On September 21, 1934, in Westmount, Quebec, Leonard Norman Cohen was born into an Orthodox Jewish family. Marsha (“Masha”) Klonitsky, a Lithuanian immigrant who lived in Canada from 1927 until 1978, was the son of Talmudic author and rabbi Solomon Klonitsky-Kline.

Lyon Cohen, the first president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, was his paternal grandpa, whose family had immigrated to Canada from Poland. Eliezer, a Jewish name that means “God helps,” was given to him by his parents.

When Cohen was nine years old, Nathan Bernard Cohen, the owner of a garment store, passed away.

What is the meaning behind Leonard Cohen’s song Hallelujah?

Leonard Cohen explained the song’s significance as follows: “This world is full of conflicts and full of things that cannot be reconciled. But there are moments when we can… reconcile and embrace the whole mess, and that’s what I mean by ‘Hallelujah’.

In an interview, Cohen succinctly outlined the song’s basic concept: “Hallelujah” is a Hebrew word that means “glory to the Lord.” The song explains that there are many types of Hallelujah. I say: “All the perfect and defiled hallelujahs are equal.

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