This niggun was taught by rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson the Lubavitcher Rebbe on Simchat Torah in 1959 [1] or 5719/1958 [2]. The tune is associated with the Avar tribal leader Imam Shamil and is used by the Hasidim to represent the soul's desire to free itself of the body's physical pleasures.
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