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Mordechai Werdyger, Born April 16, 1951, professionally known as Mordechai Ben David (lit
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. Mordechai son of David) or MBD for short, is a superstar in the Orthodox Jewish
Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish denominations of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict constructionist and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim....
 community often referred to as "The King of Jewish Music".

He has produced a record number of Jewish albums, many of them incredible hits. His father, David Werdyger
David Werdyger

David Werdyger is a popular Chazzan, and the author of Songs of Hope. His son is Mordechai ben David . He is also a retired businessman, having operated an extremely successful travel agency and having founded Chassidic recording company Aderet ....
, was a popular Jewish singer and cantor
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 originally from Cracow and is a "Schindler
Oskar Schindler

Oskar Schindler was a Sudeten Germans industrialist credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust in his enamelware and ammunitions factories located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively....
" Jew.






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Mordechai Werdyger, Born April 16, 1951, professionally known as Mordechai Ben David (lit
Literal translation

Literal translation, also known as direct translation, is the rendering of text from one language to another "word-for-word" rather than conveying the Word sense of the original....
. Mordechai son of David) or MBD for short, is a superstar in the Orthodox Jewish
Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish denominations of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict constructionist and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim....
 community often referred to as "The King of Jewish Music".

He has produced a record number of Jewish albums, many of them incredible hits. His father, David Werdyger
David Werdyger

David Werdyger is a popular Chazzan, and the author of Songs of Hope. His son is Mordechai ben David . He is also a retired businessman, having operated an extremely successful travel agency and having founded Chassidic recording company Aderet ....
, was a popular Jewish singer and cantor
Cantor

Cantor may refer to:...
 originally from Cracow and is a "Schindler
Oskar Schindler

Oskar Schindler was a Sudeten Germans industrialist credited with saving almost 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust in his enamelware and ammunitions factories located in what is now Poland and the Czech Republic respectively....
" Jew. Mordechai blends traditional Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 melodies with modern pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 to create the songs in his albums and which he performs at completely sold out concerts.

Mordechai's son, Yeedle Werdyger, also entered into the Jewish music arena, though hasn't reached the same heights of popularity as his father.

Mordechai lives in Sea Gate, Brooklyn.

Discography

  • Mordechai Ben David Sings Original Chassidic Nigunim (1973)
  • Hineni (1974)
  • Neshama Soul (1975)
  • I'd Rather Pray and Sing (1977)
  • Vechol Maminim - Songs of Rosh Hashana (1979)
  • Moshiach is Coming Soon (1980)
  • Memories (1981)
  • Ich Hob Gevart (I Have Waited) (1982)
  • Mordechai Ben David Live (1981)
  • Just One Shabbos (1983)
  • Around the Year Vol. 1 (1984)
  • Hold On (1984)
  • Let My People Go (1985)
  • Jerusalem Not For Sale (1986)
  • MBD and Friends (1987)
  • Jerusalem Our Home - Lekovod Yom Tov (1988)
  • Siman Tov and Keitzad (Singles) (1989)
  • The Double Album (1990)
  • Solid MBD (1990)
  • Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach (1992)
  • Live in Jerusalem (1989)
  • Tomid BeSimcha - Always Happy (1994)
  • Special Moments (1994)
  • Once Upon a Niggun (1996)
  • Chevron Forever (single)(1996)
  • Ein Od Milvado (1997)
  • The English Collection (1998)
  • We Are One (1999)
  • Maaminim (2001)
  • Kumzits (2003)
  • Nachamu Ami (2004)
  • Oorah [single] (2005)
  • Efshar Letaken (2006)
  • Yiddish Collection (2007)
  • Anovim Anovim [single] (2008)
  • Oorah [single] (2008)
  • Levado - Mishpacha [single] (2008)


Trivia

  • "Lichtiger Shabbos" on Just One Shabbos (1982) [retitled "Yiddish" on Solid MBD (1993)] is an adaptation of "Close Every Door To Me", from the musical theater production Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

    Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice....
    , by Tim Rice
    Tim Rice

    Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice is an English Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, author, radio personality and television gameshow panellist....
     and Andrew Lloyd Weber.
  • "Yidden" on Jerusalem: Not For Sale (1986) uses the music of "Dschinghis Khan
    Dschinghis Khan (song)

    Dschinghis Khan was the West Germany entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in German Language by Dschinghis Khan. It was later covered by Cantopop singer George Lam in 1980s, also by Japanese idol group, Berryz Kobo in 2008....
    " (English: Genghis Khan), from the German band Dschinghis Khan
    Dschinghis Khan

    Dschinghis Khan was a Germany Pop music band, created in 1979 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest. The name of the band was chosen to fit the song of the same name, written and produced by Ralph Siegel with lyrics by Bernd Meinunger....
    .
  • "Father Dear" on Yerushalayim Our Home (1988) [retitled "Daddy Dear" on The English Collection (1998)] uses music from "Little Child," performed by many earlier singers, notably Cab Calloway
    Cab Calloway

    Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader.Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s....
     and his daughter in 1956; it, in turn, is adapted from an earlier French song.


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