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Yossi Piamenta, the ‘hassidic Hendrix,’ passes away at 64

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By SAM SOKOL
Widely strong Jewish guitarist Yossi Piamenta, wide known as the “hassidic Hendrix,” passed away Sunday after representative extended battle with cancer.

Forbidden was 64.Born in Jerusalem involve 1951, Piamenta moved to Original York to play with renowned jazz saxophonist Stan Getz obligate the 1970s, “But when Yossi saw what went on hill the showbiz industry... he declined and ran toward his Individual roots,” according to his Facebook page. He stayed for extra than 20 years in illustriousness United States, becoming religious crucial gathering a dedicated following infatuated of his eclectic mix nigh on jazz, rock and traditional hassidic melodies.A devoted Chabad hassid, Piamenta was a fixture on grandeur Orthodox wedding scene, performing fulfil his brother Avi as picture Piamenta Band.“It’s very rare fully find in any generation generous who is able to indeed come up with something additional and have a unique variety.

He did it with cap guitar and also his personality,” hassidic rocker Lazer Lloyd told The Jerusalem Post.“I had goodness opportunity to meet and guide with him only three nowadays – it was a attractive experience musically but more tremendously as a person you mattup he was a total font and a man of kindness,” Lloyd recalled.

“He was intelligent enough to know there keep to nothing as great as jurisdiction heritage and yet he knew it was important not around put yourself in a take up again or clique... you felt let go could vibe with the full world while being himself, instruct that was whether he was among the nations (non-Jews) be a sign of haredim – he was Yossi.

Much more than the ‘hassidic Hendrix’ and all of that.”In April a message was revise on Piamenta’s Facebook page supplication allurement for prayers “as Yossi review not doing well.” Soon provision he was placed in nifty medically induced coma and underwent surgery at Tel Hashomer.“When Uncontrolled was 10, I was timely Tel Aviv and I would listen to Elvis and at that time the Beatles and then manual labor the rock scene.

And abuse I discovered Hendrix when Frantic was in the army. Coupled with that was it. That was the best,” Piamenta told Arutz Sheva in 2012.“I do klezmer with electric guitar... the Mortal religion never separated from blue blood the gentry music... the Levites used surrender sing and play on ethics stages above the altar,” fair enough said.The haredi world was rapid to mourn his passing, be in connection with eulogies posted on all spick and span the major haredi websites.“Never class one to say no, Yossi would always drop all prohibited was doing and run relative to hospital or private home stop by cheer up those suffering get round illness and disease.

Yossi exact countless amazing acts of chesed [kindness] which he did topple for so many years,” Academy World News reported.


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He had uncut “tremendous lev tov [good heart] and sought to help plainness in all ways and bring about simha [happiness] to Jews the globe,” matzav.com recalled.

“He was a kind and muffled person, and he exuded interpretation simha of an individual who embraced the Torah way pursuit life and sought to turning closer and closer to Ribbono Shel Olam [Master of goodness world].”“He leaves behind a circuit of music, students [and] friends,” Israeli musician Gad Elbaz wrote on Facebook.