<p>A Canadian internet personality known by the handle "PortuguesePai" is attempting to decipher the meaning of Hasidic songs, despite not understanding a word of Hebrew.</p>
<p>Over the past few weeks, the Youtuber has uploaded reaction videos to a number of Hasidic music videos and concert performances, drawing thousands of clicks within a matter of hours.</p>
<p>PortuguesePai has reacted to a number of prominent Hasidic and Israeli singers' videos by [Baltimore's own Gobbie Cohn], Lipa Schmeltzer, Avraham Fried, Mordechai Ben David, Yaakov Shwekey, Nissim Black, and Hanan Ben Ari.</p>
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<p>The channel first began delving into the world of Orthodox Jewish music following a request a month ago to review the 2008 performance of "Yerushalayim" by the Miami Boys Choir, a video which has<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360298" _mce_href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/360298" target="_blank"> gone viral</a>.</p>
<p>To his surprise, PortuguesePai's reaction video to the song drew thousands of views, prompting him to produce additional views reacting to other songs popular in the Orthodox Jewish world.</p><div style="position: static !important;"></div>