Gad Elbaz & Tal Vaknin - Bat Melech | Reaction

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  • @gb2850
    @gb2850 2 года назад +28

    To be continued refers to life. That this is just the beginning of a beautiful partnership between man and wife. The song is referring to the bat Melech Ahuva, the beloved princess. Which is the bride. I can’t tell you how appreciated you are - it became perfectly acceptable to bash everything we hold dear in our culture, in popular media that is, without anyone trying to understand us in context. It’s incredible how through music you have been able to learn so much about our culture in a respectful way. As you can see , as a whole, both orthodox men and women have been excited to share with you. This is because most of us are very very happy in our lives. And it’s nice to have someone try to really get to know us for a change. Thank you!!

    • @NIF18
      @NIF18 2 года назад

      Amen to that!

  • @joeldick6871
    @joeldick6871 2 года назад +15

    That Israel National News headline is hilarious! You've made it @PortuguesePai!

  • @rainbowtractor
    @rainbowtractor 2 года назад +4

    Haha my pleasure to share the existence of the article with you. You deserve the recognition in the Jewish community.

  • @avigayilhadar5432
    @avigayilhadar5432 2 года назад +5

    Those mountains that you keep admiring are the mountains surrounding Jerusalem. The same mountains that the song Yerushalayim by Miami Boy's Choir refers to!

  • @jedimmj11
    @jedimmj11 2 года назад +28

    'Bat Melech' means 'princess'. This song seems to be part of a recent trend of openness within Jewish music to songs directed to one's bride, whereas typically sentimental wedding songs are written from a third person perspective. The song heavily quotes traditional texts, which I suppose helps maintain that religious tone. (I suspect this trend was started by the song 'Bereshit Olam' by a secular Israeli singer, which was immensely popular among the religious community thanks to its Biblical lyrics.)
    The wedding day is a very solemn occasion up until the completion of the ceremony, and women will make a point of praying even if they don't on other days, hence the reading from the book.
    The wall is the Western Wall, the only standing structure which remains of the Jerusalem Temple compound which was destroyed in 70CE. It has been a site of prayer since then.
    My own translation, there may be some minor errors:
    You are beautiful, my wife, and your smile is like a crimson thread
    You're the answer to my question
    My home, my faith
    And each day my beloved is mine I find that my wish is
    That you come to my heart and brighten my day
    Beloved princess, come with joy and restore the special light
    Among the faithful of the treasured people
    With singing and rejoicing
    I sing to you and whisper, "Indeed, עוד ישמע"
    You are good, my wife,
    and your heart is gentle like no other
    You are the only one, the answer
    Within my soul, my mother's house, my childhood home
    I searched for you, indeed I toiled and I found
    Father said "Have faith" and look, I made it
    Before you were born it was announced [in Heaven] you are for me, you were made for me

    • @SplendorousPear
      @SplendorousPear 2 года назад +2

      At 6:10 she's reading eishes chayil (women of valor)

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      Ah, well spotted

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      "Ani V'at" by Moshe Tischler is another example

    • @ydubin
      @ydubin 2 года назад +2

      @@hondaaccord7061 yes, what a terrible thing to appreciate the women in our lives. The issue is female erasure, not this.

    • @shap987
      @shap987 2 года назад +4

      @@ydubin One of the ideas behind Tznius, isn't just the way we (men & women) dress, but how we act. Public displays of affection are a breach of basic Tznius standards. One should be able to express themselves to their spouse enough privately, that they don't feel the need to compensate publicly. As @Honda Accord suggested, this is just another example for us to find a way to indulge and rationalize it at the same time. What's next?

  • @rochellengel3444
    @rochellengel3444 2 года назад +10

    She's at the Western Wall, the last remaining wall that was an outer wall around the Holy Temple

  • @shanasheinfeld6006
    @shanasheinfeld6006 2 года назад +1

    Popping in to say that I just watched Gad Elbaz for Alon DeLocco singing True Love live in NY 2018. Gad is a true showman!

