for the Shabbos Project..

this is obviously from a couple of weeks ago, but I just saw and it is interesting..

Matisyahu has really remade himself when he opposed the BDS this past year.

yes, that is Matisyahu, hanging out with the Chabadniks at the Kotel and putting on tefillin this past Friday...

once a chabadnik always a chabadnik
I dont need no help! I know how to do this all alone!

what's your caption for this?

after the fiasco of banning Matisyahu for politics that should never have been made an issue, the Spanish music festival backed down and invited Matisyahu. With BDS and Palestinian protesters outside the concert, Matisyahu chose to play his famous song "Jerusalem"...

This fiasco was probably the best thing Matisyahu could have ever asked for at this stage in his career... and good for him that he was not too high on drugs to recognize it.. he deserves a kol hakavod for responding well to a difficult challenge.

Matisyahu Cancelled for 'Refusing to Endorse Palestinian State'

  -- INN

I guess we are allowed to like him again now and say he is great..

The Possession is a documentary "remake" of The Dybbuk.. and Matisyahu stars as the rabbi who exorcises the dybbuk


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Matisyahu - Tel Aviv'n


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Matisyahu Performs "Sunshine"



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Matisyahu - Sunshine

A little while back I found a video of how this music video was being made.. a behind the scenes look.. here is the final edition of Matisyahu's Sunshine.....



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Matisyahu - "Sunshine" Official Video Sneak Peek




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Matisyahu - Sunshine



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Matisyahu - a very special 'One Day'

Matisyahu beat boxing in Brooklyn first viewing on stage in NY after he shaved his beard.

After the shave heard round the world, Matisyahu is finally back to performing. Here is a clip frm his first beardless gig..

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5. We all know by now that Matisyahu Shaved. It seems there is a story behind why he grew his beard in the first place...
and since I am closing with a link about Matisyahu's beard, I am posting this song by the Grogger's written in honor of the shaving, called "View From the Sink".. enjoy..

As they say, no publicity is bad publicity.

Matisyahu announced yesterday on Twitter that he is no longer going to be Hassidic and he has shaved off his beard. His statement said:

This morning I posted a photo of myself on Twitter.


No more Chassidic reggae superstar.

Sorry folks, all you get is me…no alias. When I started becoming religious 10 years ago it was a very natural and organic process. It was my choice. My journey to discover my roots and explore Jewish spirituality—not through books but through real life. At a certain point I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity…to move away from my intuition and to accept an ultimate truth. I felt that in order to become a good person I needed rules—lots of them—or else I would somehow fall apart. I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission.


Get ready for an amazing year filled with music of rebirth. And for those concerned with my naked face, don’t worry…you haven’t seen the last of my facial hair.


- Matisyahu

Matisyahu's statement says nothing about whether or not he will continue to be religious, yet a number of sites, along with many people talking about him, automatically assumed based on the picture and the fact that he shaved his beard and long payos, that he is no longer frum.

Basically, who cares?

Twitter and Facebook were abuzz with reactions and analyses by fans and haters. In my opinion all the chatter is pointless, and the entire announcement and ensuing discussion is nothing more than the same type of celebrity gossip we see about any other rock star, baseball star, performer or even politicians. His decision is personal, and probably also an attempt at publicity of one sort or another, and should not influence anybody or matter to anybody in any way other than general entertainment. When the papers write about this, and some already have, it should be a note in the gossip column, right beside who Bar Rafaeli was spotted having coffee with in Venice or Hawaii or Hod Hasharon...

And as they say, no publicity is bad publicity. His statement generated a lot of buzz and chatter about him. All that free publicity, no matter how bad some might consider it, is good.