In a first step of its kind, the creator and influencer Mendel Rata, breaks through a fence, crosses a red line, breaks a status quo, and dares to write and perform a song in Yiddish that he wrote himself, but this is not the problem, but the subject and words
Rata, who has been divorced for several years, expresses in the new single the longing and longing to find a wife and establish a faithful home in Israel with a kosher, modest and pious Jewish girl, ‘How Will the Stone Want a Jewish Girl’ (I want to love a Jewish girl).
In recent weeks, after Rata posted a short excerpt of the song in a video he shared from the studio, it has caused a stir on the net, as Rata has since opened an extensive discussion on the subject and published his thoughts on his status and stories, statements that have become hot discussions in ultra-Orthodox WhatsApp groups. People who were deterred by this innovative move that has never been seen before in the ultra-Orthodox sector and in particular the Hasidic sector.
In the ears of ‘In the Haredi Rooms’ there were far-reaching criticisms of Mendel Rata, so sharp were they, that some claimed that the artist who carried on as the sweeping works ‘Mincha’, ‘Abyss to Abyss’ and ‘All My Eyes’ Apparently for mental complications.
There were those who told us that his holy grandfather, the keeper of the ‘Shomer Emunim’ ZIA, turns over in his grave and regrets the districts to which the wrong and lost Nino degenerated.
But Rata insists he is clear-minded and comes to lead a historic change and whatever the personal price he pays will be: “Free and healthy talk about love was conspicuously present in biblical times. The Torah describes the matchmaking of the holy fathers in a very visible and healthy way. The verse ‘And Jacob loved Rachel’ was said even before he married her. He saw her as his soul mate, and he loved her. “
Rata goes on to refute the claims and explains: “With all due respect to the deep secrets of Kabbalah hidden in the verses of the Bible, but the Torah as ‘Torah of Life’ also teaches us a way of life. “Once upon a time, the form of matchmaking was much healthier and more open, like it was on Tu B’Av, when the daughters of Israel were defiled in the vineyards.
Lyrics:
I want the heart of the stone an idol,
I want the heart of the stone an idol,
It is very much my land,
I want a stone in the heart of an idol.
Yitzchak our father loved Rebekah’s mother,
Jacob our father had a love for his mother Rachel,
I also want to live, a Jewish woman.
The first man had a heart for his mother, Eve,
David Pe’er, daughter of Sheva, sang with great love,
I also want to live, a Jewish woman.
A good Jew,
How is it that you have such a heart?
With your real children ..
With love without a lesson,
And a pure opening,
For the sake of a Jewish child in a special way.
translation to Hebrew:
I want to love a girl,
I want to love a girl,
My heart misses
Want to love a girl
Our father Isaac loved our mother Rebecca
Our father Jacob loved our mother Rachel
Also wants to love a Jewish girl
The first man loved Mother Eve
David to Batsheva, singing with so much love,
Also wants to love a Jewish girl
A Jewish home, where we love each other so much, with sweet and bright children ..
With endless love, and with an open door, for every Jewish soul.
credits:
Composition and lyrics: Mendel Rata
Musical arrangement: Yanki Cohen
Cinematography and direction: Itzik Halperin
Edited by Hani Hershler