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21.12.2024

Romanian song, tune by Viznitz

After on Sukkos the Rebbe chose to resume "Hava Nagila", now an ancient source to one of the Viznitz tunes has been exposed in a museum • Listen to the tune

The Viznitzer Rebbe. Photo: The Haredi World
The Viznitzer Rebbe. Photo: The Haredi World



Recently it became clear that the source of one of the Viznitz Chassidic tunes which is sung at the Rebbe's Tisch every Friday night, is an ancient Romanian foreign song composed in 1930, and recently found in the archives of a museum.
This is the final tune at the Tish every Friday night in the courtyard of Viznitz - sung after the 'Kah Ribon'. It should be noted that many of the Viznitz songs are works of Romanian compositions which were "redeemed" over the years.
The Viznitzer Rebbe Imrei Chaim used to interpret the verse, "Kchu lachem mizimras ha'aretz" - take for yourselves of the fruits of the land – to sanctify the 'zmiros' of the land and bring them to realms of kedusha.
As recalled, the Hasidus also renewed the song 'Hava Nagila' last Sukkos. The ebbe said that the Zionists before the Holocaust took melodies sung at Hasidic courts, and turned them into choruses of their own - one of them is the song "Hava Nagila", and the Rebbe instructed to hum the melody to the words, and as stated because it was a Chassidic song before the Holocaust, until the Zionists adopted the melody.
"As you know the previous Rebbes could take a song sung by the Gentiles and convert it, I am not able to do that," said the Rebbe, "but the song was on the sacred side and stolen, of that I'm not afraid to let everyone know, on the contrary, it's a Chassidic song." The Rebbe sang the song without words, and then stressed that now after it was sung at holy place on Simchas Beit Hashoeva - the song returns to the side of holiness.
For the Hasidim among us - listen to the original Romanian tune.

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