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The Journey of a Chossid

Singers Benny Friedman and Eli Marcus in a heartfelt new music video about Chasidim traveling to the Rebbe for Tishrei - whether in Russia or Crown Heights - giving strength for the year ahead. Full Story, Video

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#16
August 27, 2015 9:19 am

Thank you for the words!!!

oh cmon!
October 21, 2014 11:12 pm

You left out the main part! Where’s Yechi? That’s the way it was originally composed

TIKU BACHODESH!!
October 12, 2014 3:25 am

very nice how it was put in!!

inspiring!
September 29, 2014 10:30 pm

Thank you!
beautiful!

the tziyon !
September 28, 2014 8:50 pm

the song is fantastic ! thanks ! the ohel the tziyon 770 its all the same .its memories that we hold on to .. how much we miss the Rebbe .oy we need moshiach the pain is so strong

Zalmy Schapiro
September 28, 2014 11:27 am

this song is so beautiful i love it i felt like crying wow that is nice thank you for sharing Benny Friedman you have a sweet voice Rebbe ah Rebbe we need you we want Moshiach now

the ohel
September 28, 2014 9:52 am

totally agree with #57. couldn’t have said it better.

wow!!
September 27, 2014 11:16 pm

very nice
thank you for sharing

To all the complainers about there being footage of 770 and not the ohel..
September 27, 2014 3:03 pm

The song is about getting chayus for the coming year. Now, I’m gonna be very blunt: there is chayus in 770, the translation of chayus is life! In 770 you feel Rebbe alive and therefore you’ll draw life from there, in the ohel, I’m sorry to say and it kills me to say it, but you feel the Rebbe the opposite of alive… So how are you supposed to draw chayus from the ohel for the coming year??

Beautiful
September 24, 2014 4:30 pm

Thank you.
Shana Tova everyone, may this year be the year that moshiach comes!!!

To#28
September 24, 2014 1:39 pm

We’ll said on the dot

#26
September 24, 2014 1:06 pm

thank you got it right! the rebbes sichos teach us that
770 is the place and the רבי “was there” AND “IS HERE”!
besides for that beautiful beautiful song

fantastic!!!!! beautifully presented
September 24, 2014 9:09 am

Retzoneinu lirois es malkeinu!!

Go Rabbi Sternberg
September 24, 2014 2:12 am

Beautiful words to a great new song, please make more

Thank you!!
September 24, 2014 1:00 am

So nice, so emotional really gave me a wake up call for tishrei with the rebbe! In these dark moments of golus only posativity & things like this can shine through all that’s going on, thank you for making this, & let’s all try learning for this new year to keep on just doing good & together we’ll shine thru this choishech & we won’t just know & feel the rebbes here, but actually see it, bikarov!

wow!
September 24, 2014 12:38 am

This video was so well made and meaningful. And perfect timing- i can go into tishrei with the right frame of mind.

eli marcus
September 24, 2014 12:31 am

i am your biggest fan, your voice is outstanding. thank you for bringing this song to life, so beautiful

To # 6
September 23, 2014 10:24 pm

There is mention of 770 in the video. There are pictures of chassid in 770. There is no mention or picture of the ohel

Zalman Klienman
September 23, 2014 10:17 pm

Zalman Klienman is the greatest chassic artict of all time…so underated

wow
September 23, 2014 9:44 pm

wow so beautiful and inspiring thank you!

#26
September 23, 2014 9:42 pm

Spot on!! Thanks for making that clear.
Beutiful video, looking forward to more
Ksiva vachasima tova leshana tova umesuka to all
Me we merit to celebrate this Rosh Hashana with the Rebbe in Eretz Yisroel!

wow
September 23, 2014 9:26 pm

We want to see the rebbe

both zaidy rivkins
September 23, 2014 8:16 pm

mendel. may you grow to be a chossid bimlo muvon hamilo.shnas hatzlocho

grateful
September 23, 2014 8:14 pm

to put together such words in such a stirring manner and about such a pivotal zman in the chassidishe calender requires true hergesh chassidi. thank you rabbi sternberg for conveying this in such a heartfelt manner. i can picture a chossid ,bochur or yungerman,young and old with their heads on their hands in emootional contemplation as they try to transport themselves to makom shrtzon kulono nimtzoim shom. may you have much hatzlacha in conveying these values to our adolescent and next generation in all the capacities you so succesfully fill. kvt to all chassidim

Beautiful
September 23, 2014 7:57 pm

What a beautiful duet! Seriously, every time I hear Benny Friedman he just gets better and better.
The lyrics and video was so moving! Hard to hold back tears…. Rebono shel olam, it’s twenty years! Genug shoin!

