The Story of Mordechai Shapiro | The Jewish Music Pop Star | Meaningful People #80

Mordechai Shapiro was born in 1989 in Monsey, New York. Born into a musical family, his father is a chazzan and his mother has a background as a trained opera singer. He learned in yeshiva in Ashar, Netiv Aryeh, and Yeshivas Bais Yisroel. Shapiro made his musical debut as the star soloist of the Miami Boys Choir. After leaving the choir, Shapiro took a break from music until his voice transitioned sufficiently. He was a student of legendary voice teacher William Riley. He worked in other jobs and was a regular at birthday parties, bar mitzvahs, engagements, and as a one-man-band. Eventually, he began performing at weddings and other Jewish events as an independent artist.
Mordechai is one of Jewish music’s hottest and most gifted performers. He also teaches music at HANC. He has been described as having the "ability to do things with his voice no one else in this business can". As an artist, Shapiro takes pride in the fact that his songs are message-oriented, “In every song that I sing, there is a distinct message of positivity and joy that I aspire to promote through my music.”
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[@ary-shalom8356]

I came to find Shapiro’s music and I LOVE IT!! Love ❤️ it!! And I’m not Jewish (yet). 😉. But it certainly brings me closer to HaShem! His lyrics are heart touching , and his music is fun!!!

[@cruzvandewark]

I am also a non-Jewish fan of him. Their culture is amazing isn't it?

[@sameach18]

I really enjoyed this episode. I grew up in Monsey also. I actually went to Ashar with some of the older Shapiro boys. I love Mordechai Shapiro's music. It is so inspiring. He always looks like he's really connecting with Hashem in his videos and he is always smiling and always happy. Tamid b'simcha. I have a few favorite songs, but Machar really got me through covid - and every hardship, but so far, mostly covid. I was also home with my kids, and talk about not being with your family, my husband works in food service and was working insane hours during covid b/c people still have to eat. So I was alone with my kids and it was incredibly hard. I may have had a few meltdowns after my kids went to bed. Machar really got me through it. "Tomorrow" is a new day, the sun will shine, we won't need to cry anymore, the pain will be gone, we just have to believe that tomorrow will come. It really helped me. Thank you Mordechai. And thank you guys for having this episode.

[@rrosenthal788]

Mrs. Shapiro (Mordechai’s mom) was my 7th grade English teacher at YSV. She was the best.

[@SCORPIO88848]

I just came across this I'm a Jewish person glad I found you Am Yisrael Chai❤❤

[@user-sg2pg3mt4s]

מדהים לראות את הכמיהה שיש ליהודי לארץ ישראל כיף לפגוש בישראל אנשים שעזבו את הכל ובאו לארץ הקודש - אני מעריצה אתכם !

[@stevenbennett4023]

This new Co-Host Momo Bauman has such a good energy! The way he delves into each conversation on a deep & authentic level is something I look forward to in all their future episodes. Nachy, great choice -- He's so entertaining!!

[@user-ex5mv1yj3m]

loved this episode. he is a great guy and amazing singer, love his songs...👍

[@motylkleiman8394]

Someone tell mordy he has enough fans and friends who support his music style and aprove as jewish music, and he has not to worry about pleasing those who judge him. The guy is a light.

[@_einodmilvado]

He is fulfilling his purpose! Bringing light to the world through his gifts. HaShem is great. Beautiful soul. Thank you souls for this!

[@bejay0531]

YOU ARE AMAZING !!!! i love your music

[@Akivaschechter]

I enjoyed of listening to this interview. It wasn't that it was so profound, but it was honest and calming to the soul. SO beautiful! Thank you Mordechai Shapiro, and I can't wait for the new album.

[@m.shlezinger4809]

This was beautiful ! Inspiring and meaningful ! Thank you 😊 Looking forward to part 2

[@talmid915]

Wish Mordechai and Nissim would do a song together. That would be 🔥

[@EliUnityGoldsmith]

Agreed, both real musicians - a collab been talked about for years…

[@jewishbusinessadvice6043]

True

[@elianayocheved770]

That would be EPIC! 😆

[@morainutimewithmoshe7685]

Totally, that would be amazing!! I would love to listen to what they would come up with.

