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5 Year-Old Knows Tanya

For her entry in Tzivos Hashem's Jewish Kids Got Talent II contest, 5 year-old Chana Kahn of Tarzana, California, shows the lines of Tanya she knows by-heart. Video

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kol ha kavod!
December 13, 2011 1:31 am

Yasher koach! Bahatzlacha raba!

r u related??
November 19, 2011 3:37 pm

is she by any chance related to fraida kahn in crown heights??

Zeidy in Jerushalayim
November 15, 2011 5:38 am

BS”D My very, very, very dear Chani n”y The age of a Jew doesn’t follow the Passport (i.e. the birth certificate). It depends upon which level you are up to. You have already reached level Chaj in your Tanyo study. You Chani have brought Chajus to the whole concept of children learning Tanya by heart. You are a dugma chaja and fulfil Hayom Yom 30 Adar I. Cyberspace is buzzing with excitement thanks to your example. CHITAS means that CHana learns Tanyo Tamid (always). Loads of hatzlocho to you and your super duper parents n”y from a very pleased Zeidy… Read more »

wow!!!!!
November 13, 2011 11:04 am

but why dont they teach it in kindergarden also?

Chana is So So cute!!!
November 13, 2011 7:12 am

Go Yanky and Hindu. You guys are awesome and such a chassidishe inspiration

go chana!!!!
November 13, 2011 6:58 am

Woot woot. She’s so cute

Liron
November 12, 2011 12:25 pm

Yanky and Hindy, Rabbi Mordy and mishpachas Einbinder:
Beautiful; May you shep much nachas!

if u think that was cute check this one out of chana!!!
November 12, 2011 5:46 am
go chana shes so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 12, 2011 5:44 am

go chana from your cousins in australia!!!!

go chanza banza!!
November 11, 2011 3:27 am

luv ur cuzins down under!! <3!!

Community Nachas
November 10, 2011 7:33 pm

Chana– you are so cute and amazing. You bring nachas to your family and your Chabad Estates commnuity. We love you.

GO CHANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 10, 2011 2:25 am

we love u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful!
November 10, 2011 1:28 am

Cute!

GO CHANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 10, 2011 12:58 am

ur the best ur so so so sooooooooooooooo cute !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blumi M.
November 10, 2011 12:57 am

I agree with #22! I was lucky enough to have had Morah Racheli Jacks both as my unforgettable 6th Grade teacher, and some years later, as my fellow co-worker. As a result of working with Morah Jacks, I was delighted to relearn Perek Alef and Perek Bais Tanya myself. Beth Rivkah Montreal and Bnos Menachem in Crown Heights now play her Tanya cd’s every morning before Davening as part of the Chayolei Tzivos Hashem Tanya Baal Peh Campaign, and the result is incredible: every girl feels like the Tanya belongs to her since she knows the lines so easily Baal… Read more »

go chana!!
November 9, 2011 8:34 pm

we luv u and miss u!! ur amazing!!! luv chavi and chana xox

How cute!
November 9, 2011 11:33 am

When a child is spurting out words of Tanya before they can even speak properly…. 🙂 Adorable!!!

:) nice
November 9, 2011 9:45 am

my son is 6 and knows 48 lines, i think i will tape him! thanks for the inspiration!

love you guys
November 9, 2011 9:25 am

we miss you all. you guys are the greatest.love your cousins in montreal!!!

We love u
November 9, 2011 9:00 am

Yanky and Hindy
U have my vote
Lots of love
Dina and moshe

Kohn Family, cousins down under
November 9, 2011 7:30 am

Gorgeous! Lots of nachas!

TANTE DEBBY, FROM ISRAEL
November 9, 2011 2:53 am

CHANA YOU ARE SO CUTE,AND WE LOVE YOU . HINDY & YANKY KAHN, MUCH NACHAS & MOTTY ,CHAVI , & EINBINDER KIDS.
KEEP IT UP!

