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Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 Temple Emanu-El Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 We lift our wine glass, but we do not drink: ָבּרוּך ַָאהתּ ְיָי ֱֵאיוּנלה ֶֶמךל ָָהוֹעלם , רוֹבּ ֵא ִיְפּר ֶָןַהפגּ . Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagfen. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine. We lift the spices, smell, and pass them around the circle: ָבּרוּך ַָאהתּ ְיָי ֱֵאיוּנלה ֶֶמךל ָָהוֹעלם , רוֹבּ ֵא ֵיינִמ ְִָבישׂםמ . Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei minei v’samim. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of varied spices. We bring the light toward our faces: ָבּרוּך ַָאהתּ ְיָי ֱֵאיוּנלה ֶֶמךל ָָהוֹעלם , רוֹבּ ֵא ְֵמיוֹאר ֵָהאשׁ . Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei m’orei ha-eish. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the lights of fire. After this blessing we sip the wine and extinguish the Havdalah candle in the remaining wine: ָבּר ךוּ ַָאהתּ ְיָי ֱֵאיוּנלה ֶֶמךל ָָהוֹעלם , ְִַיַהלדּבמּ ןיֵבּ ֶשׁדֹק ְלחוֹל . Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, hamavdil bein kodesh l’chol. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe: who distinguishes between the holy and ordinary. ְִַיַהלדּבמּ ןיֵבּ ֶשׁדֹק ְלחוֹל , ַחֵֹטּאינוּת וּהא ִיְמֹחל ְַזֵרﬠנוּ ְוְַכֵספּנוּ ְַיֶרבּה ַכּוֹחל , ְוַככּוִָֹכבים ְָלהיַבּלּ ָ . Hamavdil bein kodesh l’chol, chatoteinu hu yimchol, zareinu v’chaspeinu yarbeh kachol, v’chakochavim balailah. May the One who distinguishes between the holy and the ordinary, pardon our sins; multiply our offspring and our possessions as grains of sand and as the stars at night. ִוּהיֵאל ָ ִָיַהבנּא , ִוּהיֵאל ָ ְִַהיתּבּשּׁ ִ , ִוּהיֵאל ָ ְִָידﬠַהלגּ ִ . ְִֵָבּרהמה ֵָינוּיְבּמ , ָיבוֹא ֵיוּנֵאל , ִﬠם ִָמיחשׁ ַ ןֶבּ – ִָדּוד . Eliyahu hanavi, Eliyahu hatishbi, Eliyahu hagiladi. Bimheirah b’yameinu, yavo eileinu, im Mashiach ben David. May Elijah the prophet, Elijah the Tishbite, Elijah of Gilead, quickly come to us heralding redemption. !Shavua tov ַָשׁוּבע בוֹט … … Temple Emanu-El Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 1.Light These Lights and Chanukah 2. Maoz Tzur Rock of Ages Blessings Trad. Arrg. A.W. Binder Debbie Friedman Oh hear my prayer I sing to You Maoz tsur y’shuati l’cha naeh l’shabeiach. Be gracious to the ones I love Tikon beit t’filati v’sham todah n’zabeiach And bless them with good-ness and L’eit tachin matbeiach mtsar ha mercy and peace, m’nabeiach. Oh hear my prayer to You. Az egmor b’shir mizmor, chanukat ha mizbeiach. Let us light these lights, and see the way to You, and let us say Amein (2x) Rock of Ages let our song praise Your saving power. Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha- You amid the raging foes were our olam sheltering tower. Asher Kid-sha-nu B’mitz-vo-tav; Furious they assailed us, but Your arm vitz-i-vanu l’had-lik-neir shel Chanukah availed us, And your word broke their sword when Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha- our own strength failed us. olam She-a-sah ni-sim la-vo-tei-nu Children of the Maccabees, whether free Ba-ya-mim ha-heim, baz-man ha-zeh. or fettered, Wake the echoes of the songs where you Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha- may be scatted. olam Yours the message cheering, that the Shehecheyanu, V’ki-y’ma-nu, v’hig-i-anu time is nearing, Laz’-man ha-zeh Which will see all people free, tyrants disappearing. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who makes us Julie Silver Addition: holy with Your commandments, commanding us to kindle the lights of Rock of Ages hear our song a peaceful Chanukah; bringing us into this time of revolution. miracles, and for helping us to reach this Tired of battles fierce and long we yearn moment in this season. for resolution. We are young and learning, but the tide is turning. And your words light a fire in our souls its burning. Temple Emanu-El Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 3.Mi Y’maleil? Who Can Retell? The times when love was hard to find, Folk arr. By Eric Werner You came to lead us home. In this story of redemption, in this tale that Mi Y’ma-leil g’vu-rot Yis’ra-el o-tan mi we will always tell. yim’neh? In the legend of our victory, a hero came Hein b’chol dor ya-kum ha-gi-bor go-eil to set us free, to bring us peace at last. ha-am. (Chorus) Who can retell the things that befell us, Verse 2: who can count them? For the Spirit of this Season, and the In every age a hero or sage comes to our seasons that have yet to come. aid. For the miracles that happened there, the future that we all will share, the wonders Sh’ma! Baya-mim ha-heim baz’man ha- we will