In addition, the Collection includes a minimal amount of printed material, such as sheet music (some in Yiddish), booklets and a poster. Anonymous compositions comprise more than half the Collection. It was not always possible to ascertain whether the cantors were the composers, compilers or transcribers of the musical works. The manuscripts are associated with twenty individual cantors from Europe and the United States. The Cantorial manuscripts, mostly dating from the early 20th century, include music for solo and choral compositions for weekdays, Sabbath and holiday services, weddings and other occasions. – information on Rabbi Miyrom Hillel Rappaport.Rappaport, avek in der eybikayt" fun Aharon Hayat, Bialystoker Shtime, September 1963, p. "Der Bialystoker Shtot-Magid, H.R.M.H.Bialystok: photo album of a renowned city and its Jews the world over.We wish to thank Ronald Finegold, donor of the recording, and Sally Kirsch and Blossom Scheinfeld, granddaughters of Rabbi Rappaport, who provided biographical information and photographs. He mentions the concentration camps and stresses the need for a Jewish homeland in Eretz Israel, and concludes with the need for the Messiah. He criticizes American Jews who do not provide their children with a Jewish education, since they believe that this will prevent their children from succeeding in American society. Rabbi Rappaport praises the parents of the newlywed couple for giving their children a Jewish education. This speech was probably delivered at a wedding or sheva brachot between 19. He was eulogized by Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, among others, at a large funeral. Rabbi Rappaport moved to the Bialystoker Home for the Aged on the Lower East Side, after he was severely injured in a car accident. He was also a masterful shaliach tsibur (prayer leader) synagogues and hotels drew crowds when he led prayers on the Sabbath and holidays. It is estimated that he gave thousands of speeches for a million Jews over the course of his life. He became well known to the public through his radio appeals for yeshivas and other charitable institutions on New York radio stations. His speeches included anecdotes and parables laced with humor and spiritual insight. He “gave” musar, moral instruction, and exhorted his audiences to repent and strive for greater religious observance. The language of the speeches was Yiddish, mixed with traditional Hebrew phrases and Biblical quotations. He delivered his sermons in the manner of the Eastern European maggid, characterized by its niggun: its melody, rhythm, cadence, and emotional, intense, chanting. He was best known by his title, the Bialystoker Maggid, and was popularly known as the king of darshanim (preachers), in the tradition of the great preachers of yore. He served as the first rabbi of the Beth HaMedrosh HaGadol in New Haven, CT, and then moved to Washington Heights, New York, where he was the rabbi of the Bais HaMedrosh HaGadol of Washington Heights for many years. Rabbi Rappaport arrived in America in 1928. Family members report that when the Bialystoker Maggid visited Warsaw to speak, all the Jewish stores closed in order to enable everyone to hear him. He moved to Bialystok, where he was the official preacher the Bialystoker Shtot-Maggid, for fourteen years. Rabbi Majrim (Meir) Hillel Rappaport, the Bialystoker Maggid, was born in Brisk and received semicha (rabbinic ordination) from Rav Soloveitchik of Brisk. Rabbi Majrim (Meir) Hillel Rappaport, the Bialystoker Maggid, (1870?-1963)
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