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Rabbi Shefatya said that Rabbi Yoḥanan said: Concerning anyone who reads from the Torah without a melody or studies the Mishna without a song, the verse states:
כה וְגַם-אֲנִי נָתַתִּי לָהֶם, חֻקִּים לֹא טוֹבִים; וּמִשְׁפָּטִים--לֹא יִחְיוּ, בָּהֶם.
25 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and ordinances whereby they should not live;
Ezek 20:25
as one who studies Torah through song demonstrates that he is fond of his learning.
Furthermore, the tune helps him remember what he has learned.
We discuss the trop and cantillations including that wonderful shalshelet...then review the music of Kabbalah and chassidus, ending with the history of the music of the spheres.