By Dovid Nachman Golding April 7, 2021
In the last 40-plus years, children’s songs even the more simple ones with the corny rhymes have made some amazing contributions to the world of chinuch
Looking back on Pesach, I can’t help but smile as I think about my favorite part of our Seder singing the “Ten Makkos” song to the tune of Dayeinu from the classic 613 Torah Avenue. Granted, kids’ tapes might not have had the star-power of popular singers of the day, but in the last 40-plus years, children’s songs even the more simple ones with the corny rhymes have made some amazing contributions to the world of chinuch.
Surprise Beginnings Yom Tov In Der Vochen
By Rabbi Binyomin Zev Karman
Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7:00 am | י ט ניסן תשפ א
Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 7:00 am | י ט ניסן תשפ א
His childhood in Davyd-Haradok, Belarus, could be described as that of a living orphan. While his mother, Sarah, and his grandfather, Reb Dovid Meir Litvak, the shochet in town, did their best to provide stability in his life, life without his father, Reb Moshe, must have been tough.
When they married shortly before the onset of World War I, Reb Moshe began teaching in the local Tarbut school. Soon after, when his wife was expecting their first child, Reb Moshe was drafted into the Russian army, where he served for four years. Having learned to play the violin on the advice of his Rebbe, who told him it would come in handy, he was assigned to the military orchestra, which saved him from serving on the front.