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that you are going to make it big,” con- to speak at people. It’s important to
tinues Mr. Heifetz. “I studied the violin connect with your eyes, not look
because I felt a need to play the violin. around. And when you sing, you need
I wasn’t thinking about becoming a to be willing to communicate what you
famous violinist.” When a student feel about the music. Finally, you need
comes to Mr. Heifetz with the goal of to find something inside yourself that
being famous, he won’t teach him. “I I call the ‘sacred fire,’ your passion in
tell that student, you must love it so life. The goal is to feel that you are liv-
much that you simply want to fulfill ing a life that ignites that sacred fire
your G-d-given potential, wherever it inside of you.”
takes you.
Meira says, “I learned from Mr.
“To be able to make music in one’s Heifetz that when a person acts with
life is one of the great joys and bless- confidence and feeling, a message
ings. To be able to sing, to be able to comes across as so much more power-
play an instrument, to be able to make ful and meaningful. This applies to
music with your children and your both musical performances and ordi-
family – just for enjoyment – is a great nary activities, like speaking in front of
thing, one that people often don’t real- a class.”
ize when they are young.
And according to Penina, “Mrs. Tal’s
“I told the Bais Yaakov students father told us amazing stories about
that each of them is perfect in who his past, and we learned things about
she is and that she should believe in music that we wouldn’t hear anywhere
herself – not to try to compare herself else. The best was witnessing Mrs. Tal
to others or copy the way someone and her father perform together. They
else does something,” concludes Mr. are both so talented. It was
Heifetz. “I also encouraged them to be beautiful.”◆
willing to open up and reveal who they
are when speaking to someone – not © Margie Pensak-2016
Upbeat Photo and Video
For all your Simchas and Events
Yossi Roth
443-801-9051
rothj@comcast.net
www.upbeatphotoandvideo.com
©WWW
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available to come to
your home.
Experienced, references,
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tinues Mr. Heifetz. “I studied the violin connect with your eyes, not look
because I felt a need to play the violin. around. And when you sing, you need
I wasn’t thinking about becoming a to be willing to communicate what you
famous violinist.” When a student feel about the music. Finally, you need
comes to Mr. Heifetz with the goal of to find something inside yourself that
being famous, he won’t teach him. “I I call the ‘sacred fire,’ your passion in
tell that student, you must love it so life. The goal is to feel that you are liv-
much that you simply want to fulfill ing a life that ignites that sacred fire
your G-d-given potential, wherever it inside of you.”
takes you.
Meira says, “I learned from Mr.
“To be able to make music in one’s Heifetz that when a person acts with
life is one of the great joys and bless- confidence and feeling, a message
ings. To be able to sing, to be able to comes across as so much more power-
play an instrument, to be able to make ful and meaningful. This applies to
music with your children and your both musical performances and ordi-
family – just for enjoyment – is a great nary activities, like speaking in front of
thing, one that people often don’t real- a class.”
ize when they are young.
And according to Penina, “Mrs. Tal’s
“I told the Bais Yaakov students father told us amazing stories about
that each of them is perfect in who his past, and we learned things about
she is and that she should believe in music that we wouldn’t hear anywhere
herself – not to try to compare herself else. The best was witnessing Mrs. Tal
to others or copy the way someone and her father perform together. They
else does something,” concludes Mr. are both so talented. It was
Heifetz. “I also encouraged them to be beautiful.”◆
willing to open up and reveal who they
are when speaking to someone – not © Margie Pensak-2016
Upbeat Photo and Video
For all your Simchas and Events
Yossi Roth
443-801-9051
rothj@comcast.net
www.upbeatphotoandvideo.com
©WWW
©WWW
Professional piano teacher
available to come to
your home.
Experienced, references,
flexible summer hours.
Call Mrs. Hirshowitz
443-544-7770.
First Lesson Free
88 u www.wherewhatwhen.com u
