{"id":6147,"date":"2018-11-11T11:21:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T11:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/11\/11\/maoz-tzur-a-traditional-hannukah-song"},"modified":"2019-12-18T10:05:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T08:05:20","slug":"maoz-tzur-a-traditional-hannukah-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/11\/11\/maoz-tzur-a-traditional-hannukah-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Maoz Tzur: A Traditional Hannukah Song (multiple melodies)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FFw4f0x2mzI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em>Thought to have been written in the 13th century, Ma&#8217;oz Tzur\u00a0is a liturgical poem traditionally sung by Ashkenazi Jews\u00a0after lighting the festival lights on Hannukah. The lyrics, provided below in Hebrew and English, present a poetic retelling of Jewish history, celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people from four ancient enemies: the Egyptians (Pharaoh), the Romans (Nebuchadnezzar), the Persians (Haman) and the Greeks (Antiochus). Adapted from an old German folk-song, the popular melody presented in the above <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FFw4f0x2mzI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> is sung almost universally by Jews on Hannukah, both for Maoz Tzur and other Hannukah songs. Following the lyrics, listen to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OQixfEA20f8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">traditional Breslov Hasidic melody<\/a> and a traditional<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rkIc1adgD_M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Moroccan melody<\/a> for Maoz Tzur.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ead-preview\"><div class=\"ead-document\" style=\"position: relative;padding-top: 90%;\"><div class=\"ead-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkol-ami.kulam.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F27%2F2018%2F11%2FMaoz-Tzur-sheet-lighter.pdf&amp;embedded=true&amp;hl=en\" title=\"Embedded Document\" class=\"ead-iframe\" style=\"width: 100%;height: 100%;border: none;position: absolute;left: 0;top: 0;visibility: hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-loading\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;left:0;top:0;z-index:10;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-wrap\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-main\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/loading.svg\" width=\"55\" height=\"55\" alt=\"Loader\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Loading...<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-loading-foot-title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/EAD-logo.svg\" alt=\"EAD Logo\" width=\"36\" height=\"23\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Taking too long?<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ead-document-btn ead-reload-btn\" role=\"button\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/reload.svg\" alt=\"Reload\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Reload document\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>|<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/11\/Maoz-Tzur-sheet-lighter.pdf\" class=\"ead-document-btn\" target=\"_blank\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/embed-any-document\/images\/open.svg\" alt=\"Open\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\"\/> Open in new tab\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div><p class=\"embed_download\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2018\/11\/Maoz-Tzur-sheet-lighter.pdf\" download >Download [328.91 KB] <\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Breslov Melody Performed by Yosef Karduner<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQixfEA20f8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<h3>Traditional Moroccan Melody<\/h3>\n<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rkIc1adgD_M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thought to have been written in the 13th century, Ma&#8217;oz Tzur\u00a0is a liturgical poem traditionally sung by Ashkenazi Jews\u00a0after lighting the festival lights on Hannukah. 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