Tonight, 10 Heshvan 5784, 24 October 2023, is the 21st yahrzeit of my dad, Cantor Hirsh Zvi (Harry) Rabinowitz
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Harry sings Yismach Moshe
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BSEMCE7duS_e2vcjZEP-TQP-2sDU2K8t/view?usp=sharing
Harry’s abridged ancestral family tree (extends to over 20 generations)
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Harry was born in Volksrust, Transvaal, South Africa on 28 September 1914.
Volksrust – Wikipedia
Volksrust is a town in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa near the KwaZulu-Natal provincial border, some 240 km southeast of Johannesburg, 53 km north of Newcastle and 80 km southeast of Standerton.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksrust
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To hear sound clips of Harry (plus others) including Chief Rabbi Louis Rabinowitz, click on this image below:![](https://i0.wp.com/elirab.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/elirab-audios.jpg?resize=525%2C601)
Here is a collection of images to remember him on his yahrzeit.
With his parents and two older brothers Leib and Isaac, who were born in Jerusalem.
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His two younger sisters Rachel and Sarah were born in Cape Town.
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Harry was a musician and cantor, a baritone who sang in many languages in concerts, recitals, operattas and on radio
Here is a small selection from his scrapbook:
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On the radio
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He was often accompanied by his sister Rachel Rabinowitz, a concert pianist.
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Harry made a record of Popular Yiddish Melodies with Solly Aronowsky’s orchestra on His Masters Voice
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Chazonim Oif Probe – an entertaining track from the LP
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A review
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With my mother, Rachel
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With me, my mom, aunty Rachel and my bobba, Chana Chesha Miriam
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With other world class chazonim in Johannesburg, including Moshe Stern and Johnny Gluck.
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Singing with his choir
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His matseva at West Park Cemetery, Johannesburg
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With Jill in shul at yahrzeit memorial board
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