Portal:Music/Nichoach

Nichoach (Hebrew: ניח"ח), an acronym for Nigunei Yisrael Chassidei Chabad ("Melodies of the Chassidic Jews of Chabad"), is an organization established by the Rebbe Rayatz, for preserving and publishing Chabad niggunim (melodies). The project was led by Rabbi Shmuel Zalmanov, a gifted musician, who compiled the Sefer Haniggunim (Book of Melodies) and produced a series of recordings encompassing the core repertoire of Chabad melodies. He worked under the close guidance of both the Rebbe Rayatz and the Rebbe MH”M A review committee was formed, consisting of senior Chassidim and yeshiva alumni familiar with the original melodies, including Rabbis Moshe DovBer Rivkin, DovBer Haskind, Yochanan Gordon, and others. They reviewed and authenticated 175 melodies, aiming to restore them to their original form. The melodies were sung in a traditional Chassidic style and transcribed by music notation expert Yehoshua Weiser, under the supervision of the committee.