Mitteler Rebbes Kapelyeh

This melody is [] divided into four sections, symbolizing the four rungs on the ladder of approach and devotion of man to G-dliness. The Tzemach Tzedek explained that the purpose of the orchestra which played on certain occasions for his father-in-law, the Mitteler Rebbe, was to prevent him from reaching the state of termination of earthly existence (kelos hanefesh). In his supreme [earning for] the Almighty, the Rebbe could have literally expired unto G-dliness.