Rabbi Yom Tov Ehrlich was a renowned Hasidic

Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...

 musician, composer, lyricist, recording artist, and popular entertainer known for his popular Yiddish music albums. He was born in a small village Kozhan Gorodok, Belarus

Belarus

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 and raised in a nearby village

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 Davyd-Haradok

Davyd-Haradok

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, Belarus

Belarus

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 (then Poland

Poland

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). He survived the Holocaust

The Holocaust

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 in Samarkand

Samarkand

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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. Later, he moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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Ehrlich was born to a family of Karlin-Stoliner

Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania....

 Hasidim. His grandfather, Yom Tov Simcha Ehrlich, was an aide to Rabbi Aharon of Karlin, an early leader of the Hasidic movement. Ehrlich himself was a Hasid of the late Rabbi Yochanan Perlow of Karlin

Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania....

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Some of Ehrlich's favorite songs were later recorded by other popular Hasidic entertainers, such as Mordechai Ben David

Mordechai ben David

Mordechai Werdyger , professionally known as Mordechai Ben David or MBD for short, is an American Hasidic Jewish singer and songwriter popular in the Orthodox Jewish community. He has been referred to as the 'King of Jewish music'. He has produced many popular Jewish albums over the past 40 years...

, Lipa Shmeltzer and Avraham Fried

Avraham Fried

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His most popular songs include: Yakkob, the tale of a Jew in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

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 during the Holocaust; Shloof mein kind ("Sleep, my child"), the song of a Jewish woman who finds a child alone in the woods during the Holocaust; and "Williamsburg", a song about Hasidic Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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during the 1950s.

Discography

• Yiddish Nachas
• Torah
• Teshuva
• Shema Beni
• Ameritchka
• Emunah
• Shabbos
• Luksus (2 Volumes)
• Chevlei Moshiach (2 Volumes)
• Shabchi Yerushelayim
• Middois
• Dai
• Shelloy usonny goy
• Kol Mevaser
• Yetzias Mitzrayim (2 Volumes)
• Chessed
• Elliyohu Hanuvee
• A Shabbus Mitten Rebben
• Der Satmerer rebbe (2 Volumes)
• Bitachon
• Der Baal Shem Tov (3 Volumes)
• Ashreinu (2 Volumes)
• Shoshannas yakkov
• Emunas Tzadikim (2 Volumes)
• Rannenu Tzadikim (2 Volumes)

External links

• Rabbi Yom Tov Ehrlich