Thursday marked the 27th anniversary of the passing of Reb Shlomo Carlebach, who once told his friends that he had stood at an intersection where three different wedding halls stood and heard his songs emanating at the same time from all three simchas.
Our good friend Ezri To Be sent us an unusual sky drone video, bearing down through the clouds on the assembly of holy Chassidim who commemorated the Rebbe the way he would have wanted it: singing his songs with a lot of strumming.
Reb Shlomo was only 69 when he was taken away from us – way too early. He showed us a sweet and uplifting Judaism the likes of which we hadn’t seen anywhere else before. We miss him today more than ever before, in our era of strife and war among brothers.
Except of course for the woman who he molested.
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ReplyDeleteI am one of those women, I forgive him and so do the others that I am in touch with. He is long gone, let his soul rest in peace. He changed Jewish music for the better and changed the lives of thousands for better. Leave him alone. May G-d judge you too
You forgive him, but does God?
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ReplyDeleteGod forgave him, as a "Litvak" you know that judgement is only in the first year of death., but I'm sure since you keep harping on that, you must be have a closet of skeletons yourself, and so may God judge you like you judge him, let him rest in peace. I remember growing up people saying that a "Litvak" has a "tzeilim" in his heart, they weren't kidding
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ReplyDeleteR' Shlomo z"l changed the frum world for the better, the youth were leaving the shuls until he came along and introduced joy into the davening. Shuls with hired Chazzanim became totally empty as no one had patience for these egotistical nobodies. People still enjoy Chazaanim but only in concerts and that's a good thing.
Yes he had faults and no one claimed he was a tzaddik, that's not why they loved him. They loved him for his great compositions, and stories. There is absolutely no simcha where there isn't a Carlebach tune played or sung.
We have all harmed others by our actions, no one is perfect.
Cantor Zanvil Kwartin who wrote the most moving chazzanishe pieces, was a "mechallel shabbos" be'farhesye, and so was Pinchik who composed the famous tune for Rozo D'shabbas. Many Chazzanim and I will not name them all, were adulterers and one famous Chazaan in particular was a kohen married to a divorcee.
Interesting that while he was alive no one confronted him with accusations, it all came out when he wasn't there to defend himself.
He was a great person and is becoming more and more popular as Carlebach shuls are opening up all over. One opened up in Williamsburg where Satmar Chassidim who enjoy his music come to daven.Yehe Zichro Baruch