[@miriamracquelfeldman4717]

Amazing interview!! Thank you! Very authentic and real. Just what is needed for us today. Mordechai Shapiro's music and beat, and positivity and heartfelt soul connection to Hashem is so important, not just for the youth of today but for us adults. It truly does connect us to Hashem on a deep level. I feel sorry for those who don't understand it or don't see that our generation needs this. I'm grateful that Mordechai Shapiro is using his talent to serve Hashem and ignore the naysayers. Thank you again!

[@_einodmilvado]

Amen 🎉

[@rachelabitbol7114]

What a great interview! Love your new cohost, loved the questions, I was glued to the interview! What a great insight into music and the life of a musician and it’s challenges! Mordechai Shapiro’s music is so soulful! He has that kind of a voice that is rich and makes you move! We need that kind of music! Today’s youth needs it!! Don’t stop being who you are!

[@MeaningfulPeople]

Thank you Rachel!

[@PostvillePharmacists]

@@MeaningfulPeople can you reply to my comment as well?

[@moshpitzer]

I'm also chill like you guys

[@chashigruman4261]

He’s so real and authentic! So refreshing!!!

[@CWonTheRoad]

I stumbled, on Mordechai’s videos 6 months ago during a low time, in my life. His uplifting music helped me through my challenges. I’ve wondered if he was truly as happy as he seems, in his videos. Last night I stumbled, on your podcast with his interview and I can say yes he is. What an inspirational singer and human being. Now I’ve subscribed, to your channel.

[@user-fg2pp2iy9l]

I love Mordechai's music! He's amazing and he LOVES Hashem! ❤❤

[@MsMuradova]

Wow what a neshama!! We are so lucky to have your music!! What an Ehrlicha Yid!!

[@elianayocheved770]

Love Mordechai Shapiro even more now having been watching this! And yes, Schar Mitzvah is my favourite song. 😁

[@yoelfreiman4931]

Thank you for a great interview with a great guy and singer. I know Mordechay and his brother Duvie who is a great singer himself, from Jerusalem. he did mention his Rabbi The holy Rav Avraham Brandwien Zecher Zadik Lebracha. was so happy to see where he is today

[@jewishbusinessadvice6043]

Wow really amazing interview 👏 one of the best 👌

[@Rzz301]

Loved this interview, it definitely resonated with me! Thanx for sharing ☺👌 🙏

[@23yybz]

Looking forward to more Interviews with your new co-host! Great Choice!

[@NuNugirl]

He’s a Rocklander & lived in Kew Gardens too. Wow 🤩

[@bennetnagel]

Great interview! I remember Mordy at his first performance singing Yigdal in Community Synagogue.

[@werty245]

Liar

[@ThEalmogg]

WAITING FOR PART 2!! Definitely talkative and interesting guy!

[@PostvillePharmacists]

i totaly agrreeeweee with the interesting part

[@avrumietreuhafttravel]

Amazing podcast what an inspiration thanks for making these videos !

[@MeaningfulPeople]

Thank you for watching Avrumie!

[@werty245]

Hey avrumi, think u know me, Sunderland lad?

[@artbya613]

This was great!!!! I love his music! Such great lessons, too!

[@cupcakestormy171]

Mordechai regards from your amazing dad!

[@ao.h.b4570]

what a awesome guy is Mordi shapiro , and the co host asking what i will be asking my self!!

[@malkaforshner2147]

Super fatastic interview (Momo? Who picked out those super funky glasses???) Mordechai Shapiro was very engaging...what a great story.....Thanks, guys (Nachi, aka Menachem Mendel, you do such a great job...hatzlocha raba!)

[@samanthapotashnick8180]

So so excited to see you in Chicago

[@rivkagolparianimizrachi1685]

Wow what a great interview, awsome guest I was glued to every minute. Momo you did a great job!! This was such a good insight into the music of Mordechai Shapiro. Thank you so much meaningful people for this this and all your great work keep it up!!

[@MeaningfulPeople]

💜💜💜

[@CONVERTtoEMET613]

love you guys!!!

[@myopinions1]

This was so good.

