Apr. 22, and Apr. 28, 2024
einer einer ver veis vos iz dos einz
ikh veis ikh veis ikh veis vos iz dos einz
einer iz ha-kodesh barukh hu
oif der erd un in himel einer bist du
tzvei luhos fun saper shtein
geshribin hat zei der eibishter alein
drei avos zeinen bei unz da
avraham yitzhak ya’akov zikhronem livracha
To get the rest of the stanzas, email me: mjstrassfeld@gmail.com
April 15, 2024
Ve-anahnu lo neida mah na’aseh
ki aleikha einainu
zekhor rahamekha Adonai ve-hasadekha
zekhor rahamekha Adonai ve-hasadekha ki mei’olam heimah
April 8, 2024
nigun by Berry Weber
April 1, 2024
Adonai oz l’amo yitain
Adonai yivarekh et amo ba-shalom
music by Shlomo Carlebach
March 24, 2024
eish tamid tukad
al ha-mizbe’akh lo tikhbeh
music by Spinka hasidim
March 18, 2024
Dance nigun Habad
March 11, 2024
be-khol derakhekha da’ehu
ki l’olam hasdo
In all your ways know God.
For God’s love is everlasting
Proverbs 3:6; Ps. 136.
music by Habad
March 4, 2024
Music written to the words of a Shabbat song called menuha ve-simha/rest and joy
Shlomo Carlebach
Feb. 26, 2024
niggun (originally set to ki ve-shem)
music Shlomo Carlebach
Feb. 19, 2024
Yahad togetherness
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Feb. 12, 2024
Oh God prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and holy-tried and true
And with thanksgiving I’ll be a living
Sanctuary for you.
V’asu li mikdash v’shachanti b’tocham
Va’anachnu n’varekh ya, mei’atah v’ad olam
Feb. 5, 2024
Shomer Yisrael, Shemor She’arit Yisrael
ve-al yovad yisrael ha-omrim shema yisrael
music Shlomo Carlebach
words from weekday liturgy of tahanun
Jan. 29, 2024
yehei ravah kadamakh de-tiftah liba’e be-oraita
ve-tashlim mishalin de-liba’e, ve-liba de-khol amakh yisrael
le-tav u-le-hayyin ve-lishlam
May it be your will to open our hearts in Torah
and fulfill the requests/questions of my heart and the hearts of all Israel
for good, for life, for wholeness
(from the liturgy)
Jan. 22, 2024
mahah adonai dim’ah mei’al kol panim
Is. 25:8
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Jan. 15, 2024
lulei toratekha sha’a’shu’oy az avaditi ve-onyi
l’olam lo eshkah pekudeikha ki vam hiyitani
Ps. 119: 92-93
music by Eitan Katz
Jan. 8, 2024
mi-mitzrayim ge’altanu
u-mi-beit avadim piditanu mi-mitzrayim
Habad melody
Jan. 1, 2024
Shomer Yisrael, Shemor She’arit Yisrael
Al yovad, ha-omrim Shema Yisrael
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Dec. 25, 2023
Ha-rahaman nigun
music Shlomo Carlebach
12/18/2023
niggun from Nikolayev
Dec. 11, 2023
lo ve-hayil ve-lo ve-kho’akh
ki im beruhi amar adonai
Zechariah 4:6
Dec. 4, 2023
eish tamid tukad al ha-mizbe’ah lo tikhbeh
music of Spinka hasidim
Nov. 27, 2023
Bobover mashiach nigun
Nov. 20, 2023
Emet emet emet attah hu rishon
emet emet emet attah hu aharon
from the liturgy
Nov. 13, 2023
Barkheinu avinu kulanu ke’ehad be’or panekha
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Oct. 30, 2023
or hadesh al tzion ta’ir
ve-nizkeh khulanu bimheirah le’oro
from the liturgy
Oct. 23, 2023
u-mahah adonai dim’ah mei’al kol panim
Is. 25:8
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Oct. 16, 2023
Al eleh ani bokhiah
ha-tihkhyenah ha’atzamot ha-eleh
Lam. 1:16; Ezek. 37:3
music by the Noam Singers
Oct. 2, 2023
Moshe emet ve-toratekha emet
music of Bratslav hasididm
Sept. 25, 2023
ashrei ha-am she-kakha lo
ashrei yoshvei veitekha
Hasidic melody
Sept. 18, 2023
K’hu imakheim devarim ve-shuvu el Adonai
Hosea 14:3
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Sept. 11, 2023
Lev tahor bera li elohim, ve-ruah nakhon hadesh be-kirbi, al tashlikheini milfanekha ve-ru’ah kadshekha al tikah mimeni
music by Deveykus Ps. 51:12-13
Sept. 5, 2023
K’hu imakhem devarim veshu’vu el Adonai
Take with you words and return to God.
