Title |
Composer | Lyricist | Comments | Suggest Changes |
Here are the songs in Hannukkah
 Aleih Neiri (Rise Up, My Light) | Cahim Parchi | Sh.Shalom | Aleih neiri, a leih haneir, Haneir chadri, chadri haeir, Aleih neiri, aleih uz'rach, L'yeled kat, l'na'ar rach, L'yeled kat, l'na'ar rach, l'na'ar rach. Rise up, my light, rise up and shine; My candles, glow with light divine. See my Menorah sining in the night, For all the children basking in . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Avinu Malkeynu | ... | ... | Avinu Malkeniu, sh'ma Koleniu Avinu Malkeniu, Chatanu L'Fanecha. Avinu Malkeniu, Chamol Aleinu V'al Olaleinu V'Tapeinu. Avinu Malkeniu, Kaleh Dever V'Cherev V'Ra-av Meialeinu. Avinu Malkeniu, Kaleh Kol-Tzar U-Mastin, Meialeinu. Avinu Malkeniu, Kotveinu B'Sefer Chayim Tovim. Avinu Malkeniu, Chadesh Aleinu Shanah Tovah. Avinu Malkeniu, Choneinu VaAneinu, Ki Ein Banu Ma-asim, Aseh Imanu . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Borukh Ate | ... | ... | Borukh ate, zingt der tate un er tsindt di likht. Un di shtraln, milde faln oyf zayn blas gezikht. Un a fayer, heylik, tayer in di oygn laykht. Un der mider, mit di glider hot zikh oysgeglaykht. Un es dakht zikh un es trakht zikh: S'iz nokh epes do. S'iz . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Dona Dona (In dem Templ) | ... | Sylvia Schildt | (to the tune of Dona Dona) In dem templ, zukht men beyml Beyml reyn tzu tzindn "lekht" Dan gefint men, nor a bisl, Vos es brent un brent akht nekht. Khaneke iz a yontev, a yontev fun a nes Kum-zhe esn latkes, zing un nit farges. Dona, dona, dona, dona, . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Ech Osim Levivot | Chaim Parchi | Lea Naor | Sharvulim mekupalim Vsinar Lavan Bo tasim et hakelim po al hashulchan Mekalfim vegam chotchim, meraskim umoachim uvakli hachi gadol, bochashim, bochashim et hakol mah mah mah, tpuwach adamah umelach, vekemach, betza im at rotzah Efshar gam im batzal Aval haikar ze mah, mah, mah, tapuwach adamah . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Echad Mi Yodea | ... | ... | E-chod mee yo-dey-a? E-chod anee yo-dey-a. E-chod Elohey-nu She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets Sh'nayeem mee yo-dey-a? Sh'nayeem anee yo-dey-a. Sh'ney lu-chos ha-b'ris, E-chod Ele-hey-nu She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets Sh'lo-sho mee yo-dey-a? Sh'lo-sho anee yo-dey-a. Sh'lo-sho ha avot Sh'ney lu-chos ha-b'ris, E-chod Elo-hey-nu She-ba-sho-ma-yeem u-vo-o-rets Ar-ba mee yo-dey-a? Ar-ba anee yo-dey-a. Ar-ba ha yimaot, Sh'lo-sho ha . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Ha Ner (A Candle) | Tzagit | Tzagit | Mehavhevet ha shalhevet Verokedet al haner verokedet al haner Teep teepot shel khelev Kheresh mitkhamkot, Golshot maher M'rakedet hashalhevet Or gadol, sviva yahel . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Hanerot Halalu | ... | ... | Hanerot halalu anakhnu madliqin 'al hanisim ve'al hanifla'ot ve'al hatshu'ot ve'al hamilkhamot She'asitah la'avoteinu bayamim hahem bazman hazeh 'al yadei kohanecha haqdoshim. B'kol shmonat y'mey Hanukkah hanerot halalu kodesh hem. v'ein lanu r'shut l'hishtamesh bahem elah lirotam bilvad. k'dei l'hodot ul'halel l'shimkha hagadol al nisekha v'al y'shu'otekha v'al nifle'otekha. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Hannukkah's A Happy Time (sung to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb) | ... | ... | (sung to the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb) Hanukkah's a happy time, happy time, happy time. Hanukkah's a happy time, The festival of lights. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Hanukkah | Oh Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah the sweet celebration.... | chanukah | Oh Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah, come light the Menorah, Let's have a party, we'll all dance the hora. Gather round the table, we'll give you a treat. Sevivon to play with, Latkes to eat. And while we are playing, the candles are burning low. One for each night, they shed a . . . | Suggest Changes |
