Shine Little Candles: Chanukah Songs for Children

Rachel Buchman | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (November 7, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder Select
• ASIN: B00004Z3UT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,818,540 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nu in the Middle

2. Chanukah Greetings

3. Gut Yontef Aych, Kinder (Happy Holiday, Children)

4. B'rachot (Blessings Over the Chanukah Candles)

5. Haneyrot Halalu Anu Madlikin (These Lights We Kindle)

6. Ma'oz Tsur (Mighty Rock)

7. Ocho Diyas Di Felisita (Eight Days of Happiness)

8. Who Fought Antiochus?

9. Hayo Haya Melech Rasha (Once There Was a Wicked King)

10. Counting in Ladino

11. Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles)

12. Ani Ner Rishon (I Am the First Candle)

13. What the Candles Say

14. Banu Choshech l'Garesh (We've Come to Drive Away Darkness)

15. What's a Dreydl?

16. I Had a Little Dreydl

17. Mayn Dreydl (My Dreydl)

18. The Dreydls That Wouldn't Stop

19. A Freylech Vinter-Lid (A Happy Winter Song)

20. Sheleg Al Ha'aretz (Snowy Land)

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and singable - greats for kids!, December 13, 2001

By 

Eva Rothman (Upton, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shine Little Candles: Chanukah Songs for Children (Audio CD)

Really REALLY enjoyed this CD! Nice mix of English, Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew - all with transliterations as well as verses in English. Melodies are fun and singable, all very different and nicely put together so you get a nice "flow" as you listen to the whole thing. Buchman's instrumentation is simple, mostly nylon-strung guitar and some violin and accordion and bells, but have an intimate cozy feel to them. Use of children's voices is just right. Dreydl songs, latke songs, party songs, and the story of Chanukah all rolled into one CD. Bonus: you can sing along with the candle blessings on track 4 if you don't know them well yourself. If you only get one Chanukah CD for your kids (or you), this should be it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chanukah for kindergarten kids, December 1, 2007

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Brigitte Bruehl (Bielefeld) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shine Little Candles: Chanukah Songs for Children (Audio CD)

I bought this CD to be able to "teach" my daughter the blessings and the classic songs "Maoz Tsur" and "Hanerot Halaluh". I got a lot more than I had bargained for. We thoroughly enjoy hearing the story of Chanukah told by delightful characters such as the "candle" and the "gelt". And we have the added bonus of learning a little Yiddish and Ladino, too.
If I see something similar for Passover or the high holidays, I will buy it immediately. Lots of fun and the perfect way to teach Kindergarten kids.