know. (chorus) zeh Mac-a-bi mo-shi-a u’fo-deh. 5.Judah Maccabee, The Hammer Uv’ya-mei-nu kol am Yis’ra-el yit-a-cheid, Ellen Allard Ya-kum l’hi-ga-eil. Chorus: Judah Judah Judah Maccabee! Sh’ma! At this time of year in days of Judah Maccabee the Hammer. (2x) yore, Verse 1: Maccabees the Temple did restore. Son of Mat-ta-thi-as a brave man. And today our people, as we dreamed, They called him Judah Maccabee. Will arise, unite and be redeemed. He led the Jews in their freedom fight, battles fought in the day and night, a hero 4.In These Lights for you and me!!!! (chorus) Josh Nelson Chorus: Verse 2: In these lights, we are surrounded by The Jewish people worshipped one God, these lights and the celebrated all their holy days. We are reminded by these lights, there Then the king commended them, “no are stories that will light our way. more, my idols you will bow before, the In these lights, we are reflected in these end is near if you do not obey!” singing lights, we are protected by these lights, (chorus) there are miracles to find here in these Verse 3: lights. Fearful the Jews refused to fight, they gave in to the Greeks instead. Verse 1: But Judah said “we cannot wait, the time In the days when we were broken, in the is now, don’t hesitate, come follow me” nights when we were falling fast. And so the Maccabees he led, he was In the times when hope was left behind, (chorus) Temple Emanu-El Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 5.Judah Maccabee, The Hammer 7.Chanukah Chag Yafeh Cont’d Chanukah, Chanukah, Chag Yafeh Ellen Allard kol kach Or Chaviv, misaviv, Verse 4: Gil l’yeled rach! Chanukah,, Antiochus sent his army to capture all the Chanukah, S’vivon Sov Sov Maccabees. Three long years, the Jews fought back, Sov Sov Sov, Sov Sov Sov, Ma they survived the attacks, they live on in naim vatov! our memories! (chorus) Chanukah, Chanukah,Happy 6.Chanukah o Chanukah Holiday, Traditional Chanukah Chanukah,Time to Sing Oh Chanukah, oh Chanukah, come light and play. the menorah, Chanukah, Chanukah watch the Let’s have a party we’ll all dance the horah. dreidle turn Gather round the table we’ll give you a Turn turn turn, turn turn turn, as the treat. candles burn! Svivon to play with and latkes to eat. And while we are playing, the candles are Chanukah, Chanukah, windows burning low. glowing bright. Chanukah, One for each night they bring us sweet Chanukah, latkes every night! light to remind us of days long ago. Chanukah Chanukah holiday of joy Yiddish: Dance and sing, spirit bring, Oi Cha-nu-ke Oi Cha-nu-ke a yon-tov Every girl and boy! a shei-ner, a lus-ti-ker, a frei-li-cher, ni-to noch a-zoi-ner. A-le nacht in drei-dlech shpi-ln mir. Zu-dik hei-se latkes, essn mir. Ge-shvinder, tsindt kin-der. Di di-nin-ke Lich-te-lech ohn. Zogt “al ha-ni-ssim” loybt Got far di ni- ssim, Kumt gi-cher tan-tsn in kon. Temple Emanu-El Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 8.(I’m Spending_) Hanukkah 10.I have a little Dreidle in Santa Monica, Goldfarb, Grossman Tom Lehrer I have a little dreidle, I’m spending Hanukkah in Santa Monica I made it out of clay, Wearing sandals, lighting candles by the sea. And when its dry and ready, I spent Sha-vu-ous in East St. Louis, Then dreidle I shall play A charming spot, but clearly not the spot for me! Chorus O, Dreidle Dreidle Dreidle, Those Eastern winters, I can’t endure I made it out of clay, ‘em, And when its dry and ready, So every year I pack my gear and come out here till Purim! Then dreidle I shall play Rosh Hashonah I spend in Arizona, And Yom Kippuh way down in It has a lovely body, with leg Mississippuh. So short and thin, And when it gets all tired, But in December there’s just one place for It drops, and then I win!(Chorus) me; Amid the California flora I’ll be lighting my menorah, like a baby in his cradle I’ll be playing with my dreidel- My dreidle’s always playful here’s to Judas Maccabeus, boy if he It loves to dance and spin, could only see us spending A happy game of dreidle, Hanukkah in Santa Monica by the Sea! Come play now, let’s begin!(Chorus) 9.Sufganiyot Ellan Allard Suf-ga-ni-yot gonna gonna make some Suf-ga-ni-yot, so yummy in the middle! Suf-ga-ni-yot, gonna gonna make some Suf-ga-ni-ga-ni-yot! What’s in the middle? [insert your favorite!] Whats in the middle? Suf-ga-ni-yot! (2x) Crisp on the outside soft on the inside, Poppity pop it into your mouth! Suf-ga-ni-yot, Suf-ga-ni-yot, Suf-ga-ni-yot Suf-ga-ni-yot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Temple Emanu-El Chanukah Havdallah with Cantor Adesnik 12.12.20 11.The Latke Song 12.S’vivion Debbie Friedman Kaelter Verse 1: I am so mixed up that I cannot tell you.
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