| HAVA NARIMA | Handel from the oratorio, Judas Maccabeus | ... | HAVA NARIMA NES HANUKA YAHAD PO NASHIRA SHIR HAHANUKA PERACH EL PERACH ZER GADOL NISHZOR LE ROSH HAMNATSEACH MACCABI GIBOR HAVA NARIMA NES HANUKA YAHAD PO NASHIRA SHIR HAHANUKA . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Hear the Voice | Cristiano | cristiano | Hear the voice of Israel's elders Calling on Judea's sons; Who will be the future leaders When the elder men are gone? Who will do what we have started, Bring the Jew to ancient station? Who will urge the weary hearted Fight for right and live a nation? Hear the . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Hevenu Shalom Aleykhem | silbermintz | ... | Hevenu Shalom Aleychem (many times) Or... Hevenu Shalom Aleychem, Hevenu Shalom Aleychem, Hevenu Shalom Aleychem, Hevenu Shalom, Shalom, Shalom Aleychem This is my hope & my prayer, Let there be peace everywhere, Let there be joy for all to share, So let us praise The L-rd and live a happy . . . | Suggest Changes |
| I'm a Little Latke (to the tune of I'm a Little Teapot) | ... | ... | I'm a little latke, round and flat, Here is my front side, here is my back. When I get all fried up hear me SHOUT! Flip me over and take me out. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Ikh Bin A Kleyner Dreydl (I had a little dreydl) | Michl Gelbart | Ben Arn (pseudonym for Gelbart) | > Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl > Gemakht bin ikh fun blay > To lomir ale shpiln > In dreydl eyns tsvey dray > > Oy, dreydl, dreydl, dreydl > Oy, drey zikh, dreydl, drey > To lomir ale shpiln > In dreydl eyns un tsvey > > Un ikh . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Judah Macabee | ... | ... | Oh when I was a boy My one and only joy was pretending I was living in the past. So to get my little thrills I'd storm down from the hills A wooden sword held tightly in my grasp. CHORUS Oh Judah Macabee How was I to see what you . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Lichvod Hakhanukah | Chaim Nachman Bialik | Chaim Nachman Bialik | 'Avi hidliq nerot li veshamash lo 'avuqah. Yod'im 'atem lichvod mi? Lichvod hakhanukah! . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages) | ... | ... | Ma'oz tsur yeshu'ati lecha na'eh leshabeakh. Tikon beit tefilati vesham todah nezaveakh. Le'et tachin matbeakh mitsar hamnabeakh, 'az 'egmor beshir mizmor khanukat hamizbeakh. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Mattathias Bold | ... | ... | Mattathias bold, 5 great sons had he Eliezer, oldest son, Simon, John, and Jonathan And Judah Maccabee (2x) . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Mi Yemalel (Who Can Retell) | handel | ... | Mi yemalel gvurot Yisra'el, 'otan mi yimneh? Hen bechol dor yaqum hagibor, go'el ha'am. Shma'! Bayamim hahem bazman hazeh, Makabi moshia' ufodeh, uvyameinu kol 'am Yisra'el, yit'akhed, yaqum veyiga'el. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Mi Ze Hidlik (Who Lit These Candles) | ... | L. Kipnis | Mi ze hidlik nerot dakim kakohavim barom? Yod'im gam tinokot rakim Ki hanuka hayom La la la Kol ner aliz, kol ner haviv Dolek, romez, notsets Hatinokot omdim saviv V'lasimha en ketz La la la . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Morning Blessings (from Gates of Repentance) | ... | Liturgy | Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam, a-sher na-tan la-sech-vi vi-na, l'hav-chin bein yom u-vein lai-la. (A-mein) Baruch atah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu melech haolam Hamaavir shena meynai Utnumah meafapa (Amein) Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam, po-kei-ach iv-rim. (A-mein) Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam, zo-keif k'fu-fim. (A-mein) Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Mrs. Maccabeus (to the tune of "O Chanukah") | ... | ... | Each Chanukah we glorify brave Judah Maccabeus Who had the courage to defy Antiochus, and free us, Yet it is not fair that we should forget Mrs. Maccabeus, whom we owe a debt. She mixed it, and fixed it She poured it into a bowl You may not guess, but . . . | Suggest Changes |
