The iconic Jewish song Tatty My King, a cherished classic from the Waterbury Yeshiva, was performed by an Amish-Mennonite Bible school in Calico Rock, Arkansas.pic.twitter.com/1SW16QShfV
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Monday, February 16, 2026
Iconic Jewish Song "My Tatty My King" Performed by Amish-Mennonite Bible school
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I often disagree with DIN, but when he’s right, he’s right. I thought he was being a wise guy here with AI or video editing because what shaychus do Noitzrim have to words like Tatty & Hashem? So I did some research. The only German dialects today that use Tatty for father are in the northernmost province of Italy that used to be part of Austria. But the Amish-Mennonite came to Pennsylvania 100s of years ago when older extinct dialects shared the word with Yiddish. Now what about Hashem? I asked Mennonite gerim who gave me the most interesting answer. Mennonites are taught in school that Yidden use the name Hashem out of reverence & they respect us for that. They don’t say the word Hashem in day to day conversation but they will say it in Bible school songs. They will also take any songs in praise of Hashem to sing in school even if it comes from lehavdil Yidden or lehavdil again, rock stars!
Many Anabaptist churches (including Amish & Mennonite) don’t accept converts to their religion. But it seems this one does when you consider all the dark hair in this group
Where did Waterbury get this song from?
Must be difference education systems in their community. I've met Mennonites and all they know about Jews is from the Bible, nothing about actual Torah Judaism.
(One even told me that she prays for Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. I didn't have the heart to tell her...)
Figures DIN is highlighting an A CAPELLA performance. Vehameyvin yuvin! LOLOLOLOL!!
We need to team them up with Lipa for Halftime of Superbowl LXI before Bad Bunny weasels in again. Mr Wonderful is splitting the sponsorship with Shloime Werdiger
I did more research after Garnel's question. The gerim I spoke to lived in an area where Mennonites weren't large enough in numbers to form their own school so they went to a Protestant umbrella school for all subdenominations. It was generally wealthier families enrolled there & the education was considered more sopisticated than at a rural all-Mennonite school
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