Soul Songs- SoulWords

A melody composed in Chevron and brought to Lubavitch. The words are from the liturgical poem by R' Yisrael Najaro. (Song at 3:00 .)

Melody composed by the Schapiro brothers of the famous Slavita printing press. (Song at 3:12 .)

This melody, an ode to a knitting machine, was composed by R' Sholom Charitonov. (Song at 4:08.)

The melody, known as the "Niggun Hisorerus Rachamim Rabim," was composed by the Baal Shem Tov's student, R' Michel of Zlotchov. (Song at 2:33.)

This niggun traces back to the times of the Alter Rebbe and is one of the earliest Chabad niggunim. It was heard in the home of the Rebbe's father, R' Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, and transcribed by Israeli pianist Verdina Shlonksy. Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus talk about some of the background and meaning of this song.

Composed by the third Chabad Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek, to be sung at the resting place of his sainted mother, Rebbetzin Devorah Leah. Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus discuss the background and meaning of this soul stirring melody.

The Alter Rebbe composed this short song of "running and returning" to the words of two different Biblical verses. "As the deer pants thirstily by the water brook..." "...and you shall place them as frontlets between your eyes." Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus discuss the background and meaning of this timeless melody.

R' Mendel Horodoker composed the Niggun Hishtapchus HaNefesh (Melody of the Outpouring of the Soul) as an expression of longing. Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus discuss the background and meaning of this stirring song.