[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

Thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@musm4631]

This was so real and authentic, I really enjoyed

[@elliotkohn]

you guys are the best do more singers like ...........ishay ribo

[@user-sg2pg3mt4s]

אין על ריבו הלוואי שיהיו עוד כמה כמוהו

[@idaselinahobbs9031]

I am not Jewish. I am a Christian and l listen to the Schapiro`s songs on a regular basis. 👍😁🌹 Blessings from Poland. 🤗 🇵🇱

[@shayaroth]

This was a great episode with Mordechai Shapiro. I'm glad he is incorporating some nice slow songs on the new album. For example, one of my favorite slow songs from a previous album is, Chasdei Hashem.

[@Akivakatz88]

how can i build a platform like this for jewish professionals? cant wait for the next video i love each one so much emes and happiness through each impressions.

[@yehudisgreenberg7710]

great one!

[@mikperez3367]

אלופים אין תוכנית שאני לא רואה שלכם אני משוגע על הולוגים שלכם וכמה רציתי ליתקדם במוזיקה ותמיד רציתי שמרדכי יספר על החיים שלו ואינה עשיתם את זה אלופים אין לי מילים בעזה אם יצא לי ליפגוש אותו זה היהסיי תודה

[@user-he2vg6cb2t]

Shalom whit my respect my consideration you are artistic one ser .Having a unique vision makes all the differentce in the richness of life .BEST WISHIS Dziekuje.

[@seifwife08]

I worked in a yeshiva , and we always put on music during lunch one of the first weeks of school we put on a Mordechai Shapiro cd and one boy started closing his ears and told me we have to shut it off because his mother didn't let him listen to Mordechai Shapiro.. we thought he was joking and then I called his mother that night and she was like yes Mordechai Shapiro isn't jewish music... I was shocked!!!

[@jacobfiskus5052]

Wow…it’s fascinating to me, because who even invented the standard of Jewish music? I know that mother had the best and holiest of intentions, but the Eibishter created so many genres of music and instruments and sounds, why confine ourselves to one style? To be confined to a box is the very antithesis of Gdliness and what being a yid is about!

[@robn9e424]

Interesting to see the different perspectives of Jewish music from Mordechai Shapiro vs. Eitan Katz

[@shaniklein7334]

Ive heard amazing things about chaim kaz from his sister esti, I was sem rm mates with her. Now she travels the world and is always the life of the party. Amazing family and friends!

[@PostvillePharmacists]

did you mean to post this on whatsapp?

[@shaniklein7334]

@@PostvillePharmacists no.. ?

[@PostvillePharmacists]

@@shaniklein7334 are you sure?

[@shaniklein7334]

Yes?

[@PostvillePharmacists]

@@shaniklein7334 positive?

[@Jewdacris91]

i love this guy

[@bellagrinberg8556]

I loved this episode! I was wondering, if it is possible, why can't Mordechai Shapiro take his family with him for yomtov or Shabbos when he is away?

[@sruli522]

Next Episode: Yaakov Langer!!

[@MaozToledo]

Hi, hey do you know why mordechai has stopped uploading new music to youtube?

[@Judys_Jewish_Music]

Added to my KZbin Channel- Judy’s A Capella Channel- along with other great Meaningful People Podcasts.

[@cslurzberg]

These singers are so heilig

[@_einodmilvado]

So real.

[@ZevMeth_originaljewishmusic]

I wonder if Mordy even knew what was in the cup 😂

[@mileshalpern9320]

My grandfather's name was Mordechai Sapiro. The name is presumed to have been Shapiro, the "a" having been lost a generation or two before.

[@mhm92267]

This was very nice to listen to. It gives a window into seeing who Mordechai Shapiro, the Jew, is as opposed to Mordechai Shapiro, the Pop Star. One thing that surprised me though, was his discussion about drinking less on Shabbos. Forgive me for my ignorance, but has drinking alcohol at the table (set aside Kos shel Bracha) become a thing now a days?

[@clarkcant]

8:22 pretty sure this was recorded long after Rabbi MD Tendler passed away.

[@borsht321]

We have a right to know what happened to Yaakov Langer! Please explain!

