Hu Elokeinu

This lively melody is very expressive of its text. It conveys steadfast belief and confidence in the approaching imminent full redemption. As we sing in this prayer “He will redeem us once more, shortly...” This melody was therefore one of the favorites of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, and is frequently sung at the Chassidic gatherings.

Fifty years ago, this melody was sung in Lubavitch and afterwards in Rostov-on-the-Don, Russia. The famous cantor, the Chassid Reb Yechiel Hacohen Halpern used this melody for the "Keter" in the Musaf Amidah prayer, when leading the congregation in prayer during the High Holidays, during the time of the then Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom Ber Schneersohn.

This is one of the melodies taught by the Rebbe on the holiday of Simchat Torah evening 1963 following Hakofot, together with the melody ofKi Onu Amecho on this recording.