  • @yw8905
    @yw8905 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much for your great content!! I just discovered your channel and I must say you're doing a fantastic job so keep it up! I love it that a person outside the Jewish community reacts to Jewish music and culture. Keep it up and thank you!!

  • @Michaelsedley
    @Michaelsedley 2 года назад +1

    I hadn't heard this song before, but it is beautiful.
    To me it looked like a father about to marry off his daughter remembering how she used to be a little girl who played with dolls dressed as brides, and then played dress-up as a bride, and now she has grown into the beautiful bride she always dreamed of.
    "Bat Melech" literally means "Delighter of the King", so when you described her as looking like a princess, that was exactly right,
    Many of the scenes showed her praying at or near the Western Wall. It is very common for brides and grooms to go to the Western Wall before their wedding to ask G-d for success and happiness in marriage. Coincidentally I was at the Western Wall to pray this morning, and our prayer group was joined by a groom, preparing spiritually for the new life he is about to begin.

  • @DeskandOfficeToys
    @DeskandOfficeToys 2 года назад +4

    Wow, you nailed it!! The title 'Bat Melech' means 'daughter of the King'- like you said: Princess

  • @noam64456
    @noam64456 2 года назад +19

    Right after we tell you with Tanya that we don't sing about women and have love songs you find this one...

  • @JustForFunST
    @JustForFunST 2 года назад +1

    Gad's father, Benny Elbaz is a singer too. When they sing together it's amazing!!!

  • @joeldick6871
    @joeldick6871 2 года назад +7

    This song has a lot more Middle Eastern (Sefaradi) influence than the other "Hassidic" music you've covered.

  • @zachlandau3684
    @zachlandau3684 2 года назад +1

    This video is amazing but you're skills on reacting our MRE amazing you rock i am making my whole school subscribe thanks a lot from no 1 fan zach

  • @4bakersdozen
    @4bakersdozen 2 года назад +1

    that's the kotel the last remaining (western) wall of the temple. its always open anyone one could come and pray. But it also serves as synagogue/place of prayer

  • @4bakersdozen
    @4bakersdozen 2 года назад +4

    Girls don't have the same obligation to pray but they do. They also start at a young age.

  • @JudithYD
    @JudithYD 2 года назад +5

    So happy that you pronounced the song title right! You're starting to realize that ch gutteral sound. Well... You did well except that the accent is on the first syllable. Bat me-lech, the accent should be on me.

  • @joeldick6871
    @joeldick6871 2 года назад +2

    I believe that the glass observatory overlooking the Western Wall is in the Aish Hatorah building.

    • @cjay1590
      @cjay1590 2 года назад

      I thought it was Ulam Simcha.

  • @08_crown_vic
    @08_crown_vic 2 года назад +4

    Yes that's the western wall!
    It's the last wall standing of the holy temple
    And yes the holy land is incredible beautiful

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      It's actually not a wall of the Temple, it's part of a wall which was constructed as an artificial mountain, a colossal platform upon which the Temple was built, but which was mostly just open space.

    • @08_crown_vic
      @08_crown_vic 2 года назад

      @@jedimmj11 either way you get my point.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      Yeah, just correcting a common misconception

  • @lieber7845
    @lieber7845 2 года назад +3

    They don’t have to pray but they do

  • @tzviasher4141
    @tzviasher4141 2 года назад +1

    Really got it on the mark this video
    It was the Western Wall and the princess guess was absolutely correct as the title translates to daughter of the King

  • @jacobfelix4260
    @jacobfelix4260 2 года назад +2

    To clarify what this song is about: "Bat Melech" means princess (lit. "Daughter of a king), and it is being used here to refer to a Jewish woman. I've never heard this song before, but the song seems to be a sort of prayer (personal, not formal/strictly traditional) for the arrival of the princess into their life. This manifests here in the context of marriage. And as for the child in a wedding dress, it's meant to symbolize the innocence and purity of a bride, not that she's literally a child getting married.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад +4

      I don't think there's any reason to assume the child symbolises innocence and purity, it's far more likely she's simply a stand in because it would be considered inappropriate to have an adult women as the focus of the video.

