Music: The Quill of the Soul

Music has inspired mankind since time immemorial. Via music we express our yearnings or sing out in joy in times of ecstasy.

"Chassidut teaches that we can identify the character of the country by listening to the songs that we hear in the streets. These songs echo the inner character of the native society." (p. 62)

Chassidic music does far more than merely allow us to express our emotions. It serves to elevate our souls; reaching up to the hidden recesses of the super-conscious and energizing us to live inspired by the breath of faith. Authentic Chassidic niggunim relay our belief in the existential harmony of Creation. Their melodies infuse our mundane lives with a taste of the World to Come.

"The main rectification of society is through music. Mashiach who will achieve that rectification is "a new song." Training the public ear to hear that new song will stimulate the final redemption. "(p. 62)

Whether you are a musician or not, the ideas in this book will inspire you to new levels of musical creativity that will help bring Mashiach "with much music and song."

Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh is one of our generation's foremost expositors of Kabbalah and Chassidut and has authored more than 180 books in Hebrew, English, French, Russian, and Spanish. The interface between Torah and science is one area of his breakthrough work. He is also the founder and dean of the Ba'al Shem Tov School of Jewish Psychology. Rabbi Ginsburgh is also an accomplished musician and has composed more than 500 melodies, with an emphasis on Chassidic niggunim. Many of his compositions have been arranged and recorded in discs and videos produced by the Gal Einai Music Department.

Hardcover | 270 pages