RAR_1_12_09_ Old, Sweet Song

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January 12 2009
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43min 6s
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Venue: The Jewish Center (New York, NY) The Jewish Center (New York, NY)

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Zemirot, or songs of praise, are an essential part of every Shabbat meal, with melodies that resonate across families and generations. But even as we are moved by these soulful tunes, how many of us really understand what these poems are telling us? This series will shed light on little known aspects of the Shabbat zemirot as pedagogical tools and halachic works, as well as the great scholars and poets who authored them.

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Miriam & Alan Goldberg and Ruth Peyser Kestenbaum to mark the twelfth yahrtzeit of their father, Irwin Peyser, Harav Yisroel Chaim ben R' Dovid V' Fraidah Raizel Peyser and by Francine Lashinsky and Dr. Alexander and Meryl Weingarten in memory of Mary Wininger, Matel bat Ephraim, z"l on the occasion of her yahrzeit on the 29th of Shevat and in honor of their children, Mark, Michael, Julie, Marnie and Michelle, and in gratitude to Hashem for the release of Agam bat Meirav Berger and for the zechut of the other hostages and the chayalim