The Ten Niggunim
A tradition among Chassidim tells that the Alter Rebbe composed ten niggunim that are precisely calibrated and allude to elevated concepts in the supernal worlds. These niggunim possess a special segulah, bringing those who sing them to an awakening of teshuvah and to a state where the neshamah cleaves to Elokus.
Some have the custom not to sing these niggunim routinely, but rather at designated times or at auspicious moments. Regarding the Niggun Arbah Bavos (Four Gates), this is not merely a chassidic custom but an explicit directive from our Rebbeim.
The first five niggunim are known with certainty to have been composed by the Alter Rebbe. The remaining niggunim are attributed to him, but there is doubt whether he himself composed them.
List of Niggunim[edit | edit source]
- Arbah Bavos (Four Gates)
- Eli Atah
- Kol Dodi
- Avinu Malkeinu
- Niggun Dveikus Rosh Hashanah
- K'Ayal Ta'arog
- Tzeinah U'Re'enah
- Niggun Dveikus Shabbos
- Lecha Dodi
- Bnei Heichala
External Links[edit | edit source]
- Sources of Melody - The Alter Rebbe's Ten Niggunim on the Heichal Neginah website
- Pinchas Bichler, Ten Supernal Niggunim, HaMevaser newspaper, Shevat 5772/2012