The Rebbe's Poet

Rabbi Tzvi Meir Steinmetz (1915–2005) published Hebrew poetry under the name Tzvi Yair. and every year, on the Rebbe's birthday, he brought the Rebbe a poem.

The Rebbe read them closely — praised them, corrected them, once sent one back with the instruction that he was sure the poet could rescue it. He told him that many sichos are incorporated in these poems, and that there would be people who would learn Torah because his poetry moved them to.

This channel sets those poems to music, with the Hebrew on screen and English alongside. Full texts, translations, and commentary at therebbespoet.com. Discover the verse behind a phrase, the Talmudic passage under an image, the chassidic teaching the poem is working from. 

Poems © Family Steinmetz; reproduction permitted with attribution. Music on this channel is AI-generated; translations are human-edited from AI drafts

To purchase his biography 
https://www.amazon.com/Rebbes-Poet-Life-Rabbi-Steinmetz/dp/B0GCRJJXZX