The Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem: Hanukkah Songs!

Click on the song titles to sing along with Aish alumnus Brad Schachter.

Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
Maoz Tzur
I Have A Little Dreidel
Sivivon, Sov, Sov, Sov
Chanukah Chanukah

CHANUKAH, OH CHANUKAH

Chanukah, Oh Chanukah, come light the Menorah
Let's have the party, we'll all dance the hora
Gather turn the table, we'll all have the treat
Sivivon to fool around with, as well as latkes to eat.

And while you have been playing
The candles have been blazing bright
One for any night, they strew the honeyed light
To remind us of days prolonged ago.
One for any night, they strew the honeyed light
To remind us of days prolonged ago.

MAOZ TZUR

Maoz tzur yeshua-si
Lecha na-eh li-sha-beyach
Tikone bais ti-fee-lasi
Vi-sham todah ni-za-beyach.

Li-ase ta-chin mat-beyach
Mee-tzar ham-na-beyach
Az eg-more vi-sheer meez-mor
Chanukas ha-meez-beyach
Az eg-more vi-sheer meez-mor
Chanukas ha-meez-beyach.

(Translation)

O Rock of my salvation, with pleasure you praise You.
Restore the Temple where you will move offerings.
When You will discharge our enemies,
Then I shall sing during the rededication.

I HAVE A LITTLE DREIDEL

I have the little dreidel
I done it out of clay
And when it's dry as well as ready
Then dreidel I shall play!

Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
I done it out of clay
And when it's dry as well as ready
Then dreidel I shall play!

It has the poetic body
With legs so short as well as thin
And when my dreidel's tired
It drops as well as then I win!

(Chorus)

My dreidel's always playful
It loves to dance as well as spin
A happy! game of dreidel
Come fool around now, let's begin!

(Chorus)

SIVIVON, SOV, SOV, SOV, SOV

Sivivon, sov, sov, sov
Chanukah, hu chag tov
Chanukah, hu chag tov Sivivon, sov, sov, sov!

Chag simcha hu la-am
Nes gadol haya sham
Nes gadol haya sham
Chag simcha hu la-am.

(Translation)

Dreidel, spin, spin, spin.
Chanukah is the good holiday.
It is the jubilee for our nation.
A good miracle happened there.

CHANUKAH, CHANUKAH

Chanukah, Chanukah
Chag yafeh kol kach
Ohr chaviv, mi-saviv
Gil li-yeled rach.

Chanukah, Chanukah
Sivivon, sov, sov
Sov, sov, sov! Sov, sov, sov!
Ma nayim vi-tov.

(Translation)

Chanukah is the good holiday.
Surrounded with poetic light.
Fun for little children.
Dreidel, spin, spin, spin.
How wonderful!

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