KOL HAKOVOD

cousins from south africa
November 9, 2011 2:15 am

Chana, you are a superstar!!!! We love and miss u!!! Come visit;)!

Chana is awesome!!
November 9, 2011 12:29 am
hey
November 8, 2011 11:17 pm

yanky..when r we gonna see you singing tanya ba’al peh?? huh?were waaaaiiiting……

cousins in Israel
November 8, 2011 11:06 pm

we miss u Chana and we love u

THATS MY CUZIN!!!!!
November 8, 2011 10:46 pm

adorable!!!!!

O my gosh she is the cutest
November 8, 2011 10:45 pm

thats amazing Hindy good job

Chana is so cute i love her
November 8, 2011 10:31 pm

she is so smart

Beautiful BH!!
November 8, 2011 10:26 pm

Hindy and Yaanky, may you have only nachas from her and the family!!!

the cutest cousin ever!!!!!
November 8, 2011 10:00 pm

love the weiss’s florida!!!!

HINDY
November 8, 2011 9:57 pm

Your kid is stunning An old BCHS Friend :))

AUANT BAILA EINBINDER
November 8, 2011 9:36 pm

YOU KNOW SO MUCH TANYA. AND YOU DO HEADSTANDS REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KAH
November 8, 2011 9:27 pm

blee A”H Poo Poo Poo

🙂

aunt chaya
November 8, 2011 9:22 pm

ur soo cute chana ur the best GOOOOOOOO CHANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is she cute or whtat???
November 8, 2011 9:21 pm
uncle nachman says
November 8, 2011 9:19 pm

i love u and ill give u all my toys

wow!!
November 8, 2011 9:04 pm

shes so cute!!!

WE LOVE YOU CHANA
November 8, 2011 9:04 pm

from melbourne australia ur so cute!!!!!!!!!

im totally Inspired!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2011 8:59 pm

thanx to u Hindy Kahn im gonna start teaching my kids Tanya every night ill use the same tune its really nice GOOD JOB CHANA!!!

AMAZING COUSIN
November 8, 2011 8:49 pm

WOW I HAVE TEARS IN MY EYES ITS SO BEAUTIFUL YOU SHOULD HAVE LOTS OF CHASSIDESHE NACHAS FROM HER AND FROM YOUR ENTIRE AMAZING AWESOME BEAUTIFUL SPECIAL STUPENDOUS WONDERFUL KIND FAMILY AND MAY YOU ENJOY MANY VACATIONS DOWN HERE IN FLORIDA .

another proud uncle
November 8, 2011 8:48 pm

im so proud!!!!!!! of u Chana I love u im so lucky to be ur uncle ur DA BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I Go to there shul in Tarzana
November 8, 2011 8:37 pm

Hindy and Yanky Kahn are the nicest most amazing people I ever met and there kids Chana and Eli take after them so they are the best gr8 job Chana

proud uncle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2011 8:24 pm

I love u Chana so much you make me happy every day

your aunt
November 8, 2011 8:23 pm

Chana ur soo cute we love u!! good job!

inspired shliach!
November 8, 2011 7:46 pm

that was amazing!

WOW cutest kid ever!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2011 7:42 pm

no offense other kids

Yay Chana!!
November 8, 2011 7:37 pm

Ka’h

"23:
November 8, 2011 7:35 pm

so critical! he just said that it’s a good thing to teach tanya instead of other things… WOW!

