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CHAZAQ Concert with the Renowned Ari Goldwag "Am Echad" "Yesh Tikvah"
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Ari Goldwag was born and raised in New York. His family moved to Long Island when he was five, and there he started school in the Hebrew Academy of Nassau County. Perhaps his first musical experience was in kindergarten there, where his music teacher was Rabbi Yossi Lieber, who had sung with Yossi Toiv in the group Or Chadash. The exposure he had then to Jewish music continued through his elementary school years as he entered the choir of Seymour Silbermintz A"H, who for decades was deeply involved in Jewish music as well. His interest in this genre of music was piqued one evening when his parents brought him to a concert of the Miami Boys Choir, directed by Yerachmiel Begun. The album they brought home with them (Bisyata Dishmaya) would become Ari's favorite, and would be the impetus for his mother to encourage him to join the choir himself. Ari would always be found singing, and his mother felt that there was great talent that remained untapped in her young child. This dream became a reality when Ari was accepted into the Miami Boys Choir, and went on to become star-soloist, appearing on five albums of the choir and three of their videos. He performed then across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and in Europe and Israel. During this time, he also began composing and recording his compositions on a small four-track recorder his parents bought him. He would also accompany himself with his keyboard that he had learned to play by ear. As he entered his teens his voice changed, and he began studying voice under Cantor Hersh Einhorn. During that same time he began to learn in the Yeshiva of Far Rockaway. Over the years he composed many beautiful songs, and after some time learning in Israel and his marriage, he brought them together in a beautiful collection which was entitled "Lishuascha Kivinu" - for your salvation do we long. This album brought with it other offers to sing on other albums, and thus he was featured on the albums, "Sameach at the wheel," and "Vzocher" with Mendy Wald and Shloime Dachs. His newest album, entitled "Simcha Blibi" - the joy in my heart - has just been released. This album features a stunning string section featuring players from the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as many of the finest musicians in Israel and America. One of the features on each of Ari's solo albums is his signature english songs. Beside for the beautiful and moving hebrew songs featuring lyrics from the psalms and prayers, the english songs provide a venue for Ari to express his emotion and give over a message that is both poignant and thought-provoking. Two of his english songs were composed and written by his good friend Dror Kivodi. These songs also present a very 'with-it' sound, and provide the perfect backdrop for the concepts relayed therein. Ari is now working on a number of new projects, which he hopes will truly find a place in your hearts. On Sunday night, August 10th, 2014 the CHAZAQ organization hosted a very special evening of inspiration and song with the renowned Ari Goldwag live! The event took place at the Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills and hundreds of men and women attended! For more information about upcoming CHAZAQ events and programs, please Visit https://www.chazaq.org/
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welcome ladies and gentlemen to the
youngest of Hills where tonight is proud
to present Ari
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Gold before we begin the event I want to
ask from the rabbi RAB to just say a few
quick opening remarks with without
further Ado RAB y Shel please
a wonderful show here tonight y
um I'm pretty overwhelmed by this uh
crowd and very impressed by this crowd
and um I'm here to welcome you on behalf
of the Young Israel CU artist Hills it's
our pleasure to work with anyone
anything because uh Yaniv is one of the
center points of whatever that's
important that takes place in our
community
and that's really the broader community
of Queens Yan incredibly so is there to
do what's right but I don't want to make
this a testimonial for Yan because you
probably would not appreciate it uh it
is tuab tonight and tuab the gor tells
us or Tinus tells us was the one of the
two happiest days on the Jewish calendar
the first one was with so Kipper after
yipa was over people felt elated they
went out they celebrated and the same
thing happened on tube of the 15th of of
and the 15th of
of was a day that um they young ladies
will go out and and dress themselves and
attract the boys this is something that
doesn't really happen today uh too much
those who tried probably get put in but
in the good old days that did happen but
theor wants to know what was so what was
so great that happened on tuba of
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says we understand it's a time of
sleeping kapar it was a great day of
forgiveness what so what happened that
happened on the 15th of and so the gar
gives a number of reasons but one of the
reasons is because it was the
day saw that that till that time in a
certain year was fractured and you had
all the different tribes and they were
all up in a different circum the story
of pish Piva where CL ented a civil war
it was a very tragic time but then there
came a point in time where they're all
allowed to marry within the other shabat
and the date that that happened happened
to be on the 15th of a so the fact that
CLA is comes
together and is now allowed to
intermingle be as one beautified was a
great day of s on the calendar for all
of eternity and if there's
Anye that that is permeating us as CLA
at this time it's that theme of unity of
office of coming together never has it
been more important than now we have an
enemy throughout the world that's
unified we have asov and Ismael that
have unified together to declare war on
the Jewish people you have isar in the m
east you have ASA in Western Europe and
they have unified together together and
is itself is Unified together wherever
they may be to declare war on the Jewish
people the way we respond to them was
with our sense of unity which barem CL
has not experienced in many many many
years especially in in AR Israel itself
so this is a celebration of unity of AAS
of K Isel coming together our community
of Cu Hills really is the prototype for
Aus we have Young Israel
we have an a good across the street we
have lias we have we and we have Yas
with college without College we have a
bukar community we have a yemenite
