Cantor Pinchas Borinstein - Shterndel

Pinchas Borenstein - cantor. Born September 15, 1889 in a suburb of Warsaw in the small town Jeziorna Królewska (Kingdom of Poland Russian Empire; now Poland) in a religious family. His father, Yaakov Dov - a rabbi. Four of his sons became cantor. As a child, Pinchas Borenstein was a chorister synagogue choir in Warsaw. His first post was cantor at the age of 19 years. Immigrated to Argentina in 1923. In 1924, was promoted to chief cantor Great Synagogue of Buenos Aires, which served for 30 years. He was the organizer and first president of the Association of Cantors South America. Under the pseudonym Pedro Borini (Pedro Borini) appeared on Argentine radio with a repertoire of operatic arias. He toured in Argentina, Canada and the USA. Pinchas Borenstein died of a heart attack June 17, 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. : shterndl shterndl bloyer shtafetele, zay mir a shliekh un fal in mayn shtetele. zen vestu a gesele, nokh dem a gribele, dortn gefint zikh mayn khoreve shtibele. elnt aleyn bay der finsterer shaybele, zitst dort fartroyert un dayget mayn vaybele. treyst ir, du shterndl, laykht ir in shtub arayn, zog ir der eybershter vet ir merakhem zayn. freg vos makht yosele, laytse und rivele, zog zey ikh leyen un kush zeyer brivele. zog zey, az yankelen zol men nit shaleven, geyn in kheyder, genug im tsu baleven. zol er zikh oyslernen kadish vi ez darf tsu zayn, efsher men veyst nit, nor g´t vet merakhem zayn. Little star, blue herald, Be a messenger for me. And fall into my village. You'll see a little street, then a little pit, There you will find My destroyed little house. Lonely, alone by the dark window pane, Sits my sad and worried wife. Comfort her, little star, And bring her light. Tell her the Lord above will have mercy. Ask her how are Yankele, Laytse and Rivele, Tell them I read and kiss their little letter. Tell them not to spoil Yankele Send him to Cheder Enough spoiling. Let him learn to recite the Kaddish As it should be. Maybe.......who knows?.... God will be merciful.