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Описание: "Hava Nagila" (meaning "Let Us Rejoice") is the world's most famous Hebrew folk song, serving as a quintessential anthem of Jewish joy and communal resilience. Its roots are found in the intersection of Hasidic spiritualism and the modern Zionist return to the land.

1. The Spiritual Root: The Nigun

The song originated as a Nigun—a wordless, repetitive prayer-melody used by the Sadigurer Hasidim in Eastern Europe during the 19th century. In Hasidic thought, a melody without words is considered a "shorthand to the soul," capable of reaching a level of divine connection that language cannot express.

2. The Zionist Transformation

In 1915, musicologist Abraham Zevi Idelsohn transcribed the melody in Jerusalem. To celebrate the British General Allenby’s entry into Jerusalem in 1918 and the burgeoning hope of a Jewish homeland, Idelsohn added lyrics adapted from Psalm 118:24: "This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
The Lyrics: "Hava nagila, v’nism’cha" (Let us rejoice and be glad), "Uru achim b'lev samay-ach" (Awake, brothers, with a happy heart).

3. Significance in Judaism Today

The Horah: The song is inextricably linked to the Horah, a circle dance symbolizing national and communal unity. The circle represents a lack of hierarchy, where every participant is an equal part of the "rebuilding of Zion."
A "Secular Psalm": While its origins are religious, it became a secular anthem for the pioneering halutzim (settlers), transitioning the Jewish identity from one of "exilic lament" to one of native-born (Sabra) triumph.

4. Connection to the Old Testament

The song embodies the prophetic promise of Jeremiah 31:13, which foretells a time when "young women will dance and be glad... I will turn their mourning into gladness." By singing "Hava Nagila," the Jewish community performs a living fulfillment of the "One Truth"—that the sorrow of exile will eventually be replaced by the "Shalom" of a restored nation.