Metadata & Links Content Keywords Ashkenaz Contemporary Hassidic Hassidic music Israeli art music Israeli composers Modern Jewish music Niggun Israel Sweet Hymns Shall Be My Chant Kulmus Hanefesh: A Musical Journey into the Hassidic Niggun Copy Link Sweet Hymns Shall Be My Chant This sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda he-Hasid (d.1217) is sung in Ashkenazi synagogues at the end of the Sabbath and holiday morning services and it customary to open the Holy Ark while singing this poem. Related content Maoz Tzur: The Mystifying Wandering of a Hanukkah Anthem The Announcement of the Institute of Jewish Music in Jerusalem by A.Z. Idelsohn and S.Z. Rivlin in 1910