Radio Eshkolot

Did you know that "Oyfn pripetchek brent a fayerel" (“On the hearth, a fire burns”) is actually a metaphor for female desire? The story told by Israeli musicologist Michael Lukin begins with rabbinic condemnation of Jewish women singing "whore songs" in early modern Europe and continues with one of such songs becoming a source for the most famous Yiddish didactic "folk" song of our times. In the new episode of Radio Eshkolot podcast Michael Lukin’s story is accompanied by several dissimilar musical versions of the song by Lakocha and Psoy “Yiddish skomorokh” Korolenko.Download the episodeDetailed descriptionMusical tracks:00:10 – 00:30 Lakocha. Oyfn Pripetchek (intro)06:20 – 08:50 Molly Picon. Abi Gezunt (from 1938 film “Mamele”)12:50 – 15:11 Lakocha & Alina Ivakh. Oyfn Pripetchek15:12 – 19:14 Psoy Korolenko. Afn PripetchikВы знали, что "Oyfn pripetchek brent a fayerel" («В печке горит огонь») – это на самом деле метафора женского желания? История, рассказанная израильским музыковедом Михаилом Лукиным нач