Moshe Yess A`H 1988 In Concert

okay I need a little B help here okay your part goes like this clap clap clap clap clap clap [Music] clap [Music] no fear Masia will be here this year I'm have no fear mashia will be here this year we want mhia now we want Masia now we want Masia now we don't want to wait we want Masia now we want Masia now we want Masia now we don't want to wait I must do we have to wait we want mashia now we don't want to wait we want MH now we want mashiach now we want mashiach now we don't want to wait all right thank you Barak has put together a very interesting program here tonight and there's an awful lot of performers and we've all agreed to keep our times down to make it a concert of reasonable length and so in the time that I have I'd like to do some songs that all of you have made very popular my Z liveed with us in my parents' home and he used to laugh he put me on his knee and he spoke about his life in Poland he spoke but with a bitter memory and he spoke about the soldiers who had beat him and they laughed at him they tore his long black coat and he spoke about a synagogue that they burnt down and the crying that was heard beneath the smoke but Z made us laugh Zade made us sing and Zade made a kidish Friday night and Zade oh my Zade how I love him so and Zade used to teach me wrong from right his eyes lit up when he would teach me Torah and he taught me every line so carefully and he spoke about our slavery in Egypt and how God took us out to make us free but winter went by summer came along I went to Camp to run and play and when I came back home they said s's gone and all his books were packed and stored away and I don't know how or why it came to be it happened slowly over many years we just stop being Jewish like my Z was and no one cared enough to shed a tears but s made us laugh s made us sing and Z made us s pace of night and z Oh My Z how I love him so and z used to teach me wrong from right and many Winters went by and many Summers came along and now my children sit in front of me and who will be the Zade of my children who will be their Z if not me who will be the savor of our children who will be their zes if not we and Zade made us laugh Zade made us sing and Z made a kidish Friday night and z Oh My Z how I love him so and Z used to teach me wrong from right thank you I like telling this story over and over again because it's uh it's quite relevant to what's happening I was in a b Chua Yeshiva in yusal primarily as the consequence of a laicha rabbi in Los Angeles caring enough to put some Fillin on a hippie musician about 10 and 1/2 years ago and one of the things in the Bal chuba Yeshiva in yusal that we were all curious about was what would it have been like to have been raised in a home where the father let's say was a rabbi well the Curiosity was put to rest about 3 years ago for myself when I met a very talented songwriter whose name is AB rotenberg he resides in Toronto and he wrote an expose of that experience which was his in his childhood When We Were Young Yesa boys way back in 65 we were known throughout the city as the bombs from the East Side in school we never studied all we did was laugh and play and no Rev ever lasted long they all just ran away Reby tried to teach us Torah each and every day we just closed our eyes and ears to everything he'd say and all we like to do was sit and watch our TV sets we talk about the Yankees and the Dodgers and the Mets well the principal brought the new revian first day of the term and he said to him show discipline be strong tough and firm don't think these youngsters run the school he said with a big frown and by the way for the next few weeks I'm going out of town this here rby he was strange he never lost his cool he kept right on teaching while we broke all the rules and even though we hadn't learned a single thing all year it was pesak time already and that Reby was still here Reby tried to teach us Torah each and every day we just close our eyes and ears to everything he'd say and all we like to do was sit and watch our TV sets we talk about the Yankees and the Dodgers and the Mets well when logba om came around it was time for the big game against those boys from Brooklyn how we prayed it wouldn't rain all nine of us got on the bus with our gloves and bat Reby also came along in his jacket tie and hat right from the start we all could see things weren't going right some big strong kid from benen Hurst hit one out of sight and just as things were looking up and the tide about to turn our catcher went and broke his leg while sliding into third it's a forfeit cried the other team you only got eight guys no we don't a deep voice said much to us surprise and since I am their Reby the fair thing it would seem is let me be the night man ninth man on the team Reby went picked up the bat faced the pitcher with a smile knocked to cover off the ball went about half a mile he flew around the bases and he scored the win and run and we danced and cheered until he said now boys you owe me we won the next day in the classroom no one moved no one stirred reevy started teaching and his voice it could be heard we all said hey it's interesting the man he is no boore the legendary East Side bombs were gone forever more Reby used to teach us Torah each and every day you know we opened up our eyes and ears to everything say and no more did we sit all day and watch our TV sets uh-uh we talk about Rashi and the tophus and the [Music] myth thank you I was not asked to do this uh I'm doing this of my own valtion um the this next little bit here first of all I've got time for about one more song and there's an awful lot of other great music here tonight for you and uh the the uh the fact is is that labovich cares for people and uh we it not for that caring an awful lot of Jewish people would be further away from Torah than without uh labovich caring for them and uh Jewish pride is something that constantly needs to be reemphasized so I'll leave you with this message I don't want to change my name I've got nothing to be ashamed of and I got no secrets from you I came in the world this way and I'm going out the same I'm going to live my life and die as a Jew I'm a Jew and I got nothing to apologize to you I'm a son of [Music] abbor I believe in a Promised Land and shouldn't you shouldn't you shouldn't you Noah built the ark Moses went up on Mount Si Daniel made it through the lion stand with a little faith in God they all made it through their troubles cuz a little faith and God will always win I'm a Jew I'm a Jew and I got nothing to apologize to you I'm a p i been the promised land and shouldn't you you should you thank you everybody what do you say we bring him back for one [Music] [Applause] more thought I was [Music] through you want to know what nakas is for me Nas is last PES in AER Kora since I met the rabbi in Los Angeles 10 and a half years ago there's been a few additions to my family canora the kids are 7 6 5 4 3 and two and uh Nas is having four of your kids learning learning what unfortunately I didn't have the chance to learn as a boy and to conduct a Seder and have your seven-year-old kid give you some novel interpretations that he learned from his rebi on the haa so this is to my boys and most of all to my wife that's my my boy that's my little boy with a rabbi all around him that's my boy 8 days old just 8 days old with a rabbi and the mole that's my boy we make a kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from harm we make a kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from heart and that's my boy that's my little boy with his tus and his Tain That's my boy just 13 he's just 13 and now he's reading from the Torah That's my boy we make a kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from harm we make a Kish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from harm and That's my boy that's my little boy now he's underneath Thea That's my boy so very young so very young with his bride his wedding ring That's my boy we make a kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from harm we make a kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from harm and that's his boy that's his little boy with a rabbi all around him that's his boy 8 days old just 8 days old with the rabbi and the mole that's his boy we make a kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray God to keep him safe from all we make our kidish on the wine and we say a little prayer and we pray to God to keep him safe from harm have a great night ladies and gentlemen thank you