| My Candles | ... | ... | In the window where you can send your glow. From my menorah on newly fallen snow, I will set you, one little candle, On this the first** night of Chanuka. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Nerot Chanukah | Chaim Parchi | Channah Bar | Hine hu hechag elenu karev venerot tzivonim lo bayad mitoch hakufsa beadom vechachol metzitzim hem echad echad bayom harishon ner adom hitnoses lechol ever kara ufirsem et hanes bayom hasheni ner tzahov nidlak Hu siper al hanes nes hashemen bapach acharav hashlishi ala veheir ner kachol shehigiya mimodi'in ha'ir Sagol . . . | Suggest Changes |
| O Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh | ... | M. Rosenfeld | 1. O ir kleyne likhtelekh Ir dertzelt geshikhtelekh Mayselekh on tzol Ir dertzeylt fun blutikayt Beryeshaft un mutikayt Vunder fun amol. 2. Ven ikh zey aikh shminklendik Kumt a kholem finklendik Ret on alter troym Yid, du host gekrikt a mol Yid, du host gezikt a mol Hot dos gloybt . . . | Suggest Changes |
| O, Ir Kleyne Likhtelekh | Zilberts, Zavel (1881-1949) | Rosenfeld, Morris (1862-1923) | 1. O ir kleyne likhtelekh Ir der tzelt geshikhtelekh Mayses on a tzol Ir der tzeylt fun blutikayt Ber eshaft fun mutikayt Vunder fun a mol. 2. Ven ikh zey aikh shminklendik Kumt a kholem finklendik Ret on alter troym Id, du host gekrikht a mol Id, du host gezekht . . . | Suggest Changes |
| OCHO KANDELIKAS (EIGHT CANDLES) | Flory Jagoda | Flory Jagoda | Hanukah linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi, Hanukah Linda sta aki, ocho kandelas para mi. O... Una kandelika, dos kandelikas, tres kandelikas, kuatro kandelikas, sintyu kandelikas, sej kandelikas, siete kandelikas, ocho kandelas para mi. Muchas fiestas vo fazer, con alegrias i plazer. Muchas fiestas vo fazer, con alegrias i . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Oh, Chanukah Oh Chanukah | silver | ... | Oy Chanukah, Oy Chanukah Ah yom Tov a shayner Ah lusticher, a freylacher Nitaw nuch asayner Ale nacht in dreydl spilen mir zudik haysa latkes Esen Mir Geshvindert Zindt kinder Do Chanukah lichtelach ahn there is supposed to be some other words here Lumir ale singen Und lumir ale Shpringen . . . | Suggest Changes |
| S'vivon | Joseph Flummerfelt | Betty Bertaux | Dredyl spin spin spin spin Hanukah welcome in Hanukah welcome in little dredyl spin spin spin festal lights now behold and be joyful young and old and be joyful young and old as the miracle is told . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Sevivon (Spin little dreydl) | Jay Levy | Jay Levy | Sevivon sov sov sov, Chanuka hu chag tov Chanuka hu chag tov Sevivon sov sov sov, Chag simcha hu la'am Neis gadol haya sham Neis gadol haya sham Chag simcha hu la'am. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Shalom Alechem | ... | ... | peace . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Shalom Alechem | ... | ... | peace . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Sheket, Sheket | Chaim Parchi | Imanuel Harusi | Sheket Sheket Sheket Hachanukiyah doleket uvacheder beli shaon mistovev hasevivon mistovev velo ayef ach lefeta hu yeshev ani ra'ev yagid bekol bevakasha tenu le'echol lo marak ve lo k'tzitza lo mark velo daysah leviva li metukah t'nu lichvod hachanukah . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Sheoso Nisim | Israel Alter | Eliza Greenblat | Sheoso nisim, sheosonisim la'avoseinu Bayomim hoheim baz'man haze. Ch'ze der mames frume oign Mit ir loichtndik gezicht ven der tate Shteit geboign un tsindt di chanuke licht. Sheoso nisim, sheoso nisim la'avoseinu. Yed'n ovnt noch a lichtl heler, Heler vert der flam under shames shteit a shtoltser Vi der shoimer . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Spin the Dreidel (sung to the tune of Row Row Row Your Boat) | ... | ... | Spin, spin, spin the dreidel Spin it round and round Wait to see what letter comes up And the prize which you have found. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| T'fillah | Chaim Parchi | Rivka Ziv | Barech Eli et hanerot Sheanu madlikim have Eli harbe orot lechol hamechakim Ten lachagim lihyot yamim shel or veshel simcha ata yachol hmon d'varim az mah ichpat lecha have shalvah al hagvulot velo od milchamah ki yesh li ach vegam achot bagvul al haramah Barech ... . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Tefillah | Chaim Parchi | Rivkah Ziv | Barech eli et hanerot sheanu madlikim Have eli harbe orot lechol hamechakim ten lachagim lihyot yamim shel or veshel simchah ata yachol hamon d'varim az mah ichpat lecha have shalvah al hagvulot velo od milchamah ki yesh li ach vegam achot bagvul al haramah Barech... . . . | Suggest Changes |
