[HANASHIR:14301] Re: Hatikvah

[Shirona <shirona...>]

Mistakes happen - but need to be corrected - even if they became
"tradition".  Singing Hatikvah without the Bat is simply WRONG.  It wasn't
written without the Bat, it's grammatically wrong, and even in terms of the
song's meter and phrasing it sounds wrong.

Seems to me that both your cantor and educational director need to be
re-educated...with all due respect to "tradition".

Don't give in!

Shirona
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Debra Olitzky" <devora85 (at) earthlink(dot)net>
To: <hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 6:59 AM
Subject: [HANASHIR:14298] Hatikvah


> Okay, I really hate to be redundant, but since my e-mail has pooped out on
me and has deleted ALL of the messages I had saved as reference, I don't
have a choice. So here's my question, and my quest...
>
> I need to find the history of Hatikvah, lyrics and music. My Director of
Education also wanted to find out if other schools are singing with or
without the Bat. He regards it more of what's tradition here (akin to
Sephardic and Askenazi pronounciation of Hebrew) rather than solely what is
sung in Israel. He feels that if we teach it with the Bat in school and our
cantor sings it without the Bat, or students go somewhere else and sing it
where they are singing without the Bat, that they will feel like they're
doing it wrong. I know this will make many of you angry. I explained that
singing without the Bat would be like Israelis altering America's National
Anthem. So...I ask for your suggestions...input...information.
>
> Thanks for helping me beat a dead horse a little bit more!
>
>
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