And a little more courtesy of Chanukah...
Let's start old school--very old school indeed, since the words come from paragraphs inserted into prayers during Chanukah (and Purim) and date back to perhaps the 8th or 9th Century, the Gaonic period. (For more details, see this post or perhaps this one.) The melody, from the group Six13, is considerably more recent.
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And then there's this one, which is new this year, from the group Clipping--which is to say, by Daveed Diggs (yes, that one), Jonathan Snipes, and William Hutson:
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Clearly we must include this song--not only is it a new Chanukah song, but puppy, and also, Klezmer rap! Plus it's awesome to have the diversity of the Jewish community celebrated like this.
Of course, the fact that it is a Chanukah song is enough to have it included here, but also...Daveed Diggs's (yes, that one) mother is Jewish, which means that he is Jewish. Which I suppose is obvious by his first name. (The other two members of Clipping, although impressively talented, are not so much Jewish, although in an NPR interview Snipes did say, "I think Bill and I can both sort of claim some sort of hereditary Judaism.")
Video posted by Tizmoret A Cappella
And then there's this one, which is new this year, from the group Clipping--which is to say, by Daveed Diggs (yes, that one), Jonathan Snipes, and William Hutson:
Video posted by DisneyMusicVEVO
Clearly we must include this song--not only is it a new Chanukah song, but puppy, and also, Klezmer rap! Plus it's awesome to have the diversity of the Jewish community celebrated like this.
Of course, the fact that it is a Chanukah song is enough to have it included here, but also...Daveed Diggs's (yes, that one) mother is Jewish, which means that he is Jewish. Which I suppose is obvious by his first name. (The other two members of Clipping, although impressively talented, are not so much Jewish, although in an NPR interview Snipes did say, "I think Bill and I can both sort of claim some sort of hereditary Judaism.")
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