HaRebbe Shlita (song): Difference between revisions

During Sukkos 5741 (1980), Rabbi Dovid Nachshon's children, Shalom Dov Ber and his sister Dina, stood at 770 near the Rebbe's room, and when he came out to the sukkah, they sang the niggun with great enthusiasm. The Rebbe strongly encouraged them with his holy hands and a broad smile, as well as upon his return from the sukkah. The niggun was also sung during Simchas Beis HaShoeivah 5741.

During Shavuos 5743 (1983), Rabbi Moshe Dickstein, who organized the main parade in Tel Aviv and later took part in promoting the song in camps, was at 770 and asked Chazzan Rabbi Moshe Teleshevsky to start the niggun with him during Kos Shel Bracha. In practice, for some reason, Rabbi Teleshevsky did not start the niggun, and when Rabbi Dickstein reached the Rebbe, he held onto the Rebbe's table and began to sing this song for the first time in the Rebbe's presence, with Rabbi Rami Antian standing behind him helping him overcome the pressure and pushing that prevailed in the area. When he reached the final movement (after the words 'we will overcome the world'), the Rebbe placed his cup on the table in a rare gesture and began to strongly encourage the niggun with both hands...

On Simchas Torah 5748 (1987), while walking with the Torah from the Aron Kodesh to the bimah in 770, Rabbi Yisroel Duchman began to sing the niggun in the Rebbe's presence, and the Rebbe encouraged it. Since then, they began to sing the niggun before the Rebbe, and the Rebbe encouraged it very much, especially the last "movement" ("world").