Yechiel Mohar, the son of Chaya (Heicha) andย Meir Moharย , was born inย 1921ย in the town ofย Rozabadovย inย western Galiciaย ,ย Polandย , and at the age of one year his family moved to the resort town of Pichtengrund nearย Berlinย , Hebrew writers.ย His father was a poet, writer and translator.ย His uncle,ย Moshe Ben-Menachemย (Schlanger), was also a writer, poet, educator and critic.
At the age of 17ย , Yechiel immigrated to Eretz Yisraelย alone as partย of theย ”ย Youth Aliyahย ” and arrived inย Kfar Yehoshuaย .ย On the eve of theย warย , his parents immigrated, and his older brother Yeshayahu joined them inย 1942ย .ย Traces of his brother Abraham were lost inย Russiaย inย World War IIย .ย Onย May 3,ย 1948ย , during theย War of Independenceย , his brotherย Yeshayahuย died.
Mohar began writing songs for the parties atย Kibbutzย Dovratย , where he moved with the training of Zeraim from Kfar Yehoshua, where he also met his wife Adina.
Inย 1946ย Mohar and his wife moved toย Tel Avivย .ย In the 1950’s, he wrote extensively forย the Nahalย , began writing poetry and published five books of poetry that he had been involved in during his life in Israel.
Mohar collaborated with the composerย Moshe Wilensky,ย and they created manyย hitsย for the Nahal dance troupe, including “Ya Megalati”, “Mount Sinai” (written againstย theย backdropย of the Sinai Campaignย ), “Hora Ntagbar”, ” , “Lullaby on spring and sea.” Other hits he wrote to the Nahal band were composed byย Sasha Argovย (“Twelve Tone”),ย Dubi Seltzerย (“Hareh โโHaYakhazot”, “Ya Yerach”) andย Yohanan Zaraiย (“Autumn Wind”, “One High and Two Small”).ย The singerย Shoshana Damariย performed some of his songs, including “Ballad on Ma’ayan VeYam”, “In Light of Memories” and “My House”.
Inย 1966ย he won the Miriam Talpir Prize for Literature, for his book “New Songs”.ย
Mohar died inย 1969ย , at the age of 48, after a series ofย heart attacksย .ย ย He was buried inย the southern cemeteryย in Holon.ย ย Survived his wife Adina (died inย 2000ย ), Ben,ย Eli Moharย (died inย 2006ย ), who was aย songwriterย andย publicistย , and a daughter, Roni Migdan-Mohar (then a ninth grader).
12 thoughts on “Kaminos”
Was Nicholas related to Alexander Saslavsky who married Celeste Izolee Todd?
Anyone have a contact email for Yair Klinger or link to score for Ha-Bayta?
wish to have homeland concert video played on the big screen throughout North America.
can organize here in Santa Barbara California.
contacts for this needed and any ideas or suggestions welcomed.
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Are there any movies or photos of max kletter? His wifeโs sister was my stepmother, so Iโm interested in seeing them and sharing them with his wifeโs daughter.
The article says Sheb recorded his last song just 4 days before he died, but does not tell us the name of it. I be curious what it was. Iโd like to hear it.
Would anyone happen to know where I can find a copy of the sheet music for a Gil Aldema Choral (SATB) arrangement for Naomi Shemerโs โSheleg Al Iriโ. (Snow on my Village)?
Joseph Smith
Kol Ram Community Choir, NYC
Shalom Joseph. I just saw your 2024 post by chance… I’m a mostly-retired Israeli journalist and translator. In 2003 I translated into English the content (the objective was to remain true to the meaning, not to cadence or rhyme) of poems and lyrics of 48 of Israel’s most iconic songs arranged by Aldema for choirs abroad singing in Hebrew (the words in the scores are transliterated) but members of the choir lack mastery of Hebrew to ‘know’ exactly what they are saying/singing… The book was titled in English “A Merry Choir” – in Hebrew ืืงืืื ืขืืืื . See if you can find a copy in a used book store, it is priceless and apparently out-of-print – well worth the search. If not, they may have a copy at Tel Aviv Amenu Museum’s music department – write them and see if they can send it to you. Or – if you will contact me via Whatsapp – (972) 546872768 or via my email – I will try and find the book (it is not where it ‘should be’ so I have to search) and I will photograph the score with my cell and send to you as an attachment. Best, Daniella Ashkenazy – Kfar Warburg.
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ืื ืฉืืืชื ืืืชื. ืขืืืชื ืืช ืืฉืจืื ืืคืืจืืืจ 1998 ืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืื ื ืืืืืืกื ืืงืื ืืช ืืขืืจื ืืืงืฆืืขืืช ืฉืื ืืืืชื ืงืืืืช ืื ืืืฉืจืื. ืื ืกืืคืืจ ืืืื ืขืฆืื ืืืจืื, ืืื ืื ื ืืืืชื ืืืืื ืขื ืืืฆืื ืฉืืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืชื ืืืจื ืืืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืฉื ืืืืฉื ืืืืฉืื. ืืื ืืื ืื ืื 9. ืืขืช ืืื ืื 36 ืืืชืคืงื ืืืืคื ืขืฆืืื. ื ืชืชื ืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืขืชืื ื ืืจืืื. ืืื, ืืืืช ืืืื ืืจื, ืืืืจืื ืืคืืื ืฆืืืช, ืืื ืืืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืืจืืช ืืืืืืื ืจืืื!
ืืฉื ืงืื ื
(Maurice King)
Thank you for this wonderful remembrance of Herman Zalis. My late father, Henry Wahrman, was one of his students. Note the correct spelling of his name for future reference. Thank you again for sharing this.
Tirza Wahrman (Mitlak)
amazing zchuso yagein aleinu, he wrote the famous niggun Lefichuch that is sung in almost every Israeli Yeshiva
My grandmother, Rose Ziperson, wrote the words to his music for a song called Main Shtetele, which he produced. I have the sheet music!