{"id":12448,"date":"2018-09-17T12:21:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T09:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/09\/17\/shakin-the-lulav-sukkot-parody"},"modified":"2018-09-17T12:21:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T09:21:17","slug":"shakin-the-lulav-sukkot-parody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/09\/17\/shakin-the-lulav-sukkot-parody\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakin&#8217; the Lulav (Sukkot Parody)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gODQ0pgR64Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>In this playful <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gODQ0pgR64Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sukkot-themed parody<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b-VAxGJdJeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beatles&#8217; &#8220;Twist and Shout,&#8221;<\/a> David Bar-Cohn and friends dance around Jerusalem and Ramat Beit Shemesh, singing about the Four Species. Despite its silly nature, the song actually teaches a lot about the rituals and themes of the holiday, including the English and Hebrew names of all Four Species, how we shake them, and the importance of inviting guests and Jewish unity on this special festival. The lyrics can be seen below.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Shakin&#8217; the Lulav<\/h2>\n<p>We&#8217;re shaking the lulav now (Shaking the lulav)<br \/>\nUp and down (Back and forth)<br \/>\nTake it into the Sukkah now (Into the Sukkah)<br \/>\nAll seven days (But not on Shabbos &#8211; oooh)<\/p>\n<p>I got the four species now (Arba minim)<br \/>\nMy willow branches, yeah (Aravot)<br \/>\nI shaka, shaka shake my myrtle now (That&#8217;s Hadassim)<br \/>\nAnd now I&#8217;m feeling b&#8217;simcha (I knew you would &#8211; ooooh)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re shaking the lulav now (Shaking the lulav)<br \/>\nFront and back (6 directions)<br \/>\nTake it back to the center now (Back to the center)<br \/>\nHodu LaShem Ki Tov (Ki L&#8217;olam Chasdo &#8211; ooooh)<\/p>\n<p>A got a bumpy little esrog now (Yellow citron)<br \/>\nYou know it looks so fine (Smells so good)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s gonna make some tasty jelly, yeah (Havdala spice)<br \/>\nBut during Sukkos you&#8217;re mine (I know you&#8217;re mine &#8211; ooooh)<\/p>\n<p>Hoshia na Hatzlicha na Hoshia na Hatzlicha na<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re shaking the lulav now (Shaking the lulav)<br \/>\nUp and down (Back and forth)<br \/>\nCome on, come on, come on, in the sukkah now (Into the Sukkah)<br \/>\nGet on under the s&#8217;chach (Under the s&#8217;chach &#8211; oooh)<\/p>\n<p>Come on invite the Ushipzin now (Avraham Avinu)<br \/>\nYou gotta open your heart (Open wide)<br \/>\nI&#8217;m loving loving Am Yisrael (The Jewish people)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re all together now (All together now &#8211; oooh)<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll shake-a, shake-a, shake-a lulav now (Shake the lulav)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll shake-a, shake-a, shake-a lulav now (Shake the lulav)<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll shake-a, shake-a, shake-a lulav now (Shake the lulav)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this playful Sukkot-themed parody of The Beatles&#8217; &#8220;Twist and Shout,&#8221; David Bar-Cohn and friends dance around Jerusalem and Ramat Beit Shemesh, singing about the Four Species. Despite its silly nature, the song actually teaches a lot about the rituals and themes of the holiday, including the English and Hebrew names of all Four Species, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[2610],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=12448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12448\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12450\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=12448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=12448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=12448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}