[HANASHIR:8908] Re: Professional Keyboards

[Meris Ruzow <meris...>]

Friends:

I am ready to purchase a Technics or Yamaha Clavinova digital keyboard.
There is only one "local dealer" in town here who can charge whatever he
wants to charge.  My Board is asking me to go online and see if I can find
the keyboard cheaper.   Do any of you know of any websites where
professional pianos/keyboards can be ordered?   I've told the Bd that my
concern is #1- Cost of shipping, #2-Where do you go if something happens to
it under warranty - But they insist I try to do this online.   Do any of you
know of websites where this type of purchase can be made?

Thanks,
Meris Ruzow
meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com

-----Original Message-----
From: shirona <shirona (at) bellatlantic(dot)net>
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 6:59 PM
Subject: [HANASHIR:8742] Re: Re Yom HaAtzmut


>Songs for Yom HaAtzma'ut:
>
>Shir Lashalom - Rothbleit, Rosenbloom
>Shir Hapalmach - Gilad, Zahavi
>Ha'amini Yom Yavo - Kelchkin, Beharav
>Hayu Z'manim - Chefer, Vilensky
>Mool Har Sinai - Moher, Vilensky
>Al Kol Eile - N. Shemer
>Eretz, Eretz - S. Feikov
>Machar - N. Shemer
>Kachol Velavan - I. Reshef
>Shir Ha'avodah - ?
>Od Lo Ahavti Dai - N. Shemer
>Shoshana - H. Chefer, lyrics
>
> Hora Songs -
>Rad Halaila
>Zemer Lach
>Shir Sameach
>Havu Lanu Yayin
>Tzena Tzena
>
>A good time to teach Hatikvah...
>
>Good luck,
>Shirona
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Meris Ruzow" <meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com>
>To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:50 AM
>Subject: [HANASHIR:8738] Re: Re Yom HaAtzmut
>
>
>> Friends:  I am looking for some titles to use for Yom HaAtzmut that would
>> especially appeal to 4th grade - 8th.  I teach in a day school, so a lot
>of
>> hebrew is no problem.  The thing is, I want to know what ISRAELIS sing
for
>> this holiday.   More contemporary stuff.   Please give titles and
>composers
>> if you know them.  You know,  Naomi Shemer and that genre.   I already do
>> Lach Yerushalayim and all the ones we have in our books.  Just wondering
>if
>> there 's a few really good tunes I'm not using.  Thanks!
>> A zissen Pesach to you all...........
>> Meris Ruzow
>> meris (at) nycap(dot)rr(dot)com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LSalvay (at) aol(dot)com <LSalvay (at) aol(dot)com>
>> To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
>> Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 6:27 PM
>> Subject: [HANASHIR:8682] Re: Teaching Chad Gadya
>>
>>
>> Adam et al,
>> Regarding the meaning of Chad Gadya -- yes, it is elusive, and no, I
would
>> not begin to expect preschoolers (or even elementary schoolers) to
>> comprehend
>> its symbolism. But it's a first step -- teaching it to "the son who does
>not
>> know how to ask," as someone suggested. And, if it inspires questioning,
>> then
>> it has fulfilled its purpose at the Seder.
>>
>> According to "A Family Haggadah II" by Shoshana Silberman (KAR-BEN
COPIES,
>> 1997) and corroborated by other annotated haggadot, the song's meaning is
>as
>> follows:
>>
>> "Chad Gadya is an allegory describing Israel's history. The kid is
Israel,
>> purchased with 2 zuzim, the 2 tablets of the law. Next is a list of
>Israel's
>> oppressors: the cat is Assyria; the dog, Babylonia; the stick, Persia;
the
>> fire, Greece; the water, Rome; the ox, the Saracens; the butcher, the
>> Crusaders; the Angel of Death, the Ottomans. But the song ends with an
>> expression of hope, that the Holy One will bring peace and eternal life
to
>> the people of Israel."
>>
>> In short, I explain the song to my students (of any age) as meaning that
>God
>> is powerful over even the most powerful person or thing on earth. And it
>is
>> God's ultimate power that has enabled the Jews to survive, even after all
>> these other oppressors have been "swallowed up." (And isn't that the
story
>> of
>> Pesach, after all?)
>>
>> Meanwhile, I want to express my thanks to all of you who responded with
>such
>> thoughtful and supportive comments on the merits of teaching Chad Gadya
to
>> young children. It's truly wonderful to know that as Jewish music
teachers
>> and songleaders, we're "all in this together," and that what we do and
how
>> we
>> do it (and how we think about it) can bolster the efforts of our peers
>> across
>> the country (and around the world.)
>>
>> However, I must tell you that the director of the JCC preschool called me
>> today to tell me that she polled the veteran teachers at the school, and
>> they
>> all felt that Chad Gadya was inappropriate for preschoolers. Therefore, I
>> have been asked to cease teaching it (although I will teach it this
Sunday
>> at
>> Religious School at my synagogue, just as I have done for the last 12
>years
>> with no negative reactions.)  Needless to say, I'm more than a little
>> dismayed -- but if it's pablum they want, I guess I'm obligated to
provide
>> it. (And I wonder how much longer I'll be teaching at this preschool...)
>>
>> Thanks again to all,
>> Linda Salvay
>> Prairie Village, KS
>> (metro Kansas City)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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