I do enjoy enjoy the perspective of Yiddish. Here are two Yiddish songs about Hannukah:
Oh, you tiny candlelights,
you tell such histories
stories without end.
You tell of blood spilt,
bravery and skill,
wonders of days of yore.
Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah,
A beautiful holiday,
Lusty and happy,
There’s no other holiday like it.
Every night we play dreidls
And we eat steaming hot latkes.
Come children in a flash
Light the slender, small candles!
Tell of all the wonders,
Thank God for the miracles
(now I’ve forgotten the last line some thing about dancing …)
This is the first anniversary of Operation ‘cast lead’ – It is terrible to me that we have done nothing to help rebuild what we destroyed. Some readers of mine have complained that I only feel sympathy for Arabs, but I see this as part of Judaism, the responsibility for others, and if we lose our humanity we have lost everything.
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