Have no worry my young friends, About what will be with us. When we will reach the tavern, There, we will have plenty to drink.
This is a very old niggun which was sung by the Mitteler Rebbe’s Chassidim some 180 years ago on their journey to the Rebbe in Lubavitch.
This is quite an appropriate niggun for such an occasion for it expresses an immense hiskashrus a Chossid has to his Rebbe.
From Tavern to Farbrengen
These Ukrainian words, as is the case by many other niggunim, are the chatter of coarse, unrefined peasant lowlifes. From these very songs, Chassidim would learn a lesson in Avodas Hashem.
From the words of this niggun, Chassidim uncovered a beautiful message:
The burning desire of the thirsty peasants for a hard drink, Chassidim used as a way to express their thirst for Chassidus. While on their way to the Rebbe, they comforted themselves singing: “When we will reach the tavern there we will have plenty to drink. Meaning; when we come to the Rebbe we will have plenty to drink from the wellsprings of Maamorim and it won’t be lacking...”
The Rebbe Rashab once said: “We can see from this niggun how the Chassidim of the Mitteler Rebbe were on such a high level. When they came to the Rebbe they didn’t lack anything, for their preparations began long before they came to Lubavitch”.
The Friediker Rebbe recounts, that once, a group of Chassidim were learning a certain famous Maamor of the Rebbe which they were finding difficult to fully grasp and they cried out, “what will become of us?” To this the niggun comes and consoles: “Don’t worry, for when we will be by the Rebbe….”
An Effective Niggun
“In the 120 years that this niggun has existed amongst Chassidei Chabad”, states the Frierdiker Rebbe, “it has awoken many people with an inner arousal. If only one would Daven with it and while he is singing he should listen to the words he is saying….”