[@MeaningfulPeople]

Hey! Yaakov moved on and is focusing on some of his projects. Goodbye segment is in the Pinny Lipschutz episode

[@marciwyrd8905]

Is Shapiro just a really common Jewish name? I've heard of Ben Shapiro, recently I heard of some politician named Shapiro, now there is this guy Mordecai, are they all related or is it like the name Murphy for Irish people? (My last name, no I'm not related to the Murphy's in your town)

[@surikatz123]

google has different definitions for that name

[@chashigruman1101]

Make a podcast on ishay ribo

[@danhimelstein1439]

What happened with Yaakov? Why the change ?

[@cmdaskal9214]

אין עליךךך מורדי שפירא אין עליך בעולם אתה פשוט משמח אנשים יום יום תמשיך ככה!!!.(רק אולי תרגום קטן לא היה מזיק)

[@RS-fn7wm]

cant wait to lag baomer!!!!!!!

[@zackrochlin3890]

I was in an uber in the city and the driver saw my Yami and asked me if I knew the song Rachem. He Started singing Rachem to me. Had no connection to judaism.

[@elimak5402]

He reminds me of rav gav

[@shamemovie]

What happened to the other guy???? Langer?

[@zeviwagowsky7919]

please get yoni please I'm dying to hear him

[@benzionlang]

I love Nachi and Mordechai Shapiro but this sounded more like a dvar torah than an interview

[@props2go2you83]

our lost

[@gabibinstock3673]

I miss yaakov langer

[@michaelfisher1537]

What happened to the old Co host

[@JR-ti5cg]

Shapiro: “Davened by Rabbi Moshe David Tendler Shlita” - does he not realize that R Tendler passed away in September 2021? Guess not…

[@mehad9885]

Wait, what's in the cup

[@yochailiberov9121]

With such a perplexing question, I wonder how you were able to focus throughout the rest of the interview

[@mehad9885]

@@yochailiberov9121 😂

[@werty245]

@@yochailiberov9121 your lubavitch right?

[@chashigruman1101]

Mordi shap is the goat

[@surikatz123]

close, but Shapiro is more closely related to the word sheep.

[@abucher-ep8ec]

why does it say "jewish music" pop star.....Right

[@rach5824]

Is he a Scorpio?

[@freespeech100]

So if Mordechai feels the need to do Friends 2 because of all the friends who are salty becaus ethey didn't make the cut, just think how salty the ones who don't make the cut for Friends 2 will be!

[@heathermuzquiz1486]

Second 🥈

[@nochumgreenman5428]

6 kids??

[@chashigruman1101]

Mordi shap

[@yankyvaizel7051]

If prince harry has a beard he is the son of king charles and you are part of the holy jewish nation why should you not be proud to have a beard???

[@JazzyGinger1]

Hello, May I share an Old Testament Verse with you from Daniel 7:14 "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a Kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should SERVE Him; his dominion is an Everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom shall not pass away, and His Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Also, can I share Isaiah 53:5 " But HE was WOUNDED For our TRANSGRESSIONS, he was BRUISED for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His STRIPES we are HEALED." God the Father loves you so much that He sent Holy Sinless Jesus (His Holy Son) to earth to be born of a virgin.Then, to grow up and die on a cross for our sins. He was in the tomb for 3 days, then Father God raised Holy and Sinless Jesus Christ (Y'shua) to Life! He appeared to people and went back to Heaven. We must receive Sinless Jesus sincerely to be God's child(John 1:12).After we get saved by grace through faith in Christ, if we truly love the Lord Jesus Christ, then we will obey Jesus(John 14:15). Mark 1:15 "And saying, the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: Repent ye, and believe the gospel." Jesus said in John 14:15 "If you love Me, keep My commandments. "There's a real hell. It says in Revelation 21:8 "But for the cowardly, & unbelieving, & abominable, & murderers, & immoral persons sorcerers & idolaters & all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire & brimstone..." Please sincerely receive Holy Jesus and put your true faith and trust in Him today and please repent. Will you have a Real encounter with Holy Lord Jesus (Y'shua is His Hebrew Name) and stay in a Genuine relationship with Him daily please?