Thank you!
September 23, 2014 6:55 pm

This is so beautiful! tears are coming down 🙂 This surely strikes a chord in the heart of every lubavitcher!

to #6
September 23, 2014 6:44 pm

there is only footage of 770 why not the ohel (to note that 770 was not mentioned just shown)!!!!!!

Beautiful!
September 23, 2014 6:36 pm

It is so touching!
Well done!

#24
September 23, 2014 6:16 pm

sorry but when moshiach comes 770 is sanding right next to the bais hamikdash and the rebbes palace

yechi hamelech shana tova

amazing!!!
September 23, 2014 6:13 pm

so nice!!!

Awesome
September 23, 2014 5:06 pm

Saw @ school

Beautiful song!
September 23, 2014 5:01 pm

Thank you very much to all of you who took your tiime and energy to produce this video for every one else.
may you go Mechail elchoil.
may you all have a blessed year,
With boney chaya mizonah bharchava btov hanreh vhanigle.
pepole like you make this world a better place.
thank you.

amazin!
September 23, 2014 4:39 pm

#campsong!

to #27
September 23, 2014 3:59 pm

Beis Rabeonu shebebavel is permanent, it will be attached to the beis hamikdash (learn the sicha on 770)

yechi
September 23, 2014 3:01 pm

btw the original words to the there is yechi and venizke zen zich….. i dont know why its not in this time….at least venizke

Very nice!
September 23, 2014 2:30 pm

Is it possible to download? How?

Well done
September 23, 2014 2:21 pm

Thank you, over all, very well done.

TO ALL OF THE ABOVE
September 23, 2014 2:18 pm

770 IS OUR HOME AND THE REBBES HOME. THE OHEL IS A VERY NICE PLACE,BUT PPL WHO GO TO YHE OHEL FOR SHABBOS AND YOM TOV IT MIGHT GIVE SOME VERY NICE INSPERATION BUT TO LIVE THER IS LIKE LIVING DEAD.its relly sad. the rebbe shlita also said in a sicha that the noshi hador [the rebbe] of our gen. is not irrelevant for him to be ther.

SO WHAT I’M TRYING TO BRING OUT IS DONT WAST A SHABBOS IN THE OHEL, BECUS ” MOSHIACH IS ON HIS WAY” COME TO &&) THE REAL THING

YECHI HAMELCH!!!!!!!

thank you
September 23, 2014 2:16 pm

so beautiful, definitely evokes emotions of tefillah and emunah

seriously people?
September 23, 2014 2:15 pm

Lubavitch is not the ohel! Should you go, is there something there, that’s for each to decide! But 770 is beis hamikdash in galus, that’s where you go to be “oleh regel” and that’s where shchina shines (all based on what Rebbe tells us in sichos)
So when you travel to spend Tishrei with Rebbe, it’s in the Rebbe’s daled amos, Rebbe’s shul, Rebbe’s home!
Lchaim friends! Gut yom tov!!!

lazer
September 23, 2014 2:05 pm

I have no words!!!!!!
Awesome!!!!!!
Benny, and Eli you guys out did yourselves Again!!!!!

To 7, 8 and 11
September 23, 2014 1:26 pm

7 and 8, see number 6.
To 11, 770 is also temporary, it’s beis rabeinu sheBEBOVEL when Moshiach comes we’ll have the beis hamikdosh. I think number 6 answered very well.

Enough with the politics
September 23, 2014 1:25 pm

With the new year upon us we need to focus on the positive and try to find what unifies us rather than what divides us.
The Rebbe unites us – hopefully.
This video was touching and powerful. It hits the spot.
Let’s accept it and appreciate it for what it is.
And for the naysayers out there or critics there are different forums out there. Help yourselves.

A Gut Gebentched Gezunte Yahr to all.

Wow
September 23, 2014 1:06 pm

I have heard this song in english so many times but this video with the music and singing literally has given me the chills. Wow! Thak you to all the producers and the beautiful talent.

Inspiring music video!!
September 23, 2014 12:46 pm

Love the art coming alive, great song too!!!!

