Hanukkah music

The popular tune for these blessings was composed by Samuel E. Goldfarb and his brother Israel Golfarb in the early 20th century.

[1] "Ma'oz Tzur" (Hebrew: מעוז צור), also a widely known English version as "Rock of Ages", is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut.

"A psalm, a song for the Dedication, Hannukat HaBeit, of a House.." מזמור שיר חנוכת הבית Judas Maccabaeus is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel.

During Hanukkah, the melody for "See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes" is used by Spanish and Portuguese Jewish communities for the hymn En Kelohenu.

The lyrics are about dancing the horah, eating latkes, playing dreidel, lighting the candles and singing happy songs.

Below is a singable version of this song called "Who Can Retell," with words based on the Hebrew, as well as a literal translation.

מי ימלל גבורות ישראל אותן מי ימנה הן בכל דור יקום הגיבור גואל העם שמע בימים ההם בזמן הזה מכבי מושיע ופודה ובימינו כל עם ישראל יתאחד, יקום ויגאל Mi yimalel gvurot Yisrael, Otan mi yimne?

Ba'yamim ha'hem ba'zman ha'ze Maccabi moshia u'fode U'v'yameinu kol am Yisrael Yitached yakum ve'yigael!Who can retell the things that befell us, Who can count them?

In this time of year in days of yore Maccabees the Temple did restore And tonight our people as we dream Will arise, unite, and be redeemed.

Literally translated as "I have a candle," "Ner Li" is a simple Hebrew Hanukkah song that is popular in Israel.

'Eight Little Candles') is a Ladino song celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah, written by the Jewish-American composer Flory Jagoda in 1983.

The melody is the same as that of Itsik Manger's "Yosl Ber", composed by D. Beygelman [see "Pearls of Yiddish Song", by Chana & Joseph Mlotek, p.173].

According to the Mloteks, the melody has also been used for the Holocaust song, "Ikh leb in geto in kavkaz" [I live in the ghetto in the Caucasus], by Khane Kheytin, and for the song "Vi der zeyger tut a klung" [When the clock strikes], by Sam Liptzin.

Kh'hob di brokhes shoyn gemakht, Di menoyre shaynt a prakht, Tray-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay, Toyznt zinen yeder flam, Shtolts bin ikh mir mit mayn shtam, Tray-lay-lay-lay-lay-lay.

"(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica" is a song written by satirist singer-songwriter and mathematician Tom Lehrer.

It is a song that encourages the Jewish people to remember the history of the holiday and continue their heritage.

Light One Candle lyrics The Chanukah Song is a series of popular Hanukkah songs by Adam Sandler that are each a slightly different variation of a list of Jewish celebrities listed by Sandler for Jewish children who feel isolated during the Christmas season.

It began as a skit on Saturday Night Live and then appeared on his album What the Hell Happened to Me?.

"Eight Days of Hanukka" is a Hanukkah song written by Senator Orrin Hatch and Madeline Stone, a Jewish songwriter from the Upper West Side of Manhattan who specializes in Christian music.

[10] In 2009 Nefesh B'Nefesh produced a Hanukkah Flash Mob viral video that became a major success.

[11] The mob assembled on Jerusalem's Ben Yehuda Street and was choreographed by new immigrant Marvin Casey.

[12][13] "Candlelight" is a song written and sung by The Maccabeats, an undergraduate a cappella group at Yeshiva University.

The song is a cover parody of "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz, with lyrics retelling the Hanukkah story.

[17] This is an album of ten original songs written and performed by Adam Gardner of Guster and Dave Schneider of the Zambonis, as a side project called The LeeVees, released in 2005.