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Rabbi Dovid S. Polter, Community Chaplain
Melody for Posterity - Remembering Our Loved Ones on Yom Kippur
As a form of eternal respect to my great-grandfather, I recently recorded a melody that my great-uncle Shlomo, of blessed memory taught me – a melody for posterity. Holocaust survivor, great uncle Shlomo used to join our Rosh Hashanah dinner celebrations. With great emotion, he would sing his father’s High Holiday melody prayer. Indeed, it is a moving and inspiring tune, especially as it was born amidst the ashes of World War II. Shlomo’s father, my great-grandfather, Reb Chaim Yechiel Rosenberg and his wife Rochel, prominent members of their Jewish community bore twelve children. Many of them reached great heights before their lives ended abruptly in the hands of the Nazis. My great uncle shared that as his father, Chaim Yechiel Rosenberg sang this tune during prayer services, his children stood at his side in choir and assisted him in the beautiful chanting.
I feel honored on the sacred day of Yom Kippur to preserve my great-grandfather’s memory – through his melody - thereby paying tribute to a great man whose life was sadly cut short.
As we approach the High Holidays of the Jewish year 5784, let us be encouraged and empowered to remember our loved ones, those without whose tenacity and bravery we would not be standing in prayer on this holy day.
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Rabbi Dovid S. Polter Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program Jewish Senior Life 248-592-5039 • dpolter@jslmi.org
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