{
  "bookId": "likutay-eitzos-basra",
  "part": "1",
  "torah": "18",
  "title": "חִתּוּן",
  "hebrewTitle": "חִתּוּן",
  "sourceUrl": "/reader/likutay-eitzos-basra/1/18",
  "plainUrl": "/reader-plain/likutay-eitzos-basra/1/18/",
  "segments": [
    {
      "index": 1,
      "he": "א. הִתְחַבְּרוּת שְׁנֵי דְבָרִים הוּא עַל יְדֵי נִגּוּן וּכְלֵי שִׁיר. וְזֶה בְּחִינַת כְּלֵי זֶמֶר שֶׁמְּנַגְּנִין עַל הַחֲתֻנָּה (ליקוטי מוהר\"ן סימן רנז).",
      "en": "The joining together [hischabrus] of two things is through melody [nigun] and musical instruments [klei shir]. And this is the dimension of the musical instruments that are played at the wedding [chatunah]. [Translator's note: This is a compressed but profound teaching. Marriage is the joining of two distinct souls into one. The medium of that joining is music — melody, which transcends the barrier between two separate entities and draws them into unity. Musical instruments at a wedding are therefore not merely celebratory decoration but the actual spiritual mechanism of the union.] (Likutay Moharan I, 257)"
    }
  ]
}