OC1 – Lesson 148a – Kaddish – Para. 9-11 – Akdamus of Shavuos – The Power of Its Words and Melody

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This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 4.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. Kaddish is a bridge between worlds.
03:10 – PARAGRAPH 10. Shavuos celebrates the highest level of Hashem’s ratzon (yearning) for us. Our expression of our love for Him is found in the Akdamus (liturgical poem) said just before the Torah reading on Shavuos.
09:00 – Rebbe Nachman relates that the Nigun (melody) of Akdamus for Shavuos is, in itself, a powerful source of inspiration.
10:03 – PARAGRAPH 11. Background story about Akdamus.