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group's leaders were acclaimed for
their musical abilities. The Modzitz
homepage says that "the place shook"
when Reb Shmuel Eliahu, Yechezkel's
son, led the Chasidim in song.
But he didn't continue singing.
"Precisely because he understood the
value of niggun, he refrained from
singing," we learn. "Even so, he com-
posed many niggunim [religious
-5 melodies], especially for Shabbos and
Yom Tov that were known through-
out Poland and attracted many peo-
ple."
Rabbi Israel Taub brought the
dynasty to the town of Modzitz in
1891. He continued the musical tra-
dition, penning more than 200 reli-
gious melodies, many of which are
still sung by Chasidim today. His
most famous: the Ezkera HaGadol,
composed during the amputation of
his leg.
The site offers biographies of the
four Modzitz rebbes, right down to
the current leader, Reb Israel Dan,
who was born in Warsaw but fled to
Israel before the outbreak -of World
War II. He ; too, is a noted composer.
But enough talk: the Modzitz
Chasidim are famous for their focus
on music, and it's fitting that music is
the real centerpiece of this-interesting
site.
Click on the "music" tab at the top
of the page and you'll see a menu of
some 20 Modzitzer songs. The site
offers two options for each. Select the
\- "Real" icon to listen to the selection
using the RealPlayer software that's
probably on your computer already. If
it isn't, there's a link to a site where
you can download it at no cost.
Or click on the floppy disk icon to
download and save the song on your
hard disk so you can play it at your
leisure.
And thisisn't tinny; artificial-
sounding computer music; the
Modzitz selections are recorded from
old LPs (remember them?), scratches
and all.
There's also an extensive collection
of Torah studies, organization news
— weddings of dynastic families,
important yahrtzeits and the like —
and a half-hearted listing of links to
other Jewish sites.
But music is what the Modzizters
are all about. The Web masters here
are effectively using cyber technology
to introduce their melodies to an
audience far vaster than the founders
of the dynasty could have imagined.

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