Reb Levik's Hakafot - ניגון הקפות

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Reb Levik's Hakafot - ניגון הקפות. יוסי כץ שר ניגוני חבד לחגים Yossi Katz sings Tishrei Holidays Chabad melodies The Rebbe’s father, Reb Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn was exiled by the Soviets to a remote and primitive Kazakhastan village because of his Jewish activities as Rabbi of Yekatrinislav (now called Dneiperpetsrovk) in Ukraine. This righteous man, a scholar and mystic, a teacher and communal leader, was exiled from home and community to a remote and distant village, with no one aside for his wife with whom to celebrate the holiday. Food was scarce, life there was extremely primitive. He was alone and isolated. So it is Simchas Torah, and one must dance with the Torah.He didn’t have a Torah scroll, so he danced with a Tanya, his wife writes that he sang his Hakafot Niggun, in their cramped quarters, in that desolate place. It’s important to both hear this melody and understand the context where it was sung. This melody is one of strongest, boldest and joyous melodies. It doesn’t build up slowly or gradually, but starts at the top, it begins at the height of strength. You even have to gird yourself to sing it, it starts so high and bold. This happiness doesn’t have questions or struggles, it just charges off from the highest point, forging ahead, unrelenting, determinedly onward… it is just amazing how this was sung in such a situation. The Rebbe used this song at his Hakafot celebrations, continuing his father’s legacy. And it was sung at farbrengens as well. #ניגוני_החגים ניגון הקפות