    • @TheDaveNY
      @TheDaveNY 2 года назад

      Exactly. Mendel is correct. A religious Jewish music video wouldn’t have an adult female actor in it. They substituted.

  • @bB-oy2rw
    @bB-oy2rw 2 года назад +3

    Would love to see your reaction to Abie Rotenberg “Little kite”

  • @benjylevi
    @benjylevi 2 года назад +1

    This is a great one, and its Live video: והיא שעמדה Shwekey ft. Shlomi Shabat

  • @ha3105
    @ha3105 2 года назад +10

    Jerusalem is the most beautiful city in the world.. you are welcome to come and visit.

  • @yochanangordon5981
    @yochanangordon5981 2 года назад +5

    I recommend the song why don’t you by Alex Clare

  • @talilanton1312
    @talilanton1312 2 года назад

    Thank you for making these videos. Please see: 'Hashem Melech' gad elbaz with nissim black.

  • @gavicohn865
    @gavicohn865 2 года назад

    The way of remembering how to pronounce the Siddur is like - sitter but with two d's

  • @jedimmj11
    @jedimmj11 2 года назад

    A rough translation of the lyrics:
    You are beautiful, my wife
    and your smile is like a crimson thread (a lucky charm)
    You're the answer to my question
    my home, my faith
    Each day my beloved is mine I find that my wish is
    that you come to my heart and brighten my day
    Beloved princess, come with joy
    and restore the special light
    Among the faithful of the treasured people
    with singing and rejoicing
    I sing to you and whisper, "Indeed, עוד ישמע"
    You are good, my wife,
    and your heart is gentle like no other
    You are the only one, the answer
    Within my soul, my mother's house, my birthplace
    I searched for you, indeed I toiled and I found
    Father said "Have faith" and look, I made it
    Before you were born it was announced [in Heaven] you are for me, you were made for me

  • @ygross18
    @ygross18 2 года назад +2

    This seems to be about a girl's journey from a young age until she finally gets to her wedding day and metaphorically that we pray that the holy temple in Jerusalem will be rebuilt after years of waiting
    I'd love if you can review a video from Zanvil Weinberger. A very traditional chasidic singer with an incredible voice. Thanks!

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      There's no metaphor. It's a love song.

    • @freespeech100
      @freespeech100 2 года назад

      @@jedimmj11 cognitive dissonance setting in for all those who confidently asserted that we don't have love songs because we are 'better than that'. Nonetheless, i get it. People often think that the norms which they and their immediate community follow are universal. I think that just as PortuguesePai is having his horizons broadened, perhaps that is true as well of many followers of his channel.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      @@freespeech100
      Granted, I do think this is a very recent trend in modern Judaism. Have we had religious Jews writing love songs since the Spanish golden age?

  • @ellafried1703
    @ellafried1703 2 года назад +2

    Wow that's so cool that u got a news blurb congrats also this song is talking about the daughter of a king representing the Jews being children of god (our king)

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад +1

      I don't think it's representing anything, it's a very literal wedding song

  • @fatfatat444albertkagan
    @fatfatat444albertkagan 2 года назад

    6:20 - Hebrew and Arabic are written from Right to Left.

  • @chavkon526
    @chavkon526 2 года назад +2

    This song is filmed in the streets of the Old City in Jerusalem, a special place for all Jews. This is the center of Israel, the Jewish people’s homeland

  • @kingsht1136
    @kingsht1136 2 года назад +2

    Gad has a lot of English songs which you can understand

  • @lieber7845
    @lieber7845 2 года назад +2

    6:25 yes

  • @davidg1060
    @davidg1060 2 года назад +4

    Just 1 video of asking for Baruch levine

  • @לויגיטה
    @לויגיטה 2 года назад

    this is the landscape of Israel, it would bring us great joy for you to visit!

