-Bar Mitzvah for Moshe Holtzberg. While Moshe helps a Navy Seal from the the US Army put on Tefilin for the first time in his life.

Yesterday, September 17, 2019 in Stony Point, New York



Israeli Elections Result in Deadlock & Stalemate

In his first speech to supporters after Tuesday's national elections in Israel, the winner declared that there was "only one option" — a national unity government.

Normally that would be a strange thing for a winner to trumpet; national unity governments are what you get when there is no real winner and the largest parties are so weakened that they must band together against the extremes to avert total chaos. And that, in fact, is the situation after Israel's most recent election. Based on the exit polls, it appears that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling right-wing Likud Party, and the centrist opposition Blue and White party headed by Benny Gantz, have almost equal representation at about half the seats needed to form a government.

But neither Gantz nor Netanyahu made that victory speech, because neither was the true winner of the election. The winner and speech-giver was Avigdor Lieberman, leader of the small (but not quite as small as it was) right-wing secular party, Yisrael Beiteinu ("Israel Our Home"). While Lieberman has long been viewed as both an extremist and a sower of chaos, for now he holds the balance of power in the Knesset. And if you want to know where Israel is likely going from here, he's a better guide than any other Israeli political leader.

Lieberman forced Israel's electoral "do-over" in the first place by refusing to join Netanyahu's government after last April's election, thereby depriving it of a majority. The dispute was over the drafting of yeshivah students, which the ultra-Orthodox parties opposed. But Lieberman had sat with those parties before, their disagreement over that issue and others notwithstanding. He seized on the draft question at this juncture not only because it was popular, but because he saw an opportunity to dislodge Netanyahu, enhance his own stature, and make himself indispensable to the next coalition.

That mission is now accomplished. After their losses, neither Blue and White nor Likud can form a plausible coalition. Likud's natural right-wing partners, the ultra-Orthodox and settler-oriented parties, look to have gained seats, but not as many as Likud lost. Without Lieberman, there will not be a right-wing government. But Blue and White has even fewer natural partners. The Zionist parties to their left — Labor and Democratic Union — will have at most a dozen seats between them, leaving them well shy of the 61 needed to form a government.

And while the two major parties could join forces, their majority together would likely be so thin that only a handful of defections would topple the government. To ensure against that eventuality, they need another coalition partner — and Lieberman poses the fewest ideological obstacles while also bringing the most seats to the table.

While Lieberman poses the fewest obstacles, that doesn't mean his perspective isn't ideologically distinctive. Lieberman is an unapologetic ethno-nationalist. He has proposed revoking the citizenship of Arab Israelis who refuse to take an oath of loyalty to the Jewish state, and transferring populous Arab areas within Israel to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for Jewish settlement blocs on the West Bank.

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Israeli exit poll projections show the country's longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former military chief, Benny Gantz, locked in a tight race. CNN's Oren Liebermann reports.


Israel election analysis: Who's going to lead the country? DW News reports



Tuesday, September 17, 2019

The Best Way to Cut Fresh Corn

Blue Earth, Minnesota. August 24, 2019.

MBD & Motty Steinmetz Concert Highlights

Yip-Stick

 A precious interaction between father and daughter has gone viral after the young girl was caught wearing lipstick.

Well, she adorably calls it, “yip-tick.”

Peter Sowell saidhe began interviewing his young daughter after she “expertly applied” her mother’s lipstick.

“Did you do anything in the bathroom?” he is heard asking her in the video. She shakes her head and replies, “I was putting my yip-tick on and then I was getting my phone.”

His daughter said the “yip-tick” belonged to her and when he asked her if she asked for permission to put it on she responded, “I asked myself.” When Peter asked her where she bought it, she said: “Home Depot.”

And, together, Peter and his daughter busted out with laughs.

The full video can be viewed below:

Pinny Schachter "Avi" Composed by Benzion Klatzko

Vocals and Arrangements by Pinny Schachter
Song and Lyrics by Benzion Klatzko
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Jeremy (Yaakov) Englander
Violins by Jim Queen with thanks to Miriam Hershkop
Video and Musical Production - Benzion Klatzko

Monday, September 16, 2019

Kruvim Elyonim - Avrum Mordche Schwartz - Sampler

Available now to pre order click here and here

The album will be released 9/17/19

Avrum Mordche Schwartz Presents: Kruvim Elyonim!
Songs Composed by: Anshie Friedman

"A Chasidic Musical Journey through Time"

Dear listener,

We would like to start off by thanking you for purchasing this album and supporting Jewish music. Kruvim Elyonim is about connecting to the timeless messages of yesterday, from many of our Chasidic leaders including (in no particular order): Reb Nachman of Breslov, The Szanzer Ruv, The Chasam Sofer and R’ Meir Premislan, Ahavas Yisroel of Viznitz, The Kaliver Rebbe, and the Shpoler Zaida.

