- This choral work is a setting of one of the liturgical texts used in the Hanukkah lighting ceremony: the text is sung immediately after the lights are lit on each night of the celebration.1
- At a home menorah lighting ceremony, this prayer would be chanted. This polyphonic choral setting is meant for public lighting ceremonies.2
- Read more about the text’s pronunciation and translation.
- Read more about the musical-liturgical use of the Hannerot Hallalu prayer.
Sources
- 7Neil W. Levin, “Hannerot hallalu,” The Milken Archive, accessed November 22, 2021, https://www.milkenarchive.org/music/volumes/view/cycle-of-life-in-synagogue-and-home/work/hannerot-hallalu/.
- 8Neil Levin, liner notes to A Hanukka Celebration, Carolina Chamber Choir et al, Naxos 8.559410, CD, 2004.
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10309