{"id":60830,"date":"2025-03-24T19:47:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/?p=60830"},"modified":"2025-03-24T19:47:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T00:47:47","slug":"chaim-david-saracik-in-a-new-single-nigun-harebbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejewishinsights.com\/wp\/chaim-david-saracik-in-a-new-single-nigun-harebbi\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaim David Saracik In A New Single &#8216;Nigun Harebbi\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Chaim David Saracik<\/strong>, a veteran musician in the Jewish music scene and a sofer Sta\u201dm, is currently launching a new single called &#8220;<strong>Nigun Harebbi<\/strong>&#8220;. The single is part of a new EP that will be released soon, and comes after a particularly challenging period for the Jewish people.<br \/>&#8220;<strong>Nigun Harebbi<\/strong>&#8221; was written as a tribute to <strong>Rabbi Avraham Brandwein<\/strong>, zt&#8221;l, who was &#8220;a great kabbalist, and also a scholar in Torah and in all fields and influenced me greatly,&#8221; as <strong>Saracik<\/strong> describes. &#8220;I grew up in his synagogue in the Old City, and to this day I am connected to the rabbi&#8217;s son, studying Seder there and even serving as a gabbai in the synagogue.&#8221;<br \/><strong>Saracik<\/strong>, born in South Africa in 1952, immigrated to Israel at the age of twenty and became close to the world of Jewish music after a formative meeting with Rabbi <strong>Shlomo Carlebach<\/strong> in Europe. &#8220;I met Rabbi <strong>Shlomo Carlebach<\/strong> in Europe, and he convinced me to immigrate to the Land of Israel and I was privileged to study with him,&#8221; shares <strong>Saracik<\/strong>. &#8220;It was at Har Tzion, the Diaspora Yeshiva,&#8221; he later played and sang in performances by the Diaspora Yeshiva Band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>The new EP comes about two years after a period that included many delays due to the security situation and the war. &#8220;The war was a great and drastic change in the daily lives of the Jewish people, each and every one, each and every family,&#8221; says <strong>Saracik<\/strong>. &#8220;It was, as we all know, great trials.&#8221; During this period, <strong>Saracik<\/strong> found ways to contribute his part: &#8220;Hashem helps those who have a dream or a deep desire to do something for the Jewish people. Baruch Hashem I was privileged to go to a few bases. I came with my guitar and a speaker, and I played for about an hour, two hours.&#8221;<br \/>In addition to his musical activity, <strong>Saracik<\/strong> continues the tradition as a songwriter: &#8220;I&#8217;m also a songwriter. Before I started publishing myself as a musician, I was a songwriter. I learned it, I worked at it for a good few years.&#8221;<br \/>On the decision to release the new EP despite the difficulties in the music industry, <strong>Saracik<\/strong> explains: &#8220;Really, the business of singing on CDs is almost gone. But I decided that that&#8217;s not the whole point. I want to work, sing, innovate.&#8221; The new EP includes a variety of styles and themes: &#8220;Almost every song has a different style\u2026 all styles, deep, cheerful, special, a new melody, innovation, each with something from the Torah sources and from the tefillos.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Saracik<\/strong> dedicates his new work to the entire Israeli people, and especially to IDF soldiers and their families. &#8220;My son was at the front three times, in Gaza and in the Gush. He spent a few good weeks there\u2026&#8221; His sons-in-law also fought in Lebanon, Gaza, and other places. &#8220;You have to worry about them, and really pray, and know that Hashem will bring them back safe and sound.&#8221; <strong>Yaron Saffer<\/strong> participated in the production of the EP, whom <strong>Saracik<\/strong> describes as &#8220;a very professional, musical, hardworking, special Jewish person, and he was also in the reserves several times during the work on the project. &#8220;Of the musicians who participated in the recordings, <strong>Saracik<\/strong> mentions, for example, <strong>Oren Tzur<\/strong>, &#8220;a violinist and maybe a little mandolin. He&#8217;s excellent, you&#8217;ll hear him on the entire disc. And in addition, other great musicians who dedicated the best of their talent to this project.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J7EcxQr9Seg?si=RJML-W5w76keNagv\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaim David Saracik, a veteran musician in the Jewish music scene and a sofer Sta\u201dm, is currently launching a new single called &#8220;Nigun Harebbi&#8220;. 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