Hosea 14:3
music by Shlomo Carlebach
June 19, 2023
mikdash melekh ir melukha kumi tzi’ee mi-tokh ha-hafekha
rav lakh shevet be-emek ha-bakha ve-hu yahamol alaiyikh hemlah
old Bobover melody; words from the Friday night hymn Lekha Dodi
June 12, 2023
nigun of munkatch hasidim
June 5, 2023
nigun/melody of Skulaner hasidim
May 29, 2023
music by Shlomo Carlebach
May 22, 2023
lulei toratekha sha’ashu’oy az avaditi ve-onyi
l’olam lo eshkah pikudeikha ki vam hiyitani
Ps. 119:92
music by Eitan Katz
May 15, 2023
another nigun for the journey
music by Shlomo Carlebach
May 8, 2023
Gam ki ailekh be-gai tzalmavet lo ira ra ki atah emadi
music by Shlomo Carlebach
May 1, 2023
Adonai oz l’amo yitain
Adonai yi-varekh et amo ba-shalom
music by Shlomo Carlebach
April 24, 2023
ve-anahnu lo neida mah na’aseh ki aleikha eineinu
zekhor rahamekha adonai ve-hasedekha
ki mei’olam heimah
from the High Holiday liturgy
Apr. 17, 2023
Skulaner melody
April 10, 2023
ozi ve-zimrat yah va-yehi li li’shu’ah
God is my strength and my song,
God has become my deliverance. Ex. 15:2
April 3, 2023
einer einer ver veis vos iz dos einz
ikh veis ikh veis ikh veis vos iz dos einz
einer iz ha-kodesh barukh hu
oif der erd un in himel einer bist du
tzvei luhos fun saper shtein
geshribin hat zei der eibishter alein
drei avos zeinen bei unz da
avraham yitzhak ya’akov zikhronem livracha
To get the rest of the stanzas, email me: mjstrassfeld@gmail.com
March 27, 2023
Amen
music by Michael Strassfeld
March 20, 2023
Shabbos Kodesh—the Holy Sabbath
music by Skulaner Hasidim
March 13, 2023
niggun
Rabbi Mordechai Twerski of the Chernobler dynasty
March 6, 2023
al eleh ani bokhiah
ha-tihyenah ha’atzamot ha-eleh
Lam. 1:16; Ezek. 37:3
music by Noam Singers
Feb. 27, 2023
Oh God prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and holy--
tried and true
And with thanksgiving I’ll be a living
Sanctuary for you.
