Chaunkah Music
Dec. 23rd, 2025 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fauxkloreOy, I forgot to post this last night.
For several years, I’ve posted a Chanukah song to Facebook every day of the holiday. Here is what I found for this year:
Night 1: We Are Lights. This is Cantor Avi Schwartz of Park Avenue Synagogue and Mira Davis, with the New York Children’s Chorus. The song was written by Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the songs for Wicked among other things.
Night 2: I am a big fan of Ari Lesser, a Chasidic rapper. I was amused by his piece, Hanukkah Diet.
Night 3: There are several Jewish a cappella groups who do Chanukah songs every year. The Maccabeats are one of the best known. This year’s selection features a K-pop Demon Hunters medley. There’s another version with video, but it was a bit AI-dominated so I chose the version with the lyrics.
Night 4: Nani Vazana is an amazing singer, who sings primarily in Ladino. Ocho Kandelikas, written by Flory Jagoda is probably the best known Ladino Chanukah song.
Night 5: We’re back to another a cappella group who also chose K-pop Demon Hunters for their Chanukah song this year. Here’s Six13 with Golden
Night 6: I had to include a Yiddish song. Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out who the singer is from the Facebook reel. It’s from a facebook group called Yiddish music lovers.
Night 7: This took me to the late great Ofra Haza with a 1974 song about Hannah and her seven sons.
Night 8: The last of the a cappella groups this year was Y-Studs, who used the Jonas Brothers as their inspiration for A Very Jonas Hanukkah.
Bonus song: I couldn’t resist including this bit from Couplet Comedy. Here's a medley about what would happen if Chanukah had weirdly sexual songs like Christmas.
For several years, I’ve posted a Chanukah song to Facebook every day of the holiday. Here is what I found for this year:
Night 1: We Are Lights. This is Cantor Avi Schwartz of Park Avenue Synagogue and Mira Davis, with the New York Children’s Chorus. The song was written by Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the songs for Wicked among other things.
Night 2: I am a big fan of Ari Lesser, a Chasidic rapper. I was amused by his piece, Hanukkah Diet.
Night 3: There are several Jewish a cappella groups who do Chanukah songs every year. The Maccabeats are one of the best known. This year’s selection features a K-pop Demon Hunters medley. There’s another version with video, but it was a bit AI-dominated so I chose the version with the lyrics.
Night 4: Nani Vazana is an amazing singer, who sings primarily in Ladino. Ocho Kandelikas, written by Flory Jagoda is probably the best known Ladino Chanukah song.
Night 5: We’re back to another a cappella group who also chose K-pop Demon Hunters for their Chanukah song this year. Here’s Six13 with Golden
Night 6: I had to include a Yiddish song. Unfortunately, I couldn’t figure out who the singer is from the Facebook reel. It’s from a facebook group called Yiddish music lovers.
Night 7: This took me to the late great Ofra Haza with a 1974 song about Hannah and her seven sons.
Night 8: The last of the a cappella groups this year was Y-Studs, who used the Jonas Brothers as their inspiration for A Very Jonas Hanukkah.
Bonus song: I couldn’t resist including this bit from Couplet Comedy. Here's a medley about what would happen if Chanukah had weirdly sexual songs like Christmas.
