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R Hendel Lieberman, "father" of Chasidic Art, Tannis Esther 2026 is his 50th Yahrtzeit- RC Dalfin
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Today is the 50th year site of Raendel
Lieberman Raendel Futafas the older
oldest the older brother of Raendel
Futafas was born in 1900 and passed away
put him n of Purim kind of today 50
years ago I want to tell you a little
bit about him he was my father-in-law's
uncle my wife's great uncle he visited
them in Australia so I know a little bit
about him and I had an interesting
conversation with my father-in-law about
him once. Rapendle was learned actually
in labichendas
didn't because he was born in 1907.
Rapendle was born in 1900. So as a young
boy there was a a group of talmid from I
think another where they they came to
learn in the in the in labav in 1911. So
later he became an artist. He went to
Adessa and became an artist and he's the
father figure known as the firstidic
artist. Everyone have seen his beautiful
art where he depicts actual scenes of
sitting and learning sarv with a samar
on the table and the kdes
and many rich rich
pictures or the famous the bump and the
wagon with the 10 the 10 people which I
spoke about I believe once. Anyway, so
Rhendel had a very difficult life. I
mean living through Russia and communism
and all that. And then Nebuchadne
related to um Kagan and also to the one
of the freedmans not not a rum freed
family. They're from Galitzia, I
believe. But the Russian freedman from
Milano there was a a freerman anyway
and Nebach they I was told that he saw
the way in I think it was in I forget
where Sabar where they actually killed
his wife and two children they murdered
in front of him and he had a very
difficult time with this. My told me
that uh they worked very hard to he he
went into kind of a depression and
he was mench and the the family and
others you know worked with him and uh
supported him and reached out to him and
and they brought him back and they
brought him back into the the
into the world of
and or malice and all of that.
There's a picture one p in his book that
was put out by the kay art gallery Zev
Marowitz there's a picture there of how
he looked when when he was during when
he how he looked he made a picture of
himself how he looked during that time
which is a very sad picture but he he
they he expressed his feelings through
art.
He came to America in the early 1950s
either 1951, 52, 53, very early on and
the Reba took a liking to him and the
Reb Mameish rebuilt him. I believe at
that time also he was diagnosed with
Yamaha of the stomach or something in
the stomach ulcers
and and um the Reb he gave he wanted to
give up. He was very depressed. He lost
everything and the Reba wrote to him and
encouraged him and the Rebbitson too. He
used to speak a lot to the Rebbitson in
Russian. They enjoyed speaking in
Russian
and he was the same age as the Rebend
Rebbitson. He was older than than than
both really I think was born 1901 and
Hendle was handle was born 1900. Anyway,
the Rebend Rebbitson you could say kind
of saved his life and he had 20 25 more
years or so 20 24 whatever whatever
whenever he came
he lived till 1976.
Hendle Hendel was we used to call him in
the family we call him Fet Hendel the
uncle because he was an uncle to the
Shentos Bransonskis.
Okay.
So the fact that handle
would was was a jokester have an artist
a friendic artist
in Pittsburgh Rafal Eisenberg who's used
to hang out with with fat and handling
told me stories used to eat with him
sometimes he he was a fra person my
friend told me interesting little story
just to to show this so fetal had a I
guess an uncle or a cousin that Mendel
Mendel Dichch
Mendel Dichch the the grandfather of the
diches
and for a while I think he was living
with Mendel dich now fact Hendel wanted
to would listen to the news on the radio
mendel dich was you know fumid in a
sense and he was didn't want to listen
to have that play my when he came to
America in 1958 my father-in-law so he
stayed he stayed there But he stayed
there very often at night or two and
that he had to leave. Why? Because his
uncle his two uncle this Mendel Dich and
and and Fet Hendel were going at each
other ABOUT THIS RADIO PLAYING THE RADIO
SHUT THE radio and he I think he told me
at one point Mendel Dich threw the radio
out the window on the floor broke it. It
was Leb was Lebik and Freigh. But you
you're talking about a the handle was a
was a you know a happy guy happy
go-lucky you know after this
encouragement of the reb to continue in
other words by nature he wasn't a
depressed person and when I spoke to
mash about him once
he told me handle was garandish in other
words I asked him you know about how to
compare him to to mendle and he says
hendle was you know he would cook And he
would clean he he was
my action you know mend men was you know
handle was and and my said that the he
alluded my wouldn't even say say the
details but I understood you know it was
half words because he went through so
much the the feeling of closeness
between you know my my father-in-law and
his and his uncle was very very tight
and and he made he he said like you know
it was it was very different. It was a
different a different you know they
cooked together in Melbourne in their
little house and my wife told me she
remembers men handle cooking you know
Leo everyone remembers he was staying by
the faban he was known as the conductor
you see pictures and videos Jen puts out
the man with a white beard standing on a
bench and going like this it's like he
come to the fab what's going on here
it's a circus that was that was handle
handle handle liber
It's 50 years of such a ye's you know
life and we have his art and we
understand what he gave to the Jewish
world art
and those of you who are artists and
even those that are not artists if you
look at it and you focus on some of the
pictures it'll warm your heart and it'll
bring you closer to what
what Kabad's all about. The van,
the brutes, the love, the togetherness,
the sav the
you know
together all of that is is depicted in
his beautiful art. So I just wanted to
say
by the way he was named after the
original kougul was from Plesnets who
was aid of the
two brothers kougul and kougul and he
was named after kougul who just passed
away a year before
that's he He was the first probably the
first one named after him as that's what
I think. Anyway, there's much more to
say but um
let's go to put him with a
help that will will have mercy on and
quickly end this war in a way that will
be victorious over the Yehudin the H
generation. these the the the the
Iranians who want to those that want to
hurt
and and other people they wish to help
shall be a transformation where everyone
will will stop this and will be only
goodness and kindness.
Amen.