V’asu li mikdash v’shakhanti b’tokham
Va’anakhnu n’varekh yah, mei’atah v’ad olam
Feb. 13 and 20, 2023
Belzer rikud niggun
Feb. 6, 2023
yehei ravah kadamakh de-tiftah liba’e be-oraita
ve-tashlim mishalin de-liba’e, ve-liba de-khol amakh yisrael
le-tav u-le-hayyin ve-lishlam
May it be your will to open our hearts in Torah
and fulfill the requests/questions of my heart and the hearts of all Israel
for good, for life, for wholeness
(from the liturgy)
Jan. 23, 2023
ki hineh yamim ba’im ve-hishlahti ra’av ba’aretz
lo ra’av la-lehem ve-lo tzama la-mayim
ki im lishmo’ah eit divrei adonai
Amos 8:11
Jan. 16, 2023
a niggun without words
music by Shlomo Carlebach originally set to words that say: may we be worthy to behold messianic times
Jan. 9, 2023
mi-mitzra’im ge’altanu
mi-beit avadim pe’ditanu
from the liturgy melody of Habad Hasidim
Jan. 2, 2023
Munkacs Hakafos niggun
Dec. 26, 2022
Habad Dance Niggun —-for an encounter
Dec. 18, 2022
Or hadash al tzion ta’ir
ve-nizkeh khulanu meheirah l’oro
from the liturgy
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Dec. 12, 2022
ashrei ha-am she-kokha lo
ashrei yoshvei veitekha
Ps. 144:15; 84:5 Various hasidic groups
Dec. 5, 2022
gam ki elekh be-gai tzalmavet
lo ira ra ki attah imadi
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Nov. 21, 2022
tov le-hodot l’adonai, u-lezameir le-shimkha elyon
le-hagid ba-boker hasdekha, ve-emunatkha ba-leylot
Psalm 92:2
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Nov. 14, 2022
im ein ani li, mi li
ukhsheani leatzmi mah ani
ve-im lo akhshav eimatai
Hillel said:
If I am not for myself, who will be for me.
And if I am only for myself, what am I
And if not now when.
Nov. 7, 2022
Niggun of the Bobover Hasidim also known as Mashiach niggun
Oct. 31, 2022
dance niggun of Belz hasidim
Oct. 24, 2022
Skulaner niggun/wordless melody
Oct. 16, 2022
Lulei toratkha sha’a’shouye, az avaditi ve’onye.
le’olam lo eshkakh pikudekha. ki vam hiyitani.
Ps. 119:92
music by Eitan Katz
Oct. 9, 2022
ki ve-simha taytze’u u-veshalom tuvalun,
he-harim ve-hageva’ot yiftzehu lifneikhem rinah,
ve-khol atzei ha-sadeh yimha’u khaf
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Oct. 3, 2022
Pithu li sha’arey tzedek avo vam odeh yah. Zeh hasha’ar ladonoy tzadikkim yavo’u vo. Odekha ki anitani vatehi li lishu’ah. Even ma’asu habonim hayetah lerosh pinah. Me’et adonay hayetah zot hi niflat be’eyneynu. Zeh hayom asah adonay nagilah venismeha vo.
music of Moditzer hasidim
Sept. 25, 2022
hineh yamim ba’im ve-hishlahti ra’av ba-aretz
lo ra’av la-lehem ve-lo tzama la-mayim
ki im lishmoa eit divrei adonai
Amos 8:11
Sept. 19, 2022
lev tahor bera li elohim, ve’ruah nakhon hadesh be-kirbi
al tashlicheni milfanekha ve-ruah kadshekha al tikah mimeni
Ps. 51:12-12
.
Sept. 12, 2022
ve-anahnu lo neida mah na’aseh ki aleikha eineinu.
Zekhor rahamekha adonai va-hasedekha ki mei’olam heima
Sept. 5, 2022
Gam zeh yavor—This too shall pass
music by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z’l
June 27, 2022
Habad dance nigun
June 20, 2022
Nikolayev nigun of Habad
June 13, 2022
A Belzer niggun for the way ahead—not back
June 6, 2022
Skulen niggun (wordless melody)
May 30, 2022
Yismah Moshe be-matnas helko
ki eved ne’eman karasa lo
klil tiferes be’rosho nasata lo
be’amdo lifaneikha al har Sinai
u-shnei luhos avadim horid be-yado
ve-khasuv bahem shemiras shabbos
ve-khen kasuv be-soraseikha
from Shabbat morning amidah
music from Sukkos in Viznitz (Disc 1)
May 23, 2022
Be-khol derakhekha da’ayhu
ki l’olam hasdo
adapted from a Habad niggun
May 16, 2022
yehei ravah kadamakh, de’tiftah liba’e be-oraita ve-tashlim mishalin de’liba’e ve-liba de-khol amakh yisrael, le-tav u-le’hayyin ve-lishlam
music of Vizhnitz Hasidim
May 9, 2022
Adonai oz l’amo yitain
Adonai yi-varekh et amo ba-shalom
music by Shlomo Carlebach
April 11, 2022
adir bimlukha, bahur ka-halakha, gedudav yomru lo:
lekha u-lekha, lekha ki lekha, lekha af lekha,
lekha adonai ha-mamlakha,
ki lo na’eh, ki lo ya’eh
Seder song; traditional melody
April 4, 2022
Hashmi’ini et kolakh
ki kolakh areiv
u’marekh naveh
Song of Songs 2:14
music by Shlomo Carlebach
March 28, 2022
a melody of ruin and hope from the Ukraine. Words of Rebbe Nahman, music from Bratslav hasidim
im attah ma’amin she-yekholim le-kalkeil;
ta’amin she-yekholim le takein
March 21, 2022
Another nigun from the Ukraine. This time from Bratslav hasidim from the town of Uman.
