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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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This melody, an ode to a knitting machine, was composed by R' Sholom Charitonov. (Song at 4:08.)
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Melody composed by the Schapiro brothers of the famous Slavita printing press. (Song at 3:12.)
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A melody composed in Chevron and brought to Lubavitch. The words are from the liturgical poem by R' Yisrael Najaro. (Song at 3:00.)
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Text-based study of the maamar recited by the Rebbe in honor of the yahrzeit of his mother, Rebbetzin Chana in 5725 and then edited and published in honor of the thirty-days of morning for the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka.
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The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach.
The maamar (discourse) begins with this well known passage from the Haggadah: “This matzah that we eat--for what reason? Because the dough of our fathers did not have time to become leavened before the King of the king of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them.”
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The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach.
The maamar (discourse) begins with this well known passage from the Haggadah: “This matzah that we eat--for what reason? Because the dough of our fathers did not have time to become leavened before the King of the king of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them.”
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The Rebbe’s discourse Matzah Zu 5749 on the spiritual significance of the matzah we eat on Pesach.
The maamar (discourse) begins with this well known passage from the Haggadah: “This matzah that we eat--for what reason? Because the dough of our fathers did not have time to become leavened before the King of the king of kings, the Holy One, Blessed be He, revealed Himself to them and redeemed them.”
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What do you do when you've broken free from your limits? Break free again.
Text-Based Study of Maamar Lehavin Inyan Pesach Sheni, 5738 with Rabbi Shais Taub.
This discourse was recited by the Rebbe on 13 Iyar, 5738 in honor of the yahrzeit of his brother, R' Yisroel Aryeh Leib, and published in edited form on 14 Iyar 5738.
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