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Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir Hanukkah Concert

Sun, Dec 15

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Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture

Candles, dreydls, latkes and miracles! The choir will perform songs for Hanukkah in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino, and English

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Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir Hanukkah Concert
Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir Hanukkah Concert

Time & Location

Dec 15, 2024, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St, Vancouver, BC V5Z 3G9, Canada

Event Description

After a long absence, the Vancouver Jewish Folk Choir will be performing our Hanukkah/Khanike repertoire at the Peretz Centre this year! Songs in Yiddish, English, Hebrew, and Ladino.


1:30pm: Doors open

2pm-3pm: Choir performance (1 hour)

3pm: Coffee, tea, and light refreshments


 

Khanike (Hanukkah) Repertoire


Al ha-nisim (Heb; The miracle): trad; arr. D. Millard

Avi hidlik nerot-li (Heb; folk tune; arr. E. Peach, D. Millard)

Blessing for kindling the hanukah lights (Heb; trad; arr. T. Garber)

Borukh ate, zingt der tate (Yid; Blessed art thou, sings father): A. Reysen/S. Golub; arr. Z. Mlotek

Chanukah (Eng; S. Secunda/T. Garber)

Drey, dredeleh (Yid; A. Ellstein/M. Oysher; arr. J. Jacobsen)

Hanerot halalu (Heb; trad; arr. D. Millard)

Hanuka, hanuka (Ladino; F. Jagoda; arr. D. Millard)

Hayo, haya (Heb; trad; arr. D. Millard)

Light One Candle (Eng; P. Yarrow)

Ma’oz tsur (Venetian melody) (Heb; trad/medieval Jewish tune; arr. D. Millard)

Mi ze yemalel (Heb; trad, arr. D. Millard)

O, ir kleyne likhtelekh (Yid; Oh, the little lights): M. Rosenfeld/L. Low; arr. D. Millard

Ocho kandelikas (Ladino; Eight candles): F. Jagoda; arr. D. Millard

One day and a week (Eng; D. Bakan; arr. D. Millard)

Oy khanike (Yid; trad; arr. S. James/D. Millard)

Rock of Ages (Eng/Heb; trad; arr. D. Millard)

S’vivon sov/Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl (Heb: L. Kipnis/Yid: M. Gelbart/trad; arr. D. Millard)

Tsindt on likht’lekh (Yid; M. Rivesman/trad; arr. D. Millard)


You can watch the CBC coverage of last year's Khanike concert (at the downtown branch of the Vancouver Public Library) here:


Tickets

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