March 14, 2022
Habad nigun rikud (dance melody) from Nikolayev in the Ukraine
March 7, 2022
Habad nigun from Nikolayev
Feb. 21, 2022
hemdat yamim oto karata zekher le-ma’asei ve-reishit
from the Shabbat liturgy
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Feb. 14, 2022
Habad melody written to words ki anu amekha from the High Holiday liturgy
Feb. 7, 2022
Karlin niggun
Jan. 31, 2022
Oh God prepare me to be a sanctuary
Pure and holy--
tried and true
And with thanksgiving I’ll be a living
Sanctuary for you.
V’asu li mikdash v’shakhanti b’tokham
Va’anakhnu n’varekh yah, mei’atah v’ad olam
Jan. 24, 2022
moshe emet ve-toratkha emet
music by Bratzlav Hasidim
Jan. 17, 2022
Yehei ravah kadamakh de-tiftah liba’e be-oraita
Ve-tashlim mishalin de-liba’e,
Ve-liba de-khol amakh Yisrael
le-tav u-le-hayyin ve-lishlam
(from berikh shemeh)
Jan. 10, 2022
niggun
music composed by Shlomo Carlebach to the words ki-veshem kadshekha
Dec. 27, 2021
(And it shall happen on that day, upon the sounding of the great shofar) that all the lost souls throughout Assyria and the oppressed of Egypt/Mitzrayim shall bow before God upon the holy mountain of Jerusalem (Is. 27:13).
I’ll sing as a nigun, that is, without most of the words.
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Dec. 20, 2021
I don’t know when this melody became associated with the Seder song Dayenu, but it is #166 in the Sefer Ha-niggunim and labeled simply nigun rikud—dance melody. My understanding is this book was compiled in the 1950’s by Samuel Zalmanoff at the encouragement of the then Lubavitcher Rebbe. The Rebbe was concerned that these melodies (totaling 345) would be lost.
Dec. 13, 2021
Waltz. music by Shlomo Carlebach
Dec. 6, 2021
Nigun Rikud Habad
Nov. 29, 2021
Shomer Yisrael
Shmor Shearit Yisrael
Al yovad Yisrael ha-omrim Shema Yisrael
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Nov. 22, 2021
Yahad
music by Shlomo Carlebach to part of the musaf kedushah
Nov. 15, 2021
Habad Rikud (dance) Nigun #167
Nov. 8, 2021
Eish tamid tukad al hamizbe’akh lo tikhbeh (4)
Eish tamid tukad (3)
al hamizbe’akh lo tikhbeh
Eish tamid tukad al hamizbe’akh lo tikhbeh (4)
eish tamid (3) tukad
music of the Spinka Hasidim
Nov. 1, 2021
Hakafah 6 nigun of the Munkacs Hasidim
Oct. 25, 2021
nigun attributed to the Maggid of Mezritch
Oct. 18, 2021
Dance Nigun of Belz Hasidim
Oct. 11, 2021
Bobover Bedeken melody
Oct. 4, 2021
ashrei ha’am she-kakha lo
ashrei yoshvei vei’tekha
Ps. 84:5 various hasidic groups
Sept. 27, 2021
Skulaner hopke/ dance nigun
Sept. 20, 2021
Pithu li sha’arey tzedek avo vam odeh yah.
