Radomsk Hasidic Melody for Shalom Aleichem

This joyous, lively melody for Shalom Aleichem comes from the Radomsk Hasidic dynasty. Performed by Reb Yonatan Shtencel, the Vizhnitz Choir and the Yedidim Choir, this song comes from the album, “Songs from Yesteryear: Shabbos Songs.” According to common custom, each stanza is recited three times. The Radomsk Hasidic dynasty, founded in 1843 by Rabbi Shlomo Hakohen Rabinowicz, was one of the largest Hasidic dynasties in Poland on the eve of World War II. Most of the Hasidim were murdered in the Holocaust, along with the fourth Radomsker Rebbe. In 1965, the survivors who were living in Israel asked the fifth Sochatchover Rebbe, a descendant of the first Radomsker Rebbe, to become their Rebbe as well, and he agreed. Today, most Radomsk Hasidim live in Bnei Brak, Israel.