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050 00 $aBM532$b.S69 1994
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100 1 $aStaiman, Mordechai.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93080249
245 10 $aNiggun :$bstories behind the Chasidic songs that inspire Jews /$cMordechai Staiman.
260 $aNorthvale, N.J. ;$aLondon :$bJason Aronson,$c1994.
263 $a9402
300 $axv, 293 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 $aIntroduction: What's a Niggun? -- 1. The Road through Safed Leads Everywhere -- 2. The Lullaby -- 3. The Music of Return -- 4. The Singing Tzadik -- 5. Song on Fire -- 6. Song of the Dead: A Happy Story -- 7. Bringing the Glad Song Home -- 8. How a Niggun Came Marching Home -- 9. Bam, Bam, Bam -- 10. The Rizhiner Connection -- 11. David without the Slingshot -- 12. I Am a Niggun -- 13. The Story of the Boxes -- 14. For the Love of a Niggun -- 15. The Mysteries of a Niggun -- 16. Jail House Rock -- 17. Leonard Bernstein Unbound -- 18. The Songs that Almost Weren't -- 19. A Fair Exchange -- 20. Embers midst the Ruins -- 21. Travels of Two Niggunim -- 22. Rebbe Hoppin' -- 23. The Dreamer Who Never Sleeps -- 24. The French Don't Have a Word for It -- 25. Jerusalem on Her Mind -- 26. The Night a Jew Sang for His Supper in the Kremlin -- 27. A Twice-Told Story -- 28. The Purpose of Life -- 29. Reb Yid -- 30. The Journey -- 31. Tateh -- 32. The Jew Hater -- 33. The Beloved Disciple.
505 0 $a34. You Are What You Sing -- 35. Out of the Mouth of a Babe -- 36. Fortunate Is the Man -- 37. The Voice-Over -- 38. The Prince Who Became a Jew -- A Final Word: My Swan Song, Kosher, Of Course -- Appendix A: Outstanding Chasidic Rebbes Mentioned in This Book -- Appendix B: Discography of Chasidic Music.
520 $aIt has been said that the quickest way to God's innermost ear is through niggunim - Jewish tunes chanted or sung as prayers. Thousands of niggunim have been composed over the centuries, and they remain an active part of Jewish life today.
520 8 $aSung in the synagogue, around the Shabbos table, at farbrengenchasidic get-togethers - at work, in solitude, to express joy or sorrow, niggunim allow Jews to find that which is hidden deep within their souls, to connect with God and their own spiritually without the use of words.
520 8 $aIn Niggun: Stories behind the Chasidic Songs that Inspire Jews, Mordechai Staiman relates thirty-eight tales in which niggunim affect the lives of Jews. The stories range from those about great chasidic rebbes of the past, such as "The Purpose of Life," in which the Baal Shem Tov binds a Jew to the world of music to help him find his way; through those from recent history, such as "David without the Slingshot" and "Embers midst the Ruins," where niggunim helped to save people from certain death at the hands of the Nazis, and "Jerusalem on Her Mind," about Soviet-Jewish emigres; to contemporary situations, as in "Jail House Rock," in which the singing of a niggun helps to bring holiday magic to Jewish prisoners on Riker's Island in New York City, and "Leonard Bernstein Unbound," in which the great conductor is so moved by a tune that he is prompted to wrap tefillin for the first time.
650 0 $aHasidim$vLegends.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85059240
650 0 $aNigunim.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91002313
852 00 $bglx$hBM532$i.S69 1994