Person · cantor
Dravesky
דרבסקי
Cantor who served at the Heichal synagogue and was born in Lithuania.
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... כב. החזן דרבסקי (ה!ובנר)
החזן דרבסקי כיהן ב״היכל". יליד ליטא, למד
באיטליה שירי אופירות, היה גם יפה־תואר, יודע תורה
ומדבר גדולות, ואחרי כל אלה נשאר מזמר שאינו
יכול לקרוא שורה אחת של תוי־נגינה כהלכתם. היה
קורא לעצמו "נסיך הזמרה", "פרימה טנורא איטל ־
יאנה" וכר. העלה אבק רב בעיני ההמונים. אבל היה
בעל קול יפה. ...Connected nodes
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Heichal Synagogue in Lviv
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