INTRODUCING THE SWF NIGUN CIRCLE
Mon, Oct 06
|Rabbi Dov’s Sukkah
Join us for our very first circle in Rabbi Dov’s Sukkah in Santa Fe on Monday, October 6th, 6–8pm, the first night of Sukkot. We’ll enjoy a festive potluck dinner, sing our first nigun together, and set plans for future gatherings.
Time & Location
Oct 06, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM MST
Rabbi Dov’s Sukkah, Santa Fe, NM, USA
About the event
“A Nigun transcends words, allowing us to express beyond what we can say with regular language. Words make distinctions. With words, we define the world and express specific ideas and thoughts. In that sense, language is limiting. Pure melody, on the other hand, is able to express the soul — it’s expansive, it’s unifying.” Joey Weisenberg, Hadar Rising Song Institute
SWF is delighted to announce that we have received a grant from the Hadar Institute’s Community Groups Initiative to begin a Nigun Circle. A Nigun Circle is a group that gathers to sing nigunim-Jewish spiritual wordless melodies. Nigunim (plural of nigun) originates with the popular, spiritual singing of wordless melodies that gained prominence with the rise of Hasidic Judaism in the 18th century. The SWF Nigun Circle joins other groups around the country, tapping the rich resources of Hadar’s Rising Song Institute to create a unique musical and spiritual community.
The first meeting of the SWF Nigun Circle will be at Rabbi Dov’s Sukkah in Santa Fe on the first night of…