Jerusalem – Charedi Pianist Killed By Hit-and-run Driver Sukkot Night While Returning From Western Wall

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    Family and friends attend the funeral of the 30-year old Chaim Tukachinsky man who was killed in a hit-and run, late last ngiht, in Jerusalem. September 25, 2018.  Photo by  Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90Jerusalem – The 31-year-old victim of a deadly hit-and-run accident late Sunday night has been identified as Chaim Tukachinsky, a haredi pianist.

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    Tukachinsky was killed at around midnight Sunday when a vehicle driven by 50-year-old Spanish journalist Julio De La Guardia struck Tukachinsky. De La Guardia was later found to have been driving under the influence of alcohol, and was taken into police custody.

    The accident occurred while Tukachinsky was walking back from evening prayers at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.

    De La Guardia hit and killed Tukachinsky at Paris Square in the capital, then drove off. Police later identified the car involved and located and arrested De La Guardia, who confessed during questioning to both drunk driving and the hit-and-run accident. His blood alcohol level was shown to be more than three times the legal limit.

    Tukachinsky was a graduate of the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, where he studied both piano playing and composition.

    “I think that music is one of the greatest gifts that you can give a person,” Tukachinsky said in a 2015 interview with Mahut Hahaim Radio.
    Chaim playing the keyboard
    “Music has the power to make a person happy, regardless of what situation he is living in.”

    Tukachinsky emphasized the role of both religion and music in his life.

    “I’m a Jewish religious musician. I observe everything [in the religion]. I try very hard to keep all of it.”

    “A lot of people say that I must be conflicted, that I live between two different worlds. That’s really not the case. Music brings worlds together.”
    Family and friends attend the funeral of the 30-year old young man who was killed in a hit-and run, late last ngiht, in Jerusalem. September 25, 2018.  Photo by  Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90
    In an interview with Behadrei Haredim on Tuesday, Tukachinsky’s mother, Yael Tukachinsky said her son had been interested in music from a very young age, and ultimately left his yeshiva studies to pursue a career in music.

    “He learned in yeshiva ketana [elementary school] in Kiryat Motzkin, but he didn’t want to continue to yeshiva gedolah. He wanted to use music to sanctify God’s name.”

    “He was a composer, accompanist, pianist and conductor. He learned to play every instrument, so that he could compose [music] and make it suitable for each [instrument] precisely.”
    Family and friends attend the funeral of the 30-year old young man who was killed in a hit-and run, late last ngiht, in Jerusalem. September 25, 2018.  Photo by  Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90
    A European journalist is brought to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court under suspicion of involvement in a hit-and-run collision which killed a 30-year-old man last night in Jerusalem, on September 24, 2018. Photo by Flash90
    Below video the music of Chaim.


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    SuchHatred
    SuchHatred
    5 years ago

    Anyone know if he was related to the late Rav Tukachinsky, mechaber of Gesher Hachayim?