| The 8 Days of Hannukkah | ... | ... | On the first day of Channukah, my bube gave to me A bagel mit a schtick lox. Two kreplach Three gefilte fishes Four knadlech Five matzo balls Six kosher dills Seven pickled herrings bubkis* (omit others on this day) *: nothing . . . | Suggest Changes |
| The Ballad of the Four Sons (to the tune of Oh my Darlin' Clementine) | ... | Ben Aronin | Said the father to his children, "At the seder you will dine" "You will eat your fill of matza, You will drink four cups of wine." Now this father had no daughters, but his sons they numbered four. One was wise and one was wicked, one was simple and a . . . | Suggest Changes |
| The Chanukah Song Part 3 | Adam Sandler | Adam Sandler feat. The Drei-Dels & Rob Schneider | Put on your yarmulke It's time for Chanukah (sounds good, guys) Once again it's Chanukah The miracle of Chanukah Give it up for The Drei-Dels everybody! Chanukah is the Festival of Lights One day of presents? Hell no! We get eight crazy nights! But if you still feel like the . . . | Suggest Changes |
| The dreidel song | michl gelbart | ... | I have a little dreydl I made it out of clay And when it's dry and ready Then dreydl I shall play. Oh, Dreydl, dreydl, dreydl I made it out of clay,And When it's dry and ready Then dreydl I shall play. I have a little dreydl I made it . . . | Suggest Changes |
| The Latkes Song | ... | ... | I am so mixed up that I cannot tell you, I'm sitting in this blender turning brown. I've made friends with the onions and the flour, And the cook is scouting oil in the town. I sit here wondering what will come of me, I can't be eaten looking as . . . | Suggest Changes |
| The Solstihanukkamas Song (to the tune of Toreador from Carmen) | ... | Jim Rebhan | Gleaming menorahs on the Christmas trees. Tales of three wise men and Maccabees. La--tkes on a fruitcake, hot and fresh. Dreidels placed by the creche. Christmas and Hanukkah Can be abused If you get both confused. . . . | Suggest Changes |
| This Mountain | Hugh Blumenfeld | Hugh Blumenfeld | This Mountain This is not an age of faith This is not an age of miracles We dont believe anything they say We dont believe anything at all But when December grabs you by the throat Better look for something burning deep inside your coat CHORUS: From the top of . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Tsindt On Likhtelekh | ... | M. Rivesman | Tsindt on likhtelekh dininke, sheyne Zey zoln brenen eyne nokh eyne! Du, Yehudo, eybik lebstu Akht teg tsufridn Zingen mir, yidn Akht teg gantse klingt undzer shir! Freylekh lustikh likhtele finkl Du zolst balaykhtn hel yeder vinkl "Al hanisim" hoykh zogt, kinder Zingt freylekh, brider Khaneke-lider Ir zolt nit fargest . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Un candlika | Hanna Comprenedas | Michele Sanatree | Un candelika deux candelikas trois candelikas quatre candelikas quante candelikas six candelikas sept candelikas huit candelikas .... de Chanukah!! . . . | Suggest Changes |
| Y'vanim | ... | Liturgy | Y'vanim nikb'tsu alay azay bime chashmanim Ufartsu chomot migdalay v'timu kol hashmanim Uminotar kankanim naasa nes lashoshanim B'ne vina y'me shmona kavu shir ur'nanim . . . | Suggest Changes |
| YEME HAHANUKA | ... | ... | YEMEY HAHANUKA HANUKAT MIGDASHEINU BEGIL UBESIMCHA MEMALIM ET LIBEINU LAILA VAYOM SVIVONEINU YISOV SUVGANIOTH NOCHAL GAM LAROV HAIRU HADLIKU NEROTH HANUKA RABIM AL HA NISSIM VE AL HANIFLAOTH ASHER HOLELU HA MAKABIM AL HA NISSIM VE AL HANIFLAOTH ASHER HOLELU HA MAKABIM . . . | Suggest Changes |
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