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But these days, Hanukkah music is so much more. Much like the oil that lasted eight nights, stirring the Maccabees to victory over a vastly more powerful Greek army, the miracle of the Hanukkah ...
The Torah discusses the lighting of the Temple menorah in a number of verses. Leviticus 24:2 specifies that pure olive oil must be used to light the menorah. While Exodus 25:37 and Numbers 8:2–3 speak of seven lights being lit, Exodus 27:20–21 and Leviticus 24:2 specifies that a single "light" must be lit "continually", and must burn "from evening to morning".
A popular Hebrew Hanukkah song, "Sevivon" or "S'vivon" (Hebrew: סביבון sevivon) is Hebrew for "dreidel", where dreidel (Hebrew: דרײדל dreydl) is the Yiddish word for a spinning top. This song, "Sevivon," is very popular in Israel and by others familiar with the Hebrew language. The English below is a literal translation, not an ...
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there are 24 spellings for Hanukkah, during which Jews light candles on a menorah to celebrate the miracle of a one-day oil supply lasting eight after ...
The Hanukkah Sessions are a series of video presentations of popular songs originally written or performed by Jewish artists, as covered by musicians Greg Kurstin and Dave Grohl. Kurstin and Grohl covered eight songs per year for this project, and released one per night to digital streaming platforms for each night of Hanukkah in the years 2020 ...
The oil miraculously lasted for eight days, and that is what is considered the Hanukkah miracle. "Hanukkah always coincides with the winter solstice," Rabbi Jessica Minnen tells Woman's Day. "It ...
For Hanukkah 2016, the group produced a musical theatre parody called "Hasmonean: A Hamilton Hanukkah", featuring songs and music based on the musical Hamilton, rewritten with a Hanukkah theme. [24] The video covers the songs " Alexander Hamilton " (with changed lyrics referring to the Hanukkah hero Judah Maccabee ), " You'll Be Back ", " My ...
Celebrate Hanukkah with love, light and miracles all around. May your Hanukkah be sweet, peaceful and full of precious family moments. Let the lights of Hanukkah remind you that miracles are ...