GO CHANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2011 7:33 pm

WE LOVE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in south africa

NOW THIS IS NEWS WORTHY
November 8, 2011 7:31 pm

Thank you

SO INSPIRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2011 7:21 pm

wowwowow!!!! She is super cute!
Amazing, beautiful:):):):)
Keep it up!!!

amazing PARENTS
November 8, 2011 7:07 pm

a true example to follow.

an Esrog doesn’t fall far from the tree.

to #23
November 8, 2011 6:43 pm

read his second line , it writes
…Why listen to story tapes/music etc. when my kids could be learning Tanya! What a great idea, Thanks!”
yes and my question is, are you Serious. Children need tapes/ music.. its a must.
(I believe comment number 11 was kidding – or I hope he was)

amazing
November 8, 2011 6:29 pm

such a small child nowes so much

Go Chana
November 8, 2011 6:18 pm

Go Chana

weiss cousins-miami lakes
November 8, 2011 6:07 pm

Go Chana-you are sooooooooooo cute!

to #21
November 8, 2011 5:56 pm

why shouldnt #11 be serious? huh? to chassidish for you? “oh, how harrowing! teach your kids tanya? chas visholom! i dont want to burden them!” sad.

Thanks to Mrs Racheli Jacks
November 8, 2011 5:40 pm

Thanks to Mrs Racheli Jacks, longtime Morah in Beis Rivkah of Montreal for recording the Tanya with a tune for the BRM students. Even very young girls know dozens of lines of Tanya by-heart because it’s set to a tune. Her recordings have made it around the world, with much success Boruch Hashem.
We miss her here in Montreal and wish her and her husband much hatzlocho in their shlichus in Melbourne Australia.

to #11
November 8, 2011 5:02 pm

are you serious???

nachas!!!
November 8, 2011 5:01 pm

abselutly beautiful, wish my kids would able to do so, lots of nachas

WOW!
November 8, 2011 4:18 pm

CHANA YOU ARE SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(!!)
November 8, 2011 4:14 pm

BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyone interested in teaching or learning ba'al peh:
November 8, 2011 4:10 pm

There are two very good tidbits of advice:

Follow a nusach (tune), phrase/sentence by phrase/sentence.
Works for all ages.

Also, hearing and seeing text at the same time makes all the difference (record yourself so you can listen for review, this also helps to keep the tune the same for each review).

Hatzlacha Rabba!
The power of song.

so cute!
November 8, 2011 3:09 pm

which kahn?

wow!
November 8, 2011 3:04 pm

if i was her uncle, id totally pinch her cheeks, so cute:)

wow!!!!
November 8, 2011 3:03 pm

So cute!!! heaven, when she goes high! Abosolutely adorable!!!

such a cutie pie!!!!
November 8, 2011 3:03 pm

ADORABLE!

Baby Rochel
November 8, 2011 2:53 pm

Yaay chana!!! I loved watching you say Tanya
I miss you soo much
Love your favorite baby cousin

Very Inspiring!
November 8, 2011 2:45 pm

Im gonna start teaching my kids Tanya before bed every night now too! Why listen to story tapes/music etc. when my kids could be learning Tanya! What a great idea, Thanks!

ohhhhhhhhh! i thought i recognized her
November 8, 2011 2:41 pm
a 5 year old knows 18 lines?!?!
November 8, 2011 2:36 pm

im 24 and i have trouble memorizing 4 lines! What a bright child!

What a SWEETHEART!!!!
November 8, 2011 2:35 pm

Wow! the cutest lil thing i ever saw!

Pashut a Michaya
November 8, 2011 2:32 pm

With all the Garbage and Nourishkeit people expose their kids to today (rachmana litzlan) its refreshing to see parents who raise their children frum and without all the shtus available

ADORABALICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 8, 2011 2:21 pm

Wow, what chinuch, moshiach is on his way!!!!!

If even a 5 year old can do it...
November 8, 2011 2:18 pm

This Truly is a sign of Moshiachs emminent Coming! Congratulations!

Why even have a contest?
November 8, 2011 2:17 pm

no one else even stands a chance! I think this little Maidel Should Win Hands Down!

Would you expect anything less from an Einbinder?
November 8, 2011 2:16 pm

The entire Einbinder Family is AMAZING!!!!! Truly Inspirational.

What Nachas!!!!
November 8, 2011 2:15 pm

Yanky and Hindy you must be soo proud!!

she so cute!
November 8, 2011 2:13 pm
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