[HANASHIR:12777] Re: Chanukah

[Marsha Fensin <mfsings...>]

It's from a collection called Latke Ditties by Ben Aronin.  The song
itself is called Each Chanukah we Glorify and it goes like this. ( It is
my rabbi's favorite Chanukah song and so I do it each year.)  Enjoy!!!

To the tune of Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah

1.Each Chanukkah we glorify brave Judah Maccabeus
   Who had the courage to defy Antiochus, and free us
   Yet it is not fair That we should forget
   Mrs. Maccabeus To whom we owe a debt

She mixed it
She fixed it
She poured it into a bowl
(You may NOT guess
But it was the LATkes
That gave brave Judah a soul)
Repeat last three lines

2. The Syrians said, "It cannot be
That old Mattathias
Whose years are more than 83
Will dare to defy us!"

But they didn't kow his secret, you see
Mattathias dined
On latkes and tea

One latke
Two latkes
And so on into the night
(YOu may NOT guess
But it was the LATkes
That gave him the courage to fight)

3. Now this is how it came about
This gastronomic wonder
The broke the ranks of Syria
Like flaming bolts of thunder

Mrs. Maccabeus
Wrote in the dough
Portions of the Torah
Then fried them just so

They shimmered
They glimmered
Absorbing the olive oil
(You may Not guess
But it was the LATkes
That made the Syrians recoil)

4. Now these little latkes
Brown and delicious
Must have hit the spot 'cause
With appetites vicious
All the heroes downed them
After their toil
Causing in our Temple
A shortage of oil.

One Latke
Two latkes
And so on into the night
(You may NOT guess
But it was the LAT kes
That gave us the Channukah light.

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