community we have a safari Community we
have some some in the
community we're not always in each
other's living rooms and kitchens but we
do have a sense of healthy respect for
each other and that's a great starting
point so I want to say to Yan and uh to
all those who are involved with
hope you enjoyed tonight's concert and I
hope you walk away with a wonderful
feeling of
H thank you very
much I just want to give another thank
to Mr shom Z ke and his wife for helping
organize tonight's event thank you very
much I really appreciate all your help
and ladies and gentlemen without further
Ado let's give a very very loud Round of
Applause for Ari goldwag
okay you
ready now you guys can clap
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show
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song you guys have
you guys CL
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I came
to
sh to cats and say
night for you guys sing again
tomorrow I'm fly back all my wife is do
in less than 2
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weeks so I feel like in a certain way I
represent St
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you actually to
Sticky and um so when I
left there was still a ceasefire in
effect when I landed in America was long
effect and
um you know I it and we had to run to
our into our room protect protect the
room a few
times
and the one of the things that for me
was most powerful incred powerful is
during the whole during the
kidnapping that whole story so first you
have the a which continued continues
especially you know people just such
a
with and and also from
outside you may have heard the story of
the representative from the white sh who
came came
to and they told him that it's not
enough to come have to come
backing so we know one of for me
personally I'm sure for a lot of people
it's because of us that you guys are all
us and don't take the
sh
so the next two songs actually next
three songs that I want to sing one is
one
is ready trce
so you guys going to help me out and
then after this we're going to sing that
because you know obviously you can't
look at the situation without
thinking is is taking care of us it's
unbelievable it's
unbelievable and um and the next song
I'm going to sing right into that song
is you
know one you guys know
it and you
guys you
ready and everyone has
to I come from there like
a there's a there's a we're getting
we're getting everywhere it's like a
special we live in a place just all Jews
even if we fight still Brothers you know
it's brother's
fun we get along something like it's so
help
up here we go
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summer my
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saw we didn't see
it so on the video there's a little
guy keep that
son wish my son on my C which walk
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enjoy that was a suggestion
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just put
out
Soul which first song
called
made very Talent good boy years ago
comes in the
house and um he says to me
Iran is going to blow up the
world said really did you
heaper pick up the
steps
from he
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said and so sitting there in the room my
daughter was also there
and I saw that she looked a little bit
nervous I said I said to what she know
he said are you
afraid said no
I'm said I know I'm
AF okay to be
afraid when comes back
from what do see what happens as comes
out
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fre but what does he
do he's
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gifts but said you know it's okay to be
afraid Trust
so kids you never
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together the next
day and my wife tells me that my
daughter
Tora she uh she come
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out
loud you doing it's beautiful why you
doing that and so she my daughter said
that she and her friends decided that
they to see the proph so so that follow
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me and I think I think that every I know
know
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and we
saw we thought like well you know our
Fields like were they we have such
intense such strong
feel and such intense emotions was for
nothing and uh I think I think everybody
this at this point realizes
that we're having the uing weeks and the
protection that was clear that we had
was unbelievably out of this world so
I'm going to ask you guys to sing
another song Jo with me a
s i want you guys to sing along and
think about the words as you say
them and uh and it will be a big for all
of us there you go
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strong
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the Lord is my
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keep
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my be
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I love you
too look at this you know this
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you don't know song you don't know that
loves
you time to
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figes hold on to this clap
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greatest love you
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oh sh you oh sh you oh sh you
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song I to teach you
guys the
song this no song
except Frid last
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night you
know it's a
like up Happy song She Loves You next
song
The the
words it's a
great I have the the license cuz I so I
can sing me
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the always be happy so been asking you
know a few days ago last Tuesday we were
sitting on the
floor so what does it mean happen person
doesn't say
anyone
20 200
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years always happy supp Happ happy
I see a lot
ofbody so I think that I think that we
we live in a culture which we live in
Western culture which has a definition
of happiness that has to fun from having
fun I'm happy which is not
Happ happiness
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doesn't things that I'm doing that I
sense I'm doing I'm supposed to
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true sense
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of and it's amazing
thing we
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it's things we do which recognizes that
it's a Loy it's a time of
and
so I asked I had a group of 600 little
kids
came so I said you know can you feel two
