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evy Falkowitz’s song “Hanisturois,” from his Achakeh Lo debut album, is a song of simple faith with a directness that speaks to the heart. “Hidden things are for Hashem… the revealed is ours forever,” says the pasuk in parshas Nitzavim. And, the song continues, “We believe that everything is for the best, but Hashem, we also want to be able to see Your revealed chesed with our own eyes!” It was written for a family grieving their mother, who had passed away two months before her son’s wedding. Levy Falkowitz was asked to sing the new song together with the crowd at the chasunah. As this niggun of emunah uplifted the crowd in their acceptance of a difficult nisayon, he realized the power of the concept.

“Of course we really, really believe that everything we experience is Hashem’s chesed, but we still beg ‘har’einu Hashem chasdecha’ to be able to perceive Hashem’s ultimate goodness, to be given only things we can understand, and to be protected from harsh decrees,” says Falkowitz. “I went over to the composer, Mordechai Elazar Hirsch, and on the spot asked if I could buy the song.”

(Originally featured in Mishpacha Issue 706)