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                                                                         Wie Nemt Men A Bissale Mazel
                                                         
Lyrics - Jewish Folk  Music - Benzion Witler(1907–1961)
                                                                                 Singer Benzion Witler

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 The name of this song tells everything.  Wie Nemt Men A Bissale Mazel-Where to get a little luck where to get a little fortune.
Let the dreidal turn around and bring this luck back. Composer and singer, Mr. Witler was born in Poland in Shtetle Belz. His Hasidic family was very religious and did not want Benzion to perform in the theatre. At the age of 12, he secretly signed up with "Freie Yiddish Folkbeine in Vienna. For a little while, he was a journalist, but then he returned back to theatre. He was a very popular singer, composer and songwriter. He performed in Eastern Europe,  England and France. In 1940, he came to the USA and in an instant, he won the hearts of the Jewish population.
 Yiddish song Artist - Leonid Pasternak.

Vu nemt men a bisele mazl,
Vu nemt men a bisele glik,
Er reydl zol zikh  iberdreyen
Un breyngen dos mazl tsurik.

Di velt iz bashafn far yedn, 
Bashafn far yedn va glaykh.
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele,
Khotsh nor a  bisele mazl, a bisele glik?
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele Khotsh nor a bisele
mazl, a bisele glik?

Vi mentshn zol zikh eyn zel mazl
Zer loikhn zer  yuddn zer gik
E nasah vol zeys oyf dos mazl
Ken mumer  nit habn zurik
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele,
Khotsh nor a bisele mazl, a  bisele glik?
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele Khotsh nor a bisele mazl, a bisele  glik?

Oy, vu nemt men a bisele,
Khotsh nor a bisele mazl, a bisele glik? 
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele
Khotsh nor a bisele mazl, a bisele glik?

Oy, vu nemt men a bisele mazl, a bisele glik?
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele  mazl, a bisele glik?
Oy, vu nemt men a bisele mazl, a bisele glik?

Oy,  vu nemt men a bisele,
Khotsh nor a bisele mazl, a bisele glik?
Oy, vu  nemt men a bisele
Khotsh nor a bisele mazl, a bisele glik?