things I
I Sur say yes feel happy and sad at the
same
time can you
feel you feel serious and silly at the
same
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time okay so here's goes
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okay I need you tell me it's a little
easier to get 600 kids from the age of 5
to do
this do this okay
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as ready raise your hands
feeling raise your hands if you feeling
happy raise your hands if you feeling
happy
feel
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clap
feel feel
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I promise you if you raise your hands
first of all you
know and second all no think that
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you're okay
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ohing
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Happ Happ
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feeling
happy feeling happy
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sh one more
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feeling
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happy feeling happy
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feel Happ
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speak a little B more clearly
started
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23 so
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we
do is m going to take just a quick
minute are we ask for a small break I'm
joking I just want to notify everyone
about different programs that kazak has
first of all for the ladies every single
Monday night kazak has a very great
special class for you ladies at the bed
Community Center in Forest Hills and
we're going to be having very very very
special speakers tomorrow night we have
Pearl brtz who's known for parenting
classes it is a not to be
misclass Hari I I hear
like I hear myself too
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much the
mic anyway no no no that wasn't you you
can go fine yeah okay anyways uh that's
for the ladies uh we are going to be
having a very very big event a week from
tonight the details are not 100%
confirmed but it's it's along the lines
of a big name like Charlie arari Rabbi
pesono even rabbit Esther young rice the
details are are going to be uh notified
to everyone very very soon uh there's a
major yard size for young lady that
passed away so they're looking to do
something major so we will be getting
all the details out very shortly just
save the dat week from tonight August
17th um August 24th 2 weeks from tonight
we're going to be having our second Ro
KES
event that we started once unfortunately
the sad news and Eric happened so we
decided every we're going to unite not
because of a because of a tragedy but
we're going to
unite that we're not uh you know we
don't just come together in sad times
but happy times as well in random times
as well so we're going be doing a new
program every month so save that date as
well and last date I'm going to ask you
to save which is very very important for
us it's the main fundraising event for
kak it's our second annual dinner on
September
15th uh that's going be a Leonards of
Great Neck save that day it's very very
important last year we had about 6 to
people this year my
goal is to have 1,000 people to come and
show their support for the organization
and for whatever reason you can't make
it September 15th and you are here
tonight or you came to other shazak
events or programs we ask you to at
least participate with the journal write
something about how you P to a certain
lecture or you know someone that is part
of the organization whether it's team
division cision the par paper the
learning programs etc etc and you write
a thank you and that would be very much
appreciated we do have invitations
upstairs uh in envelopes whoever is
interested in getting the information
please come see us afterwards uh Ari
with without further Ado I'll give you
back the mic we do have our CD for sale
over here to my left and uh feel free to
buy them it's $15 for one $25 for two
right okay great here you
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go just push this back a little bit to
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so the
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remember when I was filming the
video I
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and
um like that took me an hour and a half
so
that and
so I had
to all the Five Guys on on the stage
together right so each of the ex in the
middle real in that spot the other four
guys were of
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fil so I film we did a green screen film
I had to go film the scene so we fil the
green
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house and um my was first
shot and and uh when my daughter came
daughter came to the house she like she
didn't know where I was she like where's
I so we
filming in the
park on the stage so n guys
came music
and I just I think it's
amazing we
get at the end of all it's like
everything
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justen like you can get into that space
right here right
now so help me out join
me and uh
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well to the new
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ago about 25 years ago
there's a little boy his name is
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and and they saw this choir called Miami
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mother watching
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show singing song Would you
please me sing in the
choir again
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today and my friends will say would you
please let me
sing the
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choir
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like you go up there I'm like no I not
going up
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that you
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you guys like to thank my
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wife
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like gift share gifts
and
um said I said I said you know I promise
I'll tell the people that you shared me
with
them she like no I don't want you to
tell her that she said I want you to
tell that that if I was there I would
sing
too was here
singing she she's cute
the problem when she
starts you can't
get
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got to like got
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