Nov 9, 2012 By: libraryblog
The past comes to life in sound and sight at the Library鈥檚 new . Experience musar (moral instruction) as it was delivered by a traditional Eastern European maggid (preacher) by tuning in to the Bialystoker Maggid鈥檚 impassioned wedding speech. Even if you don鈥檛 understand Yiddish you will feel the force and spirit of his message. For a more contemporary American approach to Orthodox Judaism, select from a variety of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm鈥檚 speeches and lectures. These audio recordings demonstrate the breadth and depth of his Jewish knowledge and his academic scholarship, his skills as an orator and educator, as well as his piety, sensitivity, wisdom, compassion, and humanity. Another expression of Jewish life is the art of the chazzan, the cantor. In a twist on the usual experience of listening to a cantor, this site enables you to see music manuscripts hand-written by Cantor Zeidel Rovner, a well-known Eastern European cantor and composer who moved to New York in 1914.
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Posted by Shulamith Z. Berger
