'Eight Little Candles') is a Ladino song celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah, written by the Jewish-American composer Flory Jagoda in 1983.
[1] The song is sung in Ladino, an Old Spanish-derived language traditionally associated with the Sephardic Jewish community.
[2] The song is often performed in an Argentine tango-rhythm with accompanying accordion and violins.
The lyrics of the song describe a child's joy of lighting the candles on the menorah.
ocho kandelas para mi.