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The Rebbe said, “It is good to make a habit of inspiring yourself with a melody.

“Song is a great elevated concept. It can arouse your heart and draw it toward God.

“Even if you cannot sing well, you can still inspire yourself with a melody sung to the best of your ability while alone or at home. The loftiness of melody is beyond all measure.”

The Rebbe’s works contain towering lessons speaking of song. 361 Likutey Moharan I, 3, 8:9, 38:4, 42, 49:7, 282; ibid., II, 8:1, 31, 92.

The tale of “The Seven Beggars” ( Rabbi Nachman's Stories #13; see “ His Wisdom ” #149-151) also alludes to the importance of melody. The unconscious princess is cured mainly through melody, through the ten categories of song. Understand the implications of this.

The divine soul in every Jew is a princess – a king’s daughter. She is weary and faint because of her sins. She is held captive by an evil king and is shot with ten poisonous arrows. Only a great tzaddik has the power to enter every place where the soul has fallen and remove all ten arrows from her. In order to heal her, he must be able to discern all ten types of pulse beat. He must know all ten categories of song, for her main cure is through melody and joy (see Likutey Moharan II, 92; “ His Wisdom ” #129) .

Taking this as a clue, you can understand more of the story. Use it as a means of returning to God in truth. For, “Study is not the main thing, but action” ( Avot 1:17) .