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Gift to the Rebbe

Shlomo Simcha, LEC

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“Gift to the Rebbe” is a music video made with more than 1,200 students of the Lubavitch Educational Center in Miami, across the Early Childhood and Boys Elementary and Middle Schools. It sets an original tune to the pesukim that correspond to the first and last letters of the Rebbe’s name. The film follows a student who cannot remember them, until his teacher, the singer Shlomo Simcha, and his classmates help him get there. I shot it.

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It premiered at the LEC dinner on 25 February 2025. Composed by Yossi Green, produced by Yossi Tyberg, performed by Shlomo Simcha, arranged by Eli Klein and Yitzi Berry, inspired by a song of Shneor Jarouffi. Executive produced by Rabbi Yakov Garfinkle, produced by Rabbi Mendy Shachar. Filming a thousand children means working around the school day rather than through it: classrooms, hallways and grounds, with kids as young as a year old singing along. Release coverage: COLlive.

Behind the Scenes

A teacher addressing a class of boys in light blue uniforms at their desks during filming of the Gift to the Rebbe music video at the Lubavitch Educational Center

The director in a backwards cap directing a classroom of boys during a take for the Gift to the Rebbe music video at LEC

Boys standing at their desks around a bearded teacher while a classroom scene is filmed for the Gift to the Rebbe music video

Students gathered around their teacher between the desks during a classroom take for the Gift to the Rebbe music video at LEC

A camera operator with a gimbal filming a teacher and his students by the classroom door on the Gift to the Rebbe shoot

More than a thousand Lubavitch Educational Center students gathered on the turf field for the all-school scene of the Gift to the Rebbe music video

The whole school assembled across the field during filming of the Gift to the Rebbe music video in Miami

LEC students filling the field in front of the school building during the Gift to the Rebbe music video shoot

A grand piano set up on the school field with a student on electric guitar during the Gift to the Rebbe music video shoot

A student playing a red electric guitar beside a grand piano on the field as the school watches, Gift to the Rebbe music video

Students clapping and waving around the grand piano during the all-school scene of the Gift to the Rebbe music video

Students seated together on the turf watching the performance during filming of the Gift to the Rebbe music video

A student on red electric guitar beside the grand piano during the Gift to the Rebbe music video shoot at LEC

Staff and students gathered at the edge of the field during the Gift to the Rebbe music video shoot

Boys cheering with thumbs up during the all-school scene of the Gift to the Rebbe music video at the Lubavitch Educational Center

Students cheering with their arms raised while the Gift to the Rebbe music video is filmed on the school field

Students dancing arm in arm on the field while a crew member films the Gift to the Rebbe music video

A camera operator holding a gimbal rig above a crowd of cheering students while filming the Gift to the Rebbe music video

A camera operator raising a gimbal over students with their arms in the air during the Gift to the Rebbe music video shoot

Students running across the school field during the all-school scene of the Gift to the Rebbe music video

Students dancing in a wide circle on the field during filming of the Gift to the Rebbe music video at LEC

An early childhood classroom at the Lubavitch Educational Center, children seated on the floor with their teacher during the Gift to the Rebbe shoot