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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
time: 00:32
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A song (to the tune of O Chanukah)
Each Chanukah we glorify Brave Judas Maccabeus
Who had the courage to defy Antiochus, and free us.
Yet it is not fair that we should forget
Mrs. Maccabeus, 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 Judas a soul.
(Repeat last three lines)
The Syrians said "it cannot be"
That old Mattathias
Whose years are more than eighty-three
Will dare to defy us!"
But they didn't know 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 courage to fight.
Now this is how it came about
This gastronomic wonder
That brake the ranks of Syria
Like flaming bolts of thunder.
Mrs. Maccabeus wrote in the dough
Portions of the Torah, then fried them so.
They shimmered, they simmered,
Absorbing the olive oil.
You may NOT guess
But it was the LATKES
That made the Syrians recoil.
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 LATKES
That gave us the Chanukah light.
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FUKCOV - Former United Kingdom Colony of Virginia
Dec 2000
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quote:
Originally posted by aaglo
Enlighten the ingorant #1:
What is meaning of Hanukka? |
Short version - circa 200 BCE, Judea (Israel) was ruled by the Syrian Greeks (heirs of Alexanders conquest, based in Antioch) Their ruler, Antiochus IV Ephipanes(?), banned Jewish religious practices, profaned the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, etc. A family called the Maccabees led a guerilla war, which liberated Jerusalem. Only one days worth of non-profaned oil was found for the temple lamps, and it would take 8 days to procure more. By a rare post-biblical miracle, the oil burned for 8 days.
Celebrations commemorate both the victory of the Maccabees, and the miracle of the oil. Emphasis has shifted from time to time.
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Bereta_Eder
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Chanukah!!!! Chanukah!!!!!!
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