The Poltava Nigun - Shmuly Hurwitz Live The Poltava Nigun - Shmuly Hurwitz Live

Shmuly Hurwitz performing the Poltava Nigun live at the Kinus Hashluchim Melava Malka 5782, where thousands of Chabad Shluchim gathered together for a night of song and inspiration. The Poltava Nigun: Poltava, Ukraine, 1882. The Shabbat meal is long finished. While most are taking a Shabbat rest, we will make our way to the main synagogue. Quietly we will slip in and sit on a bench in the corner. Do you hear a haunting melody? Look, there is someone wrapped in a prayer shawl, slowly swaying. Ah, it's the Rabbi of the town, Reb Yankov Mordechai, still praying, quite oblivious to the time of day. Listen closely as he hums this tune as he bridges the gap between the finite and the infinite. Mendel Duetch Music playing the piano.