9. The Stories and Torah Behind the Niggunim

In this special yahrzeit gathering, Rav Shlomo Katz opens the gates to Reb Shlomo Carlebach’s world of song — not just the melodies, but the Torah, tears, and miracles behind them.

From the first niggun ever composed to the ones born at the Kotel, in dreams, or by a hospital bedside, each melody carries a story, a soul, and a piece of Am Yisrael’s heart.

Rav Shlomo weaves together Reb Shlomo’s own words about music — “a niggun comes by heavenly Federal Express” — with live renditions and breathtaking tales: a song dreamt in Paris that made the streets dance, another born from the heartbreak of war, another from the depths of yearning in Yerushalayim at 2 a.m.

Every story, every note, every sigh is an invitation to remember what music was always meant to be: a way home.