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Popular singer Eli Marcus joins Rabbi Taub to discuss the stories behind some of their favorite chasidic melodies.

Rabbi Shais Taub


    • Jan 30, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 7m AVG DURATION
    • 8 EPISODES


    Latest episodes from Soul Songs- SoulWords

    Soul Songs: Yedidi Roi Mekimi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 4:45


    A melody composed in Chevron and brought to Lubavitch. The words are from the liturgical poem by R' Yisrael Najaro. (Song at 3:00.)

    Soul Songs: Slavita Niggun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 6:57


    Melody composed by the Schapiro brothers of the famous Slavita printing press. (Song at 3:12.)

    Soul Songs: Mashinka

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 8:20


    This melody, an ode to a knitting machine, was composed by R' Sholom Charitonov. (Song at 4:08.)

    Soul Songs: Zlotchover Niggun

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 6:59


    The melody, known as the "Niggun Hisorerus Rachamim Rabim," was composed by the Baal Shem Tov's student, R' Michel of Zlotchov. (Song at 2:33.)

    Soul Songs: Niggun Hisvaadus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 5:56


    This niggun traces back to the times of the Alter Rebbe and is one of the earliest Chabad niggunim. It was heard in the home of the Rebbe's father, R' Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, and transcribed by Israeli pianist Verdina Shlonksy. Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus talk about some of the background and meaning of […]

    Soul Songs: Niggun Hishtatchus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 8:43


    Composed by the third Chabad Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek, to be sung at the resting place of his sainted mother, Rebbetzin Devorah Leah. Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus discuss the background and meaning of this soul stirring melody.

    Soul Songs: K'Ayil Ta'arog

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 6:41


    The Alter Rebbe composed this short song of "running and returning" to the words of two different Biblical verses. "As the deer pants thirstily by the water brook..." "...and you shall place them as frontlets between your eyes." Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus discuss the background and meaning of this timeless melody.

    Soul Songs: Hishtapchus HaNefesh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017 8:50


    R' Mendel Horodoker composed the Niggun Hishtapchus HaNefesh (Melody of the Outpouring of the Soul) as an expression of longing. Rabbi Shais Taub and Eli Marcus discuss the background and meaning of this stirring song.

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