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Return to main lyrics page Light the Menorah L’Shana Tovah A long time ago back in history Around the year 174 BCE There was a Syrian king with a lot of enemies And he went by the name Antiochus Epiphanes He lost his war with the land of egypt In Jerusalem, on the jews he flipped The temple got robbed and the torah burned Many Jews died as his hatred churned Worship forbidden for it meant death Life as a Jew didn’t have much left Thousands were murdered from town to town Where there was an idol not a Jew bowed down (CHORUS) Come on everybody and let’s spin the dreidle Keep the story alive if you’re willing and able Read from the torah and light the menorah Eat potato latkes and all do the horah Matathias and Judah were father and son Respected Jews with a belief in one From the village of Modin the Maccabees came Their faith was strong, like a burning flame The hills of Judea is where they hid Then strike at the Syrians is what they did Sometimes they won, sometimes they lost Devotion to their faith was worth the cost Jerusalem and the Temple, the ultimate goal To take back the life that the Syrians stole Out numbered, ill equipped Judah led his men Against 40,000 Syrians way back then (CHORUS) One by one those heathens fell Destiny knew what time would tell The temple reclaimed and cleansed from sin A new altar was built for the Jews to begin Rededicate the temple for the world to see It was the year 164 BCE The 25th of Kislev little oil remained To light the menorah with a brand new flame Somehow the oil lasted ‘till more was made They say it was a miracle the flame had stayed The Jews had favor in the Lord’s great ways That’s why Jews celebrate for those eight days (CHORUS) Where my Heebs at? Shalom! (4x) Where my Heebs at, where my Heebs at, where my heebs at, shalom! Return to main lyrics page

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