Comments on: Big Event Live Is Officially Dead (Gertner Issues Letter)

By: amanfromchina

amanfromchina — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:45:55 +0000

Dear YW: Please revise the Title of this article to something more positive and Torah Hashkoficaly oriented. Thank you for you sensitivity. (despite any May this entire story only be marbeh kevod shomayim!

By: LAyoni

LAyoni — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:43:15 +0000

Why should there be any refunds? Nobody bought tickets, they gave a donation to simchat tzion in exchange for tickets. If tickets were for sale you would have been able to buy them on Ticketmaster, which if you look at The Big Event Website, tickets were not available through Ticketmaster.

By: tina18

tina18 — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:16:11 +0000

YW: Please do me a personal favor and change the title of this article. It should say something like” with great mesiras Nefesh, Lipa, Shlomie, And Shea hare doing what some of our gedolim have asked them to do. Also please remove that picture of Lipa & shlmoie.

By: z

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:15:51 +0000

In the end this whole thing is a busha. Luckily we alk have short attention spans and we will forget it quickly.

By: singasong

singasong — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:05:12 +0000

sheya…………good luck to you. i very much look forward to the next show or album that you produce, i’yh. HATZLOCHA RABBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: singasong

singasong — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:03:21 +0000

it would be very nice if these same gedolim went to their kehilos and raised money for the yisomim in israel that might not be able to walk down to the chupas because of the money that simchat tzion lost because of their “daas”. to them i say, put your money where your mouths are.

By: TOMIM

TOMIM — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:00:31 +0000

FROM NOW ON THE PROMOTERS WILL THINK TWICE
BEFORE EVERY CONCERT THEY WANT TO PUT ON
SORRY TO SAY THE BIG EVENT CONCERT
WAS PROMOTED IN A NOT VERY JEWISH TRADITIONAL WAY
UNLIKE HASC & OHEL WHO PROMOTE IN AN ELEGANT FASHION
THE WAY THIS BIG EVENT WAS PROMOTED
YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS FOR A RAP CONCERT
I THINK THAT WAS THE PROBLEM
THAT THE RABBONIM, CAME OUT AGAINST IT..

By: singasong

singasong — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 02:00:07 +0000

sheya is and always has been a major force in jewish music. alot of performers have parnasa because of his teaching them the business. he should be getting more praise then anyone here especially the rabanim.

By: singasong

singasong — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:56:23 +0000

to # 13 i say that i agree. chinese auctions are nothing more then legalized gambling for our brothers and sisters.

By: Bevent

Bevent — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:50:35 +0000

Why isn’t everyone giving Sheya all the credit? He spent months on this concert, Lipa and Shloimy were hired by him. He’s the one who is responsible to pay all the bills… He did all the work for the tzedakah, Simchat Tzion, without involving them at all. All the publicity was because he took on himself to sell all the tickets, unlike other concerts on behalf of a mosed, where they must sell a huge chunk of the tickets. For him to back out after all his work, and the whole financial responsibility is truly amazing. He said he was waiting to hear advice from the gedolim on how to proceed. Unfortunately he wasn’t contacted by anyone until all this effort and a huge investment was made, and I know that he did consult with daas torah before he made the concert. They really worked hard that the concert should have as much of a Yiddishe taam as possible (remember that Lipa made kabalos about what type of music he will be singing from now on and that was way before the kol kore came out)