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Chabad niggunim were either composed or taught by the Rebbe of Chabad or their Hassidim. [1] Niggunim are used to aid for meditation during Chasidic prayer or Torah study, as well as during farbrengens. [2] some of these ancient Chabad melodies have recently made their way into mainstream music. [3]
Mordechai Werdyger (born April 16, 1951) is an American Israeli Chasidic Jewish singer and songwriter who is popular in the Orthodox Jewish community. He is the son of cantor David Werdyger and uses the stage name Mordechai Ben David (Hebrew: מרדכי בן דוד, romanized: Mordocháy Ben-Davíd, lit.
The "Stacatto" form of song was known also by the Rebbe Nachman of Breslov about whom it was said: "Your voice is not little sound…" So, the voice of Israel is mitigated also with "ruach of sound in the song", that is the sweet music in his voice, in his spirit and soul.
Reggae artist Matisyahu has included portions of Chabad niggunim and lyrics with Chabad philosophical themes in some of his songs. In 2022, an Israeli theatrical company produced a Chabad-themed musical HaChabadnikim which follows two young men from Kfar Chabad who go to live in Tel Aviv. The musical runs for 140 minutes. [167]
"Pour Some Sugar on Me" is a song by the English rock band Def Leppard from their 1987 album Hysteria. It reached number two on the US US Billboard Hot 100 chart on 23 July 1988. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" is considered the band's signature song , [ 1 ] and was ranked number two on VH1 's "100 Greatest Songs of the 80s" in 2006.
At farbrengens it is customary to sing Hasidic melodies known as niggunim (singular: niggun). Chabad tradition contains many hundreds of such tunes, both slow and soul-stirring, and fast and lively. The goal is for the niggun to inspire and open the hearts of the participants. Zemiros are not sung.
However, "Pour Some Sugar on Me" was the first song used there for the "live" concept (in fact, many of the scenes are the same in the two), but instead of filming a different video, slight changes were made using footage filmed in October at the Omni in Atlanta, Georgia.
He composed hundreds of pieces in all music types, including marches, waltzes, and dance tunes. His emotional melodies brought his listeners to tears and stirred their religious fervor. [ 7 ] His total output is estimated at over 1,500 melodies, [ 3 ] [ 8 ] most of them sung by him and his choir in the main Ger synagogue in Poland and in Israel.