Candle Lighting
(Blessings and Ha-nerot Halalu)
Ashkenaz (Blessing) Performed by Eliyahu Kum Recorded by the National Sound Archives Chabad Synagogue, the Old City, Jerusalem, Hanukkah 1968 YC 1945 |
Carlebach Style Performed by Shlomo Carlebach accompanied by instruments and audience Recorded by Ephraim Yaakov Wise Auditorium, Jerusalem, Hanukkah 1979 YC 1537 |
Hungary Performed by Abraham Ahrenfeld Recorded by Avigdor Herzog The National Sound Archives studio, 1975 NEROT HUNGARY Y 1851 |
Algeria, Oran Performed by Meir Zini Communautי Israיlite France, 1966 YC 2930 |
Sephardim Performed by Recanati Family Recorded by the family Hanukkah 1968 YC 2865 |
Mizmor Shir Hanukkat Ha-bayit (Psalm 30)
Algeria, Oran
Performed by Meir Zini
Communautי Israיlite
France, 1966
YC 2930
Shnei Nikhratim (Piyyut for “Shabbat Hanukka”)
France, Alsace
Performed by Michel Heymann
Recorded by Chana Englard
Mulhouse, France, 1988
Y 5913
Yiddish song: Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh
Text by Morris Rosenfeld
Performed by Louis Danto
Recorded by Chana Englard
Hekhal Shelomo, Jerusalem, Hanukkah 1982
Yc 2137
Oh, you little candles,
You tell stories,
Innumerable legends:
You tell of blood,
Triumph and courage -
Wonders of the past!
When I see you lighting
A shiny dream comes about,
An old dream is speaking:
“Jew, you fought once,
Jew, you triumphed once”.
God! It's hardly believable!
Oh, you little candles!
Your stories
Awaken my pain,
Deep down my heart moves
And with tears a question rises,
“What will happen now?”
Judeo-Spanish song: Dak il tas
Turkey, annakale
Performed by Bienvenida Aguado
Recorded by Susana Weich-Shahak
Bat-Yam, 2001
CD 2980
Dak il tas, toma'l tas
Las muchachas meten bas
En sabat de Hanukkah
Ocho dias de Hanukkah
Lehadlik ner shel Hanukkah.
El vino de la serada
Que a mi muncho m'agrada
A beber en Hanukkah
Ocho dias…
Mete la carne al tandur
Taneremos un buen santur
En Shabat de Hanukkah
Ocho dias…
English translation:
Strike the tray, take from the tray
The girls play
On Shabbath Hanukkah.
Eight days of Hanukkah
“To light a candle of Hanukkah”.