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A lesson in the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, with music to spare. Festive and engaging, though klezmer music is one of those either/or propositions. If you like it, it's gr...Read more
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What a mechayah (pleasure!) mix of old and new songs
This CD is a fantastic mix of old and new Hanukkah songs, in the form of a family home celebration that is not some tedious preachy trip. The kids joke around with each other,...Read more
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Thank you so very mcuh it was the perfect thing for my children to about part of their heritage on Dad's side...Now it takes him back and he can enjoy with his children just l...Read more

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UPC:081227553722
Artist:Jewish Wedding Band
Format:CD
Release Year:1998
Record Label:Kid Rhino
Genre:Chanukah, International

Track Listing
1. Hey! It's Hanukkah!
2. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
3. Blessing
4. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
5. I Have a Little Dreidl
6. Variations on a Hanukkah Tune
7. Hanukkah at Home
8. Hanukkah Fraylach
9. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
10. Hanukkah Hop, The
11. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
12. Hanukkah Waltz
13. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
14. Hanukkah, Oh, Hanukkah
15. In the Darkest Days
16. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
17. Ocho Kandelikas
18. God Rest Ye, Jerry Mandelbaum
19. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
20. We've Got a Lotta Latkes
21. Dance of the Leftover Latkes
22. Sh'monot Y'May
23. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
24. In the Window
25. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
26. Low She Lies
27. (Untitled) - (dialogue)
28. Hanukkah Remembered

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Distributor:WEA (Distributor)
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:n/a

Album Notes
A lesson in the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, with music to spare. Festive and engaging, though klezmer music is one of those either/or propositions. If you like it, it's great fun. If not, it's punishment. ~ Ross Boissoneau

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What a mechayah (pleasure!) mix of old and new songs

Created: 17/12/06
This CD is a fantastic mix of old and new Hanukkah songs, in the form of a family home celebration that is not some tedious preachy trip. The kids joke around with each other, explain a lot of things to the adults, and vice versa, in normal conversation.

As for the songs, there's a nice rendition of the Dreydel song with FIVE VERSES (in English) that explain the meaning of each letter in the game. Plus you can learn to count to 8 in Ladio with "Ocho Candelitas." Other songs are in Hebrew and Yiddish, while their original new song, "Hanukkah at Home" is in English with an Israeli-sounding tune.

Among the other new songs are "In the Darkest Days," which tells how we light the candles in that long nights of the winter solstice, at the dark of the moon. Think about it -- Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev, so Rosh Chodesh (New Moon) of the month of Tevet always falls in the middle of the holiday. Even if you live in the Southern Hemisphere (where it is summer at Hanukkah time) you still light the menorah at the dark of the moon. I'd never even thought about that until I heard this song. What a great insight!

Another winter song on this CD is "In The Window," which tells how Jews in the villages of Europe (and also today) lit their menorahs on the windowsill. The song goes through lighting the eight candles of Hanukkah and how they reflect onto the newly-fallen snow in a mellow, reflective tune that is very catchy. It's another counting-to-8 song, too.

Not all the songs are so serious. There's plenty of fun and some silliness here, too. The "Hanukkah Waltz" is "lighter than latkes and smoother than schmaltz," and you can "kiss the maydl with the ladle" (Mom in the kitchen?) before you do "The Hanukkah Hop." If you are a gullible little kid who falls for the tale of the "Dance of the Leftover Latkes" your older siblings tell you, then at least "We've Gotta Lotta Latkes."

The last number on this CD, "Hanukkah Remembered," is an instrumental medley of all the old favorites -- enjoyed by the parents after the kids have fallen asleep at last. All in all, it's a wonderful CD -- highly recommended!
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Created: 10/12/06
Thank you so very mcuh it was the perfect thing for my children to about part of their heritage on Dad's side...Now it takes him back and he can enjoy with his children just like he was back in his childhood...It was a great price and would do business again with you!
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