Ohel Ppl
September 23, 2014 12:39 pm

It seems to me that this is a nostalgic film to depict what it was like for the chassidim of the old country to visit their Rebbe for Tishrei. In those cases they went to the local shul and simchas beis hashoavos and farbrengins, which even now-a-days take place in CH and 770. People can feel whatever they want about the Rebbe. The true presence of a Tzaddik is by his kever, we all know that. I don’t think anyone is throwing that under the bus. Tishrei is not about going to the Ohel, its about celebrating and farbrenging in… Read more »

thank you
September 23, 2014 12:35 pm

thank you ! I find this video very inspirational.

as a side note, I love the 3D effect on the paintings.

and #6 – very well said

definitely
September 23, 2014 12:27 pm

the ohel should have been mentioned or put in footage. surprised. you guys know better…

amazing
September 23, 2014 12:26 pm

SO BEAUTIFUL!!! Thank you!!

The words to the song
September 23, 2014 12:20 pm

תִּקְעוּ בַּחוֹדֶשׁ Sung By; Benny Friedman and Eli Marcus A story old yet so new Breaks our heart yet so true A story of חַסִידִים traveling to ליּובּאַוויטשׁ Coming to their רבּי, to be with Him once a year A month goes past the time draws near He must depart from what’s most dear Returning to his city where חַסִידִים await him Tell us dear חָסִיד, what did you see? What did you hear? לְחַיִים friends with tears in his eyes “מִיר האָבּן אַ רבּי,” the חָסִיד replies No matter who we are just being there Gives us strength for… Read more »

Can some one provide the words
September 23, 2014 12:19 pm

PLEASE!

well said number six
September 23, 2014 12:18 pm

While I do agree that the Ohel is is a big part our life today (sadly), and perhaps it should have been part of the video. But for haven sake why does everything have become an issue. this is such a nice peace, enjoy the inspiration and let other be inspired.

Lets hope that with achdus hachassdim we will be zocha to not have to go to the Ohel this year and we will all spend tishrei in the beis hamikdosh hashlishi

GORGEOUS
September 23, 2014 12:13 pm

BEAUTIFUL!!

What an appropriate honor for Reb Eliyahu Zion Zatzal!!
September 23, 2014 12:04 pm

Eliyahu Zion the Matriarch of the Niasoffs has never missed a single Tishrei with the Rebbe with his Yibadlu- Lorech Yomim holy wife and over a minyan of children kah.
Being a lover of nigunim, he is certainly is singing along with us all, in this moving heartfelt professional production. One of the best Chabad has yet seen. This professional team can accomplish a lot….may this be the beginning of many more……over 5700 hits in one day!!!!

Ohel
September 23, 2014 11:40 am

770 Is our home. It’s the Rebbe’s home. The ohel, as important as it is, and It is Extremely important – is still only a temporary place. It’s not home.

love it
September 23, 2014 11:28 am

well done

Agree with #6! Well said!
September 23, 2014 11:23 am

Amazing video!

Where is the ohel??
September 23, 2014 11:19 am

Why is the ohel not mentioned even once in the video, isnt that the main part of traveling to the Rebbe today?

Ohel?
September 23, 2014 10:52 am

Shouldn’t the Ohel be part of the experience of visiting the… Rebbe???

To number 2: Answer
September 23, 2014 10:44 am

“The ohel” and “770” are just terms, it should just be referred to as going to the Rebbe, bc that’s what it really is. For some the ohel is where they feel the Rebbe’s presence more, for others 770 is where they feel the Rebbe’s presence more. The song mentions going to the Rebbe and for those that feel the Rebbe in the ohel more, that’s what it’s referring to. For those who feel the Rebbe’s presence more in 770 that’s what it is referring to. The point of the song is that a chosid gets chayus for the rest… Read more »

wow!!
September 23, 2014 10:35 am

so inspiring!!

Finally!!!!
September 23, 2014 10:33 am

Finally a Lubavitcher Chassid composes a niggun about the Rebbe and Chassidus, that our children can listen to and get inspired.

Nice
September 23, 2014 10:26 am

Well done. Both sound so good together.
Liking the good old fashion melody – the modern stuff is just not the same.
Shkoyach

Question
September 23, 2014 10:20 am

How is it possible that the Rebbe’s Ohel (beyond essential to the experience of traveling to the Rebbe today) is not mentioned even once in the video?

So Proud of Gavin!!!
September 23, 2014 10:14 am

Gav, you did such a great job!!! this video wouldn’t have been possible with out you!!!!!

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