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Eight Days of Hanukkah

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I take my hat off to Senator Orrin Hatch for being part of a Hanukkah song with co-writer Madeline Stone. This is a fun song that shares the real meaning of the celebration. I learned something while I clapped along! The music is so contagious I can't get it out of my head. Hope they write some more songs together!

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch's "Eight Days of Hanukkah" is an underground cult classic. True,comic Adam Sandler's Hanukkah song which is a shout-out to Jewish celebrities is a hit of its own, but Orrin Hatch triumphs through sheer weirdness. Hatch is,for one thing, Mormon. According to Mormonism, the ancient Israelites settled the Americas,the Garden of Eden was in Missouri,and Jesus visited the Nephites/Lamanites (Native Americans) after His Ascension.

"Eight Days of Hanukkah" is a rollicking novelty song about the Maccabees battling Greek oppression. It's a song about religious freedom, fighting for justice--and it's catchy. One day,this will be a karaoke song. Happy Hanukkah!

This little song celebrating Hanukkah is available free for download. You can also access a video clip on Youtube.

The song is very bad (worse than anything from the Eurovision Song Contest). It's main claim to fame is that the lyrics were written by Orrin Hatch, a Mormon senator representing Utah. Both Hatch and the actual singer Rasheeda Azar can be seen in the Youtube clip, together with the inevitable children. I was somewhat disappointed that Hatch doesn't sing it himself, LOL.

Hatch enjoys good relations with the Jewish community, but one wonders what the Living Prophet says about this one? Didn't God tell Joseph Smith that the apocrypha aren't inspired and shouldn't be "translated"?

Happy Hanukkah, BTW. (A bit too late, presumably.)

The song is good, but the background is a bit bazarre! Listening to a Hanukkah song written by a Mormon is kind of like listening to Neil Diamond (who's Jewish) sing Christmas carols. Something's just not quite right!

oy! make it stop! please make it stop! it's horrible and making Chanukah look/sound so bad! omg... i don't even know how to describe this - if it belongs to any genre. it's like half bad oldie pop, half almost really bad rap? i'm sorry i had to stop listening.

His lyrics say

"They lit the Menorah in that holy place"

In fact, the oil was for a Ner Tamid (eternal light), NOT a Menorah. Let Mr. Hatch stick to things he knows about and leave the Jews alone!

This is a great song for school groups who need to be inclusive and diverse in their holiday concerts! I hope they find it - much, much better and even educational than the Dreidel song.