These seven niggunim were put to the holy writings and themes of these holy tzaddikim for a reason; to help us connect. The songs on Kruvim Elyonim were composed over a length of time while either kumzitzing with people trying to bring them some chizuk and visiting the sick in hospitals trying take their minds off their ailments. The feelings you will get for that reason are very real, after all these songs are from the heart and Devarim Hayotzim Min Halev…

The two artists who created this masterpiece are composer extraordinaire Anshie Freidman, whose depth and meaningful melodies have resonated with many music fans out there, and vocalist/producer Avrum Mordche Schwartz, who in a relatively short time has captured audiences from all backgrounds.

The music on Kruvim Elyonim has a fresh sound. It WAS all about being creative and artistic to help you feel the song and to give them a modern feel to make it palatable. The vision of both Avrum Mordeche and Anshie was to concentrate on the art and not commercialization, although they do want to make the music commercial in the way that more people can enjoy it.

Prepare yourself for a musical journey unlike any other.

Song of Kerisos

Daf Yomi will be celebrating the Siyum of Kerisos on Weds, Sept 16th. The “SONG OF KERISOS” reviews the highlights & main points of KERISOS, recapping the key klallim of the Mesechta – all in rhyme!

If video below does not play, Click Here.

 By www.SONGSOFSHAS.com

Mordechai Gottlieb - Va’Ani Tefilati - Kumzitz

Zevi Fried is now presenting “Va’Ani Tefillati“, a new clip and preparation for the Yomim Noraim with R’ Mordechai Gottlieb and friends. The song is composed by R’ Shlomo Carlebach.

A Super Human Mother!

charidy.com/samet

The rallying cry of the attorneys helping Rabbi Mordechai Yitzchok Samet should have been sufficient to grant him an early release. However, he remains in confinement, separated from his dear family. Time after time again, the lawyers and family members of Rabbi Samet have had their hopes dashed; but one final push has given them a renewed sense of optimism. Rabbi Mordechai Yitzchok constantly reminds those close to him, it is never time to give up, and with Hashem’s help there is always a chance for salvation.

Those who are not familiar with Rabbi Mordechai Yitzchok Samet and his life story, are always shocked by the incredible suffering he and his family have suffered through. Starting from: the unreasonably harsh sentence of 27 years, to the refusal to transfer him to Israel, to the unwillingness to ease any of his burden by transferring him to a milder prison. However, he and his family have accepted it all with grace and humility. Now his youngest child is getting married, and Rabbi Mordechai Yitzchok is begging to be released in order that he can finally dance at his child’s wedding as a free man.

Years of struggle with both the American court system and the Israeli diplomatic courts, has so far not yielded any positive results. The State of Israel is refusing to request extradition, and the American immigration courts are refusing to grant him any leniency. Even though the new prison reform bill should have provided significant relief or even a chance at early release, the courts have placed another stumbling block before his lawyers by placing him an ICE Detainer to deport him to Israel.

One Final Push!

WATCH:

Yonatan Razel - Tzayar - Music Video

Yonatan Razel new single called Tzayar – The Painter, in which he made use of his piano together with a looper device. The idea to do this came when he performed together with Nitzan Chen, his cousin who is a violinist.

Sunday, September 15, 2019

The Plus Factor | Shmueli Ungar, Beri Weber, Shea Berko

Yeedle Kahan Plus introduces “The Plus Factor”. A new series featuring the biggest names in Jewish music.

Enjoy selected hit songs from all over the Jewish Music scene mixed together with a live feel, uniquely arranged by Yeedle Kahan Plus - where energy meets class!

Produced by: Yeedle Kahan
Music Arranged and Conducted by Yeedle Kahan
Featuring: Shmueli Ungar, Beri Weber, Shea Berko, Shira Choir, Yedidim Choir
Video by: Engel Studios, BenHesh Studios, Munch Media
Video Editing by Leiby Wieder - Studio62
Mixed by: Gershy Schwartz-Edgware Studios

Chazan Chaim Adler and son Yisrael Adler - Geit a Yid

A Powerful father-and-son duet, at a recent Yeshivas Mir Dinner

Geit A Yid
Chazan Chaim Adler and son Yisrael Adler
Yoeli Dickman and orchestra
Malchus Choir conducted by Pinchas Bichler
Photography: Dima
Editing: Hershy's
Production: Fleishman Peles Productions

The Tailored Room Presents "The Gentleman"