[HANASHIR:14450] Re: Singing in Hebrew

I disagree. I was taught only the songs in Hebrew and didn't learn the translations until many years later. Since I went to a Conservative Hebrew School, I felt they should have given the students more background on why we were doing these prayers. Many children were turned off.

Also, the school was run by and Orthodox Rabbi and I always got the impression that

he really wanted us to be orthodox not Conservative.

>From: "I. Oppenheim"

>Reply-To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org

>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org

>Subject: [HANASHIR:14419] Singing in Hebrew

>Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 10:47:57 +0200 (W. Europe Daylight Time)

>From: Jag121842 (at) aol(dot)com

>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org

>Subject: [HANASHIR:14402] A slightly different question

>Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 02:19:32 EDT

> > I personally think that it is better to use more

> > music in English or in both Hebrew and English so

> > that kids can actually understand what they're

> > saying.

>I think that the basic attitude should be that it is

>fun to sing songs in a foreign language!

>If you give the kids the feeling that it's self-evident

>to you to sing in Hebrew or Yiddish, it will become

>self-evident to the kids as well. It is part of your

>culture, and it will become part of their culture.

>There is no need to translate every word, as long as

>the general message of a song is clear.

> Groeten,

> Irwin Oppenheim

> i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl

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