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A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY

JL;DR SUMMARY In Jewish music, misattributions can obscure a composition's true origins, as seen with the popular niggun "Kol Dodi Dofek Pischi Li (Ani Yesheinah)". A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish MusicMusic HistoryNiggunKol Dodi DofekGerrer ChassidimRav Boruch Ber LeibowitzRabbi Shlomo WeitzmanYaakov BrownMona RosenblumMusic Attribution

Places mentioned

Bnei Brak, Southern District, Israel
"RABBI SHLOMO WEITZMAN, a prominent Gerrer chassid and school principal who lived in Bnei Brak until he passed away in 1999."
Ashdod, Southern District, Israel
"Elazar Marks tracked down and spoke to Rabbi Weitzmans grandson, Reb Bezalel Einfeld of Ashdod,"

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