@article{a332ae48-a5ac-4fce-8a1f-6eacf68136c8, author = {Edwin Seroussi}, title = {Shamil:Concept, Practice and Reception of a Nigunin Habad Hasidism}, journal = {Studia Judaica}, volume = {2017}, number = {Nr 2 (40)}, year = {2018}, issn = {1506-9729}, pages = {287-306},keywords = {Shamil; Habad; Hasidism; music; nigun}, abstract = {The article discusses the conception, performance and reception of nigun Shamil as a representative case of the social, literary and technological mechanisms that characterize music in Habad, past and present. The author argues for the centrality of non-accompanied, mostly wordless vocal tunes performed by the Hasidic masters such as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, as a main vehicle for the articulation of both the heightening of mystical experience and the teaching of Hasidism.}, doi = {10.4467/24500100STJ.17.013.8248}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-judaica/article/shamil-concept-practice-and-reception-of-a-nigunin-habad-hasidism} }