And Thy word broke their sword, when our own strength failed us.

 

 

BIG BAND WELCOME!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oAy72TjqI0

 

 

ps 22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsY0qJduFN8

Lelsie Odom Jr.-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Odom_Jr.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beb8FsHBh-g

 

            IF THEY CAN DO IT, SO CAN YOU! 

 

See the handout.

 

 

• Maoz Tzur is a song that we sing right after lighting the candles on each night of Hanukkah

•       Most synagogues and families sing the first paragraph, but it is actually part of a larger poem that is five stanzas long

• In this case, the author of this poem’s name is Mordechai • Each stanza begins with a letter of his name - see if you can find it

 מ- ר-ד - כ-י : This is also meant to help the people singing it remember which verse they are on

• Also like many poems, Maoz Tzur is a rhyming poem: leshabeach, nezabeach, etc.

 

• Three themes to identify from this poem:

1.    The opening words:  Maoz tzur - the poem identifies God as the Jewish people’s Maoz - fortress, and tzur – rock--  In times of trouble, these are two of the most protective and comforting images for a person or nation who is scared - being protected by a fortress and supported by their rock

2.   The middle stanzas include other times in our people’s history when we faced persecution - slavery in Egypt, Babylonian exile and captivity, and Haman in the Esther story --We zoom out of the Hanukkah story and talk about other moments of discrimination in our history

3.   In the final stanza, the poet poetically summarizes what happened during Hanukkah; The ancient Greeks surrounded the Jewish people, they broke down Jerusalem’s towers and defiled the Temple o And yet, there was a miracle, and now we celebrate for eight days

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Italian version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8Hq_qJDWww&t=14s

Modern Israeli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50yjOBTXH0s

 

 

You will learn by the numbers!! I will teach you! By the sea!

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LslsgH3-UFU