Yom-Tov Ehrlich

Rabbi Yom-Tov Ehrlich (Hebrew: יום-טוב עהרליך) (1914–1990) was a renowned Hasidic musician, composer, lyricist, recording artist, and popular entertainer known for his popular Yiddish music albums. He was born in Kozhan Gorodok and raised in the nearby Davyd-Haradok, both then part of the Russian Empire. He survived the Holocaust in Samarkand, Soviet Union. In 1946 he left,^[1] eventually settling in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

Yom-Tov Ehrlich
Yom-Tov Ehrlich
Background information
Born	1914 (1914) Kozhan Gorodok, Russian Empire
Died	1990 (aged 75–76)

Ehrlich was born to a family of Karlin-Stoliner Hasidim. His grandfather, Yom Tov Simcha Ehrlich, was an aide to Rabbi Aharon of Karlin, an early leader of the Hasidic movement. Ehrlich himself was a Hasid of the late Rabbi Yochanan Perlow of Karlin.

Some of Ehrlich's favorite songs were later recorded by other popular Hasidic entertainers, such as Mordechai Ben David^[2], Lipa Schmeltzer, Levy Falkowitz^[3], & Avraham Fried^[4], although Ehrlich himself used Russian classical and folk melodies to accompany his own Yiddish lyrics.

His most popular songs include: "Yakkob", the tale of a Jew in Uzbekistan during the Holocaust^[5]; "Shloof mein kind" ("Sleep, my child"), the song of a Jewish woman who finds a child alone in the woods during the Holocaust; and "Williamsburg", a song about Hasidic Williamsburg during the 1950s.

Discography

• The Wandering Jewish Folk Singer (1949)
• Yiddish Nachas (1960)
• Torah (1961)
• T'shuva (1962)
• Shema B'ni (1963)
• Ameritchka (1964)
• Emunah (1965)
• Shabbos (1967)
• Luksus (Double Album) (1967)
• Chevlei Moshiach (Double Album) (1969)
• Shabchi Yerushalayim (1970)
• Middois (1973)
• Dai (1974)
• Shelo Asani Goy (1975)
• Journey Through Song 1 - Lamnatzeach B'naginos (1975)
• Journey Through Song 2 - Mizmor L'sodah (1975)
• Kol Mevaser (1977)
• Yetzias Mitzrayim (2 Volumes) (1978)
• Chessed
• Elliyohu Hanuvee
• A Shabbus Mitten Rebben
• Der Satmerer Rebbe (2 Volumes) (1981)
• Der Baal Shem Tov (2 Volumes)
• Emunas Tzadikim
• Shoshanas Yaakov
• Ashreinu (2 Volumes)
• Hallel
• Rannenu Tzadikim (2 Volumes)
• Modeh Ani
• Bitachon