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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:48 pm
I'm low-key obsessed with them.
They are a musical duo who sing these old yiddish songs, and lately some classic Hebrew songs (like Dveykus, and Eishes Chayil). They sing acapella, no music, but their harmonies are exquisite and they are perfectly in sync with each other.
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:49 pm
I love listening to them! Though I always wonder who they are. Where are they from? What is their background that they know yiddish songs so well?
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amother
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Post Thu, Sep 12 2024, 10:55 pm
amother Sand wrote:
I love listening to them! Though I always wonder who they are. Where are they from? What is their background that they know yiddish songs so well?


You can search them online.
I read an interview with Polina. She went to Hillel.

Eta. Excerpt from another article:“Yiddish music was prominent in my childhood as well,” says Polina. “At every event that my grandmother organized, she would strongly suggest which Yiddish song she wanted my siblings and I to perform.” Polina was born in Russia, the place her family had lived for centuries, and says that Yiddish music and Yiddish art in general connect her loved ones to the Old World, which for her relatives, is not that old at all. “My grandfather on my father’s side had this massive collection of Yiddish music that was in stacks all around his house,” Polina recalls. “When he got older and developed Alzheimer’s, the only thing that brought back his lucidity was when I sang to him in Yiddish. Suddenly, he would be there with me, singing along. That definitely strengthened my connection.”
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LovesHashem




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:59 am
Love them. I don't know any Yiddish or Yiddish songs but I love their voices b
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schoolbus




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 10:11 am
Would love to see them!
Can anyone post their videos?
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 12:38 pm
schoolbus wrote:
Would love to see them!
Can anyone post their videos?


Can you see this?
https://www.instagram.com/reel.....wOQ==
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amother
Mistyrose


 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 12:44 pm
I love them so so much!!! They’re voices are hypnotic
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 12:49 pm
amother Mistyrose wrote:
I love them so so much!!! They’re voices are hypnotic


I especially love the harmonies in this one. So original.
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amother
Hyssop


 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:45 pm
Where r they from? I can’t seem to figure it out.
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:46 pm
And the way they sometimes dress to match the song.
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amother
Dill  


 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 1:54 pm
They know these songs from their Bubby.
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 2:14 pm
Their singing is absolutely gorgeous and so calming.
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imasinger




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 2:54 pm
amother OP wrote:
Can you see this?
https://www.instagram.com/reel.....wOQ==


Picardy third at the end, gotta love it!
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oohlala




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 3:15 pm
Adorable! If I can guess from the background maybe they are from Israel?
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 3:38 pm
amother Hyssop wrote:
Where r they from? I can’t seem to figure it out.


According to what I have read online. Polina was born in Russia and moved to Detroit. She eventually made Aliya.
Chava is also from Detroit.
I think they both live in Eretz Yisrael now.
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:00 pm
amother OP wrote:
According to what I have read online. Polina was born in Russia and moved to Detroit. She eventually made Aliya.
Chava is also from Detroit.
I think they both live in Eretz Yisrael now.

Are you telling me they're not sisters???
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amother
Slategray


 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:01 pm
amother Amber wrote:
Are you telling me they're not sisters???


Correct
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:03 pm
amother Slategray wrote:
Correct

They look so alike!
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SnowLeopard




 
 
    
 

Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:13 pm
Absolutely gorgeous voices. I stumbled upon them when in an endless loop of instagram shorts, and it was so refreshing to hear them sing. Love them!
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amother
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Post Fri, Sep 13 2024, 4:16 pm
amother Amber wrote:
Are you telling me they're not sisters???


As I understand it, they are a "reincarnation" of the Barry Sisters , two sisters who sang these old world yiddish songs, back in the day. Wiki says they were active from 1940 to 1970s.
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