  • @noamz9527
    @noamz9527 2 года назад +4

    This one is less traditional then the other songs you listened to. While it used terms and symbolisms used for Shabbat or Israel, the meaning seems to be a simple love song. I'm not sure if using the little girl is for the father-daughter relationship or is it just to represent the bride without preventing Orthodox Jews from watching (since they wouldn't watch a clip focusing on an adult female for modesty reasons).

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад +1

      The song is explicitly from a husband to a wife, so it's not a father-daughter thing. It's almost certainly just an attempt at portraying a bride in a more modest way

    • @noamz9527
      @noamz9527 2 года назад

      @@jedimmj11 That's what I thought. I just referred to some of the interpretations in the comments.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад +1

      The explanations in the comments are pulled right out of people's waste holes. It's astounding the confidence with which people will simply makes things up.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      @@freespeech100
      Rabbi Akiva did curse out people who sing Shir Hashirim in taverns, but that just goes to show that he knew Jews were singing love songs

  • @NIF18
    @NIF18 2 года назад +3

    That scene where she's looking longingly through the glass, she's overlooking the western wall (wailing wall) the last remaining piece of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem. So in short it's a song about her being a princess, and she is praying for the end of suffering and exile.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      No it's not, you're completely making things up.

  • @JudithYD
    @JudithYD 2 года назад +2

    Some people are saying this is a love song. I am wondering if there is additional symbolism of a Jewish nature with the idea that the Jewish people are the bride and Hashem is the groom. That we are married to Hashem being His chosen people. But now, having looked at the Hebrew words, I am inclined to think this is about the longing to find a soulmate, the woman that was meant for him. But the video does use religious imagery beautifully... The use of the western wall, the one remaining wall of the temple... The girl praying as she grows from a small girl into a woman and finally becomes the bride.

  • @ML-dt8ti
    @ML-dt8ti 2 года назад +1

    It's the type of song that would be sang at a wedding ceremony so I guess it's just showing her growing up nothing so interesting.. The Wall is the western wall in Jerusalem the last standing wall of the temple the holiest place on earth.
    Ps I wait Every night to see if you checked out omer adam yet! I recommend one of his live performances in heichal menora or yarkon park

    • @PortuguesePai
      @PortuguesePai  2 года назад +1

      i'll probly get it out on thursday!

    • @MuhammadUmer-hd5im
      @MuhammadUmer-hd5im 2 года назад

      @@PortuguesePai ​ @PortuguesePai Hi, kindly share your email. I want to discuss some business query.

  • @nextlevel802
    @nextlevel802 2 года назад +2

    Check out more from levy Falkowitz or from shmueli Ungar

  • @EitanK770
    @EitanK770 2 года назад +1

    Hey, new subscriber here. I've been loving your recent review videos; your relative cluelessness (and I say that in the most endearing way possible) with regard to the Jewish culture and languages gives them a very unique perspective that we almost never hear. One song that perhaps hasn't been suggested to you yet, but I highly recommend you review is HaGeulah by Ariel Zilber (2019): ruclips.net/video/_yBpmePXrCg/видео.html
    Since your "blank slate" makes your reviews so special, I almost hate to give you any background, but in my opinion, it's the best Jewish song released in the past 10-15 years. It actually has real music on real instruments (as opposed to just an autotuned voice and a synthesizer), and original lyrics - which are quite beautiful and written in the style of traditional liturgical poems - as opposed to the trend you've noted of just repeating one verse or phrase over and over again. The composer/performer is also quite unusual in that he was one of Israel's biggest (secular) pop stars in the 70s and 80s, and only became religious much later in life.

  • @leonbreuer949
    @leonbreuer949 2 года назад +4

    Can you please do a reaction on Shlomo Carlebach? Probably the most famous Orthodox Jewish singer ever.

