הגאון הינוקא - עניין הניגון

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The Yanuka’s own words in this shiur, translated into English by Lehallel · 431 words · 30:38. Press a time to hear it said.

0:48 The niggun... I will play the 'Adir Ayom', a niggun that is attributed to even before the holy Baal Shem Tov. They say that even Rebbe Nachman would play it, and the holy Baal Shem Tov played it, and they say that even the departed recognize it from Heaven, because this niggun is such a very holy niggun. Adir Ayom.

1:30 There was once a story that someone was walking in a forest, in the town of Shepetovka, in one of the towns there, he was traveling in the town, and inside the forest he was afraid, a great fear fell upon him, and he tried to strengthen himself, to revive himself. So he thought there, inside the forest, of something that would give him strength, so he began to play this niggun, and he heard someone answering him, who began to sing: 'Mighty, awesome and fearsome, in my distress I call to You'.

2:08 This is how he sang to Hashem. He continued, and someone answered him, inside the forest - while he was inside the forest, someone continued his song. And he went further into the forest and suddenly he sees a dead man, a man lying in the snow, without life, a 'meis mitzvah'. Immediately he took care of his burial, and understood that this was from Heaven.

2:40 Like this: how could it be that suddenly fear fell upon him, and just then he played the niggun, and just then... from Heaven they answered him - so what is Hashem, blessed be He, hinting to him with this? And he understood that this niggun is so, so holy that even that deceased man, who had already passed away and was there, recognized this niggun, so much did the...

3:07 the souls even know this holy niggun. So it is a very holy niggun. They say that when the holy Baal Shem Tov would play it, he would shed tears, and Rebbe Nachman, and that is why in Chassidus it is attributed to this a great deal. It is a niggun that is 'from of old', a very ancient niggun, and it is auspicious to play it on Motzaei Shabbos.

13:53 There is depth in music, that one can... reach deveikus with Hashem, blessed be He. There is depth in the sounds. Music is something - the purest sound there is. All the sounds of the world: wars, noise, quarrels, lashon hara; music is a pure sound, the purest, that has not been blemished.

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