The Sweetest Taste

There’s a sing-song they use, Lubavitcher chassidim, a medley with which they express the words of the pasuk, “Ta’amu ure’u ki tov Hashem” — or “Hava’ya,” as they say it. The Rebbe would use this tune, passed down from the Baal HaTanya, expressing a chassidic teaching:

Ta’amu, taste, ure’u, and you will see, that the Eibeshter is good.

The tune is one with the message — that the true goodness, the sweetness and delight of avodah, is accessible only to the one who truly tastes the depth of Torah.

But how can one acquire that depth?

At the side of a table covered with light refreshments, some mashkeh and paper cups, the mashpia says words of chassidus. Deeper, ever deeper, he goes as the night wears on, curtains falling away as the light of the Divine starts to shine through: Not just the seforim radiate holiness, but the tables and chairs too, the word of G-d that sustains the most mundane items nearly visible.