Dear Avraham Fried,
I grew up listening and singing your music in our shabbos table and in all of our happy occasions. And as a kid in Jerusalem, I also remember going to Gan Soccer with the family to one of your concerts.
I am today not religious. But to this day I listen and I am inspired by your powerful, spiritual, and soul touching music.
I am so spiritually connected to your music that I am tempted to play it on shabbos. I get disappointed that the only available music I have on shabbos is the meaningless non-jewish stuff. But I wanted to let you know that I have kept your request dear to me and I will not, even at gun point, play your music on shabbos.
Today, during my darkest and happiest moments, I will tune in to your music for inspiration and hope.
Your music is a kidnle to my long lost Jewish soul and it is keeping me alive, both physically and spiritually.
My life would simply be meaningless without it.
So before you go to bed at night or the next time you’re having a rough day, keep in mind that your music is quite literally touching my soul and giving me tremendous hope.
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To an anonymous Jew:
Thank you for writing one of the most powerful letters That I have ever received in my 36 years of singing.
If I would respond to all the details of the letter it would take a very long time.
So I just want to say this:
I would love to meet you one day and hear your story face to face.
It was the Rebbe who told me 36 years ago when I was releasing the CD No Jew Will Be Left Behind, to print the words: please do not play on Shabbos and Yom Tov.
Perhaps he saw you and the struggle you will have with Yiddishkeit and asked me to print those words so this can be your own unique way of remembering that it’s Shabbos by not playing my music.
A Rebbe can see things way ahead of its time!
For someone who calls himself not religious, your soul however seems to be on fire!
You’re so in touch with your spirituality.
How lucky I am that thru my music I have a part in keeping that spark alive.
Stay tuned as a new cd is coming soon IYH.
I say to you, Chazak Chazak!
Please keep in touch.
Abraham.
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10 Responses
A beautiful letter
I think that I can write for all those frum people who have listened to Fried, that we were and continue to be inspired by his music(and all the other Baalei Menagen who give heart and soul to inspire us-such as R’ Shloime, R’ Bentzion, R’ Abish etc)
FROM A CLASSMATE OF YR OHOlEI TORAH CLASS . DEAR AVREMAL YOU NEVER CHANGED , NOT EVEN ONE BIT
SINCE THOSE GOOD OLD DAYS ON TROY AVE.
KEEP UP THE GR8 WORK OF BRINGING YIDEN CLOSER .
AND MAKING THE REBBA SMILE
Really nice! .. Even after all these years Avraham Fried is still one of the best Jewish singers around
Which Rebbe? There’s surely more than one out there.
Bookworm120 – That was flat-out nasty. Have a little respect.
Im sure you know he is refering to the lubavitcher rebbe
but you seem to not like the fact that the rebbe would refer to the lubavitcher rebbe
so type the rebbe into Google and see who comes up
And yes its the lubavitcher rebbe
Bookworm – And how many sensitive Yiddishe neshamos have you saved or inspired lately?
Why do you automatically assume her question is a negative one? Couldn’t it be that he/she is simply asking a question?does everyone know that avram fried is lubavitch? I would bet there are plentt that dont
Where is your dam lkaf zchus??
come on guys i did not mean for you chevra to argue .. each and every one of you should respect yr REBBA , besides i was talking to
avremala friedman . his zayda was a REBBA to
like my other classmate would say
” ziet gezunt un breingt moshiac “
I put in “rebbe” in Google it came up the satmar rabbi Reb moshe t”b ztl