Hanukkah 5783
Hag urim sameach! The Festival of Lights is just around the corner! Learn about candle lighting, programming, and more!
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What’s it Like to be a Latke?
Through the whimsical imagination of childhood, think what it must be like to be a latke, one of the foods made with oil that attend the Festival of Lights. At our Debbie Friedman tribute concert this past summer, Cantor Schwartz and his daughters, “the two most precious latkes in the room,” sang...
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Cantors Schwartz, Davis, and Lazar Sing S’vivon (“Dreidel”)
Spin, turn, and sing along with us to our favorite dreidel song!
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Cantors Sing "Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah"
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Medley: Hanukkah Like You’ve Never Heard It Before!
Laughter and joy are an important way we bring more light into the world. When we smile, we make the world a more beautiful place. Cantor Schwartz had so much fun creating this medley with Oran Eldor and performing it with David Enlow and the PAS Ensemble. Can you recognize these all-time favorit...
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Hanukkah Candle Lighting with Cantor Schwartz
Lighting the Hanukkah candles is a favorite tradition. Tonight as we enter the festival of lights, we wish you all many blessings, health, joy, and love. Happy Hanukkah!
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Cantors Schwartz and Davis Sing Hanerot Hallalu (“We Kindle These Lights”)
This ultimate cantorial Hanukkah classic by Zavel Zilberts (1881–1949) expresses all the wonder of the Festival of Lights, reminding us that the candles are not to be used, only gazed upon in consideration of miracles. Innovating within the tradition, we have commissioned a duet version of the or...
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Cantor Schwartz Sings Nadlik Beyahad Ner (“Light a Candle”)
The Festival of Lights calls us to light a candle, banish the darkness, say a blessing, and enjoy the miracle of light. While this song was written for the Eurovision Song Contest, not for Hanukkah, we couldn’t resist its imagery of fighting hopelessness by creating light together. When the figur...