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One of the musical legends of our time is Chaim Dovid Sarachek - and his most popular iconic song is "Yamama" - a slow then fast niggun that is a dancing craze in yeshivas and music festivals throughout the world. Jewish Quarter resident Chaim Dovid Sarachik has been touching the souls of the Jewish world with his music for over 20 years. Originally from South Africa, Chaim Dovid came to Israel at the behest of his rebbe, Rav Shlomo Carlebach z"l and has been continuing Rav Shlomo's legacy of...
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Legend tells that after the Holocaust, Rav Yosef Kahaneman zt'l, looking for Jewish children who had survived the war. Some of the children had ended up in churches. He was granted permission to enter the children's quarters - when he entered he began calling out "Shema Yisroel" and instinctively many of the children raised their hands to cover their eyes and started calling out "Mama! Mama!"
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One of the musical legends of our time is Chaim Dovid Sarachek who performs his amazing song "Seven Sheperds" which alludes to the great seven tzaddikim of Jewish history (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moshe, Aaron HaKohen, Josef, and King David). Each of these iconic Jewish leaders correspond to a character trait (i.e. the chesed-kindness of Abraham) of the Jewish neshama (soul). Jewish Quarter resident Chaim Dovid Sarachik has been touching the souls of the Jewish world with his music for over 20...
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A totally amazing Hebrew news report of woman who gave birth in a specialized tractor ambulance that is run by MDA in the Old City of Jerusalem. The woman gave birth in the specialized ambulance near Damascus Gate (Sha'ar Shechem). This video is from a program called "Once in a Lifetime", and was aired on Israeli prime time TV. The ambulance crew is based out of the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, and covers the entire Old City - treating patients regardless of race, religion,...
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Leontina Arditi's film of growing up in a poor Sephardic familiy in Sofia takes us inside a world now lost to us. By sharing with us her family pictures, and the stories that go with them, Leontina brings her impoverished -- but not unhappy --- childhood to life. Here in one of Sofia's poorest quarters, we meet Jews and non-Jews, parents and boyfriends. For those who have wondered why Bulgarians have long been considered to be less anti-Semitic than their neighbors, Leontina gives us her...
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