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"Oh Chanukah" is a very popular modern English Chanukah song. This upbeat playful children's song has lines about dancing the Horah, playing with dreidels, eating latkes, lighting the candles, and singing happy songs. The song was written by Mordkhe (Mark) Rivesman, and first published in Susman Kiselgof's 1912 Lider-Zamlbukh [Song anthology].
The song is a cover parody of "Dynamite" by Taio Cruz, with lyrics retelling the Hanukkah story. It was released in late 2010 and quickly achieved viral status. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] Since 2010, The Maccabeats have produced an annual Hanukkah music video .
The song is quoted in the Viola Sonata by Graham Waterhouse, entitled Sonata ebraica (Hebrew Sonata), written in 2012 and 2013, and recorded in 2015 by Hana Gubenko and Timon Altwegg who commissioned and premiered it. [10] The song has been featured on soundtracks including: Rhapsody in Blue (1945) Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976) Billy ...
Then in 2002, Sandler released the Hanukah film 8 Crazy Nights. The song got another new version — and a super-sized performance on Saturday Night Live.Songwriter Lew Morton, who wrote the track ...
The song apparently is inspired by Psalm 74:16 ("Yours is the day, Yours is the night") and by a Midrashic passage (Genesis Rabbah 6:2) which enlarges on those words. The authorship and date of composition are unknown, it was originally sung year-round at meals, it was not part of the Seder in the 11th century but came to be part of the Seder ...
Matisyahu's Hanukkah song comes with a cinematic video that includes an extended dream sequence, fighting/dancing ice skaters, an evil Nutcracker, a Greek king and, of course, a happy ending. 'The ...
For example, the song begins with ḥad gadya, which is Aramaic, instead of the Hebrew form gədi ʾeḥad, and for the cat the Aramaic shunra instead of the Hebrew ḥatul and for the dog the Aramaic kalba instead of the Hebrew kelev, etc., but, towards the end of the song, we find the slaughterer is the Hebrew ha-shoḥet instead of the ...
Related: Celebrate the Festival of Lights With the 25 Catchiest Hanukkah Songs. I have had fun learning his traditions and making his favorite traditional foods. For Hanukkah this year, I thought ...