[HANASHIR:5970] Re: Edelweiss at a Bat Mitzvah service

[Rabbi Richard Schachet <lvrabbi...>]

Make him happy-- As long as it's not like a situation I had in a wedding
between 2 Jews who wanted Ave Maria sung-- (I refused)
Rabbi Richard Schachet
Valley Outreach Synagogue
www.valleyoutreach.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Susan Schanerman <sschanerman(dot)dvh (at) tuhsd(dot)k12(dot)az(dot)us>
To: hanashir <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 11:29 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:5969] Edelweiss at a Bat Mitzvah service


> I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this one.  The father of a bat
> mitzvah-to-be has requested that I surprise his daughter by singing one
> of his favorite songs, Edelweiss (yes, the one from The Sound of Music),
> at her bat mitzvah service during his speech to her.  He wants me to
> change the words "bless my homeland forever" to "bless my Michelle
> forever".  I tried tactfully to suggest that the song has nothing to do
> with anything but he's pretty adamant that the song is meaningful to
> him.  Anyone else been in a situation like this?  Do I go ahead and make
> him happy and sing it at the service or insist that it's not relevant to
> a bat mitzvah service and refuse?
> Susan Schanerman
> Phoenix
>
>

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