Zeh hasha’ar ladonay tzadikim yavo’u vo.
Odeha ki anitani vatehi li lisu’ah.
Even ma’asu habonim hayetah lerosh pinah.
Me’eit adonay hayetah zot hi niflat be-eyneynu.
Zeh hayom asah adonay nagilah venismeha vo.
Ps. 118:19-24
music of Moditz hasidim
Sept. 13, 2021
Avinu malkeinu ein lanu melekh
ein lanu melekh elah ata
music by Habad
Sept. 6, 2021
Melokh al kol ha-olam kulo bikhvodekha,
Ve-he-nasei al kol ha-aretz bi-karekha,
Ve-hofa ba-hadar ge’on uzekha
al kol yoshvei tevel artzekha
Ve-yeida kol pa’ul ki ata fe’alto
ve-yavin kol ye’tzur ki ata yetzarto
from the Rosh ha-Shana liturgy
music by Shlomo Carlebach
Aug. 30, 2021
Hineh yamim ba’im ve-hi-hislahti ra’av ba-aretz
lo ra’av la-lehem ve-lo tzama la-mayim
ki im lishmoa eit divrei adonai (Amos 8:11)
music by Dveykus
Aug. 23, 2021
Lev tahor b’ra li elohim,
ruah nakhon hadash be-kirbi
al tashliheini milfanekha,
ruah kadshekha al tikah mimeni Ps. 51:12-13
music by Devekus -Label Sharfman & Abie Rotenberg
Aug. 16 2021
k’hu imakheim devarim ve-shuve el adonai
Take with you words and turn/return to the Holy One
Hosea 14:3
music by Shlomo Carlebach
June 28, 2021
mikdash melekh ir melukha
kumi tzi'i mi-tokh ha-hafeikha
rav lakh sheveit be-emek ha-bakha
hu ya-hamol alayikh hemla
from the Friday night liturgy
The melody is Bobover from one of the first recorded albums of Hasidic music mid-20th century
June 14, 2021
u-mahah adonai dim’ah mei’al kol panim
God will wipe away the tears from every face.
Is. 25:8
music by Shlomo Carlebach
June 7, 2021
Anah adonai ki ani avdekha
ani avdekha ben amatekha
pitahta le’moseyroi
Ps. 116:16
music by Shlomo Carlebach
May 31, 2021
Eli atah ve-odekha elohai a’rommemekha
song of Habad Hasidim Ps. 118:28
May 24, 2021
gam ki elekh be-gai tzalmavet lo ira ra
ki attah emadi
Though I walk in the valley of deepest darkness,
I will not fear for you accompany me (Ps. 23:4).
music by Shlomo Carlebach
May 16, 2021
Ashreinu mah tov helkeinu
u-ma na’im goraleinu
u’ma yafah yerushateinu
music Habad; words from the liturgy
May 10, 2021
yismehu be-malkhutekha shomrei Shabbat ve-koray oneg
am mekadshei shevi’i kulam yisbe’u veyitangu mituvekha
vehashev’i ratzita bo vekidashto
hemdat yamim oto karata zekher lema’asai vereshit
music of Melitzer hassidim.
original recording by David Werdyger
May 3, 2021
Chabad Nigun
Berry Weber composer
April 26, 2021
niggun of persistence/netzah
music by Shlomo Carlebach
(original words menuha ve-simha)
April 19, 2021
nigun rikud/dance melody
Habad from Nikolayev
April 12, 2021
nigun evoking the various aspects of tiferet
music by Shlomo Carlebach, written for asher bara
April 5, 2021
melody by David Zeller
May 22, 2021
einer einer ver veis vos iz dos einz
ikh veis ikh veis ikh veis vos iz dos einz
einer iz ha-kodesh barukh hu
oif der erd un in himel einer bist du
tzvei luhos fun saper shtein
geshribin hat zei der eibishter alein
drei avos zeinen bei unz da
avraham yitzhak ya’akov zikhronem livracha
To get the rest of the stanzas, email me: mjstrassfeld@gmail.com