By chabad.org
A new line of wafers named after a popular Chasidic melody was recently certified kosher by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar, a Chabad-Lubavitch emissary and director of the Federation of Jewish Communities of the Former Soviet Union.
Called “7:40,” the candied bars refer to the translated Russian name of “Sem Sorok,” a melody with a disputed genesis that also goes by its Yiddish name, zibn fertsik.
Some contend that the numerical title is a reference to the latest train that Jews could catch to leave Odessa by the 8:00 curfew.
Others insist, however, that the source of the name really refers to the year 1947, when a train station opened in Kiev, allowing Jews to commute more easily to Odessa.
Apparently not weighing in on the controversy, the wafers’ manufacturer chose to adorn the snack’s package with pictures of a train and passengers waiting to board.
darlink, you’re very sweet. 8.10 was past the curfew, so take yourself with a grain of salt, sugar.
(blogger)
Very sweet.
But sugar and candy aside, where are all the chassidim who should be protesting in masses that they had the chutzpa to call it 7:40 instead of 770?
i never heard of this niggun, called zibn fertsik? does it have another name also? anyone know where i could hear it?
The wafers look delicious, read the Ivrit, heard the word Kosher a lot, but is there no translation in English?
They should call it “zhiben zhibetchik”
read the article:
the name of it is “7:40” translated in Russian as “Sem Sorok”
another way to spead chassidus!!
very smart
and whats the name? looks intresting but whats the name?????