Wait Til I Get Back To You (1975) - Mariska Veres Birthday Celebration

Mazal Tov to our Lighthouse Mariska Veres for her 74th Birthday Everyone has the right to three birthdays: why deprive yourself? Mariska Veres was born on a Wednesday, Tishri 17th, 5708, which in that year was October 1 (in 1947, 74 years ago) and corresponded to the third day of Sukkot, when the metaphysical guest is Ya’aqov. Sukkot is a subject four times relevant in the gipsy universe: as much by the theme of the ephemeral habitat, as by the crossing of a desert after having fled the slavery of Egypt (“Ego“), or by the possible link between this people who inhabited India and the lost tribe of Shim’on, to which is added the probable service within the Egyptian army during the historical period and which is perhaps the origin of the word “gipsy“, “gitano“, etc. The numerical value of Lajos Veres (that is to say 613, the number of the Mitzvot) further adds to this endless cluster of clues. And as far as Ya’aqov is concerned, beyond the