Nigguns Composed by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

  • It Is Perfect is a four-part round composed by Reb Zalman at a gathering in Minneapolis, Minnesota ca 1969. The chant is an attempt to give language to an experience of the "4 Worlds".
  • In Order that One and One Be One is the result of Reb Zalman davvening at home, reciting the K'gavna -- a non-duality statement -- during a Friday morning teaching (shiur) at his home in Philadelphia in 1982.
  • The Hakhonoh Niggun is one of three traditional niggunim for which Reb Zalman composed English lyrics for conscious understanding. This was composed by a ChaBaD Lubavitcher Hasid. It is a preparatory song.
  • Ehad Yahid U'Meyahad "one uniquely simple unity" was composed by Reb Zalman in Cambridge, Massachusets in 1968. The phrase comes from Italian kabbalist Luzatto, and Reb Zalman considers this to be a d'veikut (clinging to the divine) zikr.
  • Nehama Niggun is a comfort melody composed spontaneously at a Shabbaton in Berkeley, California.