Passover Musical Countdown: A Yiddish Version of Echad Mi Yodea (Who Knows One)

Lea Kalisch is a multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary New York City based performer. Originally from Switzerland, Lea moved to NYC in 2014 to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She earned a BFA in Musical Theater from The New School.

 

In this video she is accompanied on guitar by Rabbi Tobias Divack Moss, a rabbi at Temple Israel of Minneapolis, in Mu Asapru, a Yiddish version of the classic seder song Echad Mi Yodea (Who Knows One). It's a version made famous by folksinger Theodore Bikel in his record albums and personal appearances.

 

Enjoy! 

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Pesach Traces in Unexpected Places: Echad Mi Yodea by Batsheva Dance Company in Ferrara, Italy

Modern dance or strip Haggadah? Three years ago we posted a modern dance version of Echad Mi Yodea, one of the songs at the end of the Pesach seder.  Choreographed by Ohad Naharin, artistic director of Israel's Batsheva Dance Company, it includes all 13 verses of the song. 

This week we found a video of the same modern dance as performed in 2014 on World Dance Day in the municipal square in Ferrara, Italy. It starts about 2 minutes into the video, preceded by a short version of Ani Maamin. 

We don't know quite what to say about the performance, except that we wonder what would have occurred if there happened to be a 14th verse.

Enjoy!

 A SPECIAL NOTE FOR NEW EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS:  THE VIDEO MAY NOT BE VIEWABLE DIRECTLY FROM THE EMAIL THAT YOU GET EACH DAY ON SOME COMPUTERS AND TABLETS.  YOU MUST CLICK ON THE TITLE AT THE TOP OF THE EMAIL TO REACH THE JEWISH HUMOR CENTRAL WEBSITE, FROM WHICH YOU CLICK ON THE PLAY BUTTON IN THE VIDEO IMAGE TO START THE VIDEO.