  • @nevergiveup6841
    @nevergiveup6841 2 года назад +2

    Check out Matisyahu one day

  • @Liz-zl6il
    @Liz-zl6il 2 года назад

    Girls have to pray 2 times a day while men do 3 and we don't have to do it with a group called a minyan of 10 men.
    Woman don't have to do a bunch of stuff in Judaism out of convince kinda. Anyways that would be hard for a mother to commit to because the kids need her we are usually permitte to not do. The catagory of those things is called דברים שהזמן גרמן which translates to things that are dependent on a specific time. since a mother can't just pick up to go pray at the specific times a day we don't have to go and be in shool, but we still do have to pray.

  • @mrjoelsvideos
    @mrjoelsvideos 2 года назад

    By now you should know the song is not about a story. All songs is spiritual and we just make footage most close to the idea there is no story.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад +2

      Um, this is a very literal love song. There's nothing spiritual about it.

    • @mrjoelsvideos
      @mrjoelsvideos 2 года назад

      @@jedimmj11 its not a love song. Its a relationship between god and his children

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      @@mrjoelsvideos
      Read the lyrics.

    • @hershygutnick6498
      @hershygutnick6498 2 года назад

      @@mrjoelsvideos no it’s not….it’s a song from a chassan to his kallah

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      @@freespeech100
      😂

  • @davecatchd1606
    @davecatchd1606 2 года назад

    Yes ארץ ישראל is Beautifu

  • @MEF7
    @MEF7 2 года назад

    Yes it is the Western Wall.

  • @shloimyortner1445
    @shloimyortner1445 2 года назад

    Check out Motty Atias...

  • @tzvizzleclippers3179
    @tzvizzleclippers3179 2 года назад

    Levi Robin please
    He’s amazing

  • @ha3105
    @ha3105 2 года назад

    Plz react to koolulam..you will love it.
    You can react to - ony day or beliver or to "mechuzakim laholam"- its in hebrew

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      If he reacts to a Koolulam video, it should definitely be Al Kol Aleh

    • @ha3105
      @ha3105 2 года назад

      @@jedimmj11 lol... he can do it too...

  • @לויגיטה
    @לויגיטה 2 года назад

    please please please react to Rav Shlomo Carlibach!!!

  • @4bakersdozen
    @4bakersdozen 2 года назад

    the book looks like Tehillim - Psalms

  • @sw9049
    @sw9049 2 года назад

    Yiddishe Taavos
    Song by Motti Ilowitz
    ruclips.net/video/8RhMdFSslbs/видео.html

  • @zachdzikansky5090
    @zachdzikansky5090 2 года назад

    Can you please react to Shlomo artzi

  • @chuggco
    @chuggco 2 года назад +1

    The window arch looks like it could have been taking from BYU Jesus Center from The Church Of JesusChrist Of Latter-day Saints

  • @davecatchd1606
    @davecatchd1606 2 года назад

    Check out journeys

  • @4bakersdozen
    @4bakersdozen 2 года назад

    The dress looks like a weddings dress. But the girl is too young to be getting married. Probably for the video purposes

  • @lieber7845
    @lieber7845 2 года назад

    Yo

  • @leibyfreund4932
    @leibyfreund4932 2 года назад

    Pls check out shmueli unger

  • @zachdzikansky5090
    @zachdzikansky5090 2 года назад

    In Israel or in Judaism you have religious and secular like any other religion

  • @The_Cat_Lady_
    @The_Cat_Lady_ Год назад

    These guys take themselves very seriously 😂 maybe too much haha. Its like they watch ricki martin videos in repeat. And Enrique Iglesias. Not sure what to make of this video. Gad is kinda famous a little bit, mostly because of his father, which was a politicly active singer in early 2000, while a famous politician had a scandalous trial and went to jail for white collar crimes, the entire saga became a public discussion about oppression of mizrahi /sephardic communities. The politician played the ethnic card, claimed hes innocent and is being prosecuted for his ethnicity.. years later he came back to his former role and apologized publicly.
    So. Long story, im sure no one remembers it nowadays. Im 33 so i was a kid during this. (Maybe it was in late 90s, not sure )
    But gad elbaz is not really taken seriously by most people i believe.. its like he grew up hearing how amazing he is , dreamed of being a model, or a pop star. (Did i mention Ricky Martin yet? ❤😆🫢)

    • @The_Cat_Lady_
      @The_Cat_Lady_ Год назад

      BUT, i do think he can sing, i even really liked him in the past, maybe because i was a teenager and he looked very nice 😊
      I think he could have been really good if he dropped the ricky martin wannabe act, or focus on singing , not on big productions and videos and what not.. its not cool. He ehould grab a mic and sing . Preferably with normal clothes. Hes trying too much its not giving his singing a chance to be heard. Its a shame.

    • @The_Cat_Lady_
      @The_Cat_Lady_ Год назад

      his father's name is Benny elbaz, the politician's name is arie der'i, the iconic song "hoo zaka'i" which literally means "he's not guilty" was like the anthem of the campaign i wrote about. Very cringy to watch .. i will link below.

    • @The_Cat_Lady_
      @The_Cat_Lady_ Год назад

      Ok this is gad(gadi) with his father benny. ruclips.net/video/-O9i1KtPvkw/видео.html

    • @The_Cat_Lady_
      @The_Cat_Lady_ Год назад

      Ho and aryeh dery is facing another trial right now 😂
      Some things never change

  • @nathanmoskowitz2018
    @nathanmoskowitz2018 2 года назад +1

    HI and thanks
    The choreography in Jewish music has very little to do with the songs so don't put so much input on that.
    maybe more on the vocals and song.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      That's usually true, but this is very literally a wedding song

    • @nathanmoskowitz2018
      @nathanmoskowitz2018 2 года назад

      @@jedimmj11 it is more about a bas isroel then a wedding but i was talking in general

  • @rochellengel3444
    @rochellengel3444 2 года назад +4

    I'd suggest you not listen to him and Nissim black the music is not the style you seem to like. The song they keep suggesting is Hashem Melech , which is originally a French song that has a LOT of autotune. They are both very talented but I'd suggest live songs .
    Girl never need to pray because we are not responsible for time sensitive prayers.
    Please please listen to Shulem Lemmer The Man from Vilna singing with his brother

    • @rochellengel3444
      @rochellengel3444 2 года назад

      *Time sensitive commandments. We do pray daily but its not obligated

    • @ha3105
      @ha3105 2 года назад

      @@rochellengel3444 once a day you have!!!

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад +1

      The suggestions for Hashem Melech are really irking me. But I prefer the original 'Man From Vilna'. The cover feels too performancy and less authentic.

  • @lieber7845
    @lieber7845 2 года назад

    Siddur

  • @brooklynmoishe
    @brooklynmoishe 2 года назад +4

    Too much focus on background video graphics and too little on actual song and singers...I don't think the videographer put as much thought into it as you do..

    • @PortuguesePai
      @PortuguesePai  2 года назад +2

      Fair point haha!
      That's kind of why I prefer to listen to live performances cause I can just focus on the Vocals. When there's a music video I'm really stuck looking at everything else. Plus with music videos the voices are always a little altered as well.

    • @brooklynmoishe
      @brooklynmoishe 2 года назад +5

      @@PortuguesePai U have an amazing ear and eye , you pick up everything you hear and see and very quick which make your reactions appreciated by all..and wow we can feel that you have a huge heart..much love! Thx

  • @zachdzikansky5090
    @zachdzikansky5090 2 года назад

    Please respond to raviv kaner

  • @jedimmj11
    @jedimmj11 2 года назад +1

    It's astounding how many people here are "explaining" what the song is about when they obviously have no clue what the words mean. This is a love song, plain and simple. If you don't know, you don't have to write anything. Silence is an option. 🙄

    • @TS-xw3zr
      @TS-xw3zr 2 года назад

      U sound arrogant. There are kind ways to assert ur opinion.

    • @jedimmj11
      @jedimmj11 2 года назад

      I don't see why I need to be kind to people who are falsely claiming to understand something. I have no tolerance for falsehoods.