six13 – arianukah (an ariana grande chanukah)

What better way for a bunch of guys who love to sing to #ring in Chanukah than an homage to the reigning Princess of Pop? Join us in commemorating the Festival of Lights in (Ariana) #Grande fashion, as we celebrate the miracles God performed to help us #breakfree from religious tyranny. We've got some latkes to fry... CHAG SAMEACH! #IsBibbleKosher
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Anchored by a strong Jewish identity and driven by a mission to connect Jews around the globe with their heritage through music, professional Jewish a cappella group Six13 are the originators of today's Jewish a cappella sound. They've performed to rave reviews at the White House for Barack and Michelle Obama, and millions more at synagogues, religious schools, JCCs, fundraising events, B'nai Mitzvah and private affairs alike, received numerous awards for their eight best-selling CDs, and been selected as finalists for casting in NBC's "The Sing-Off".
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Based on songs by Ariana Grande
0:00 "some latkes to fry" (no tears left to cry)
0:24 "traditions" (positions)
0:53 "chanukah things" (7 rings)
1:47 "left to right" (side to side)
2:47 "made free" (break free)
Music by A. Grande, M. Martin, S. Kotecha, I. Salmanzadeh, A. Barrett, T. Brown, N. Charles, S. Franks, L. Holmes, J. Jarvis, V. Monét, T. Parx, N. Vitia, K. Krysiuk, M. Foster, C. Anderson, R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein II, A. Kronlund, O. Maraj and A. Zaslavski
Lyrics by Mike Boxer, Spencer Garfield, Elliot Olshansky, Nathaniel Ribner and Dan Singer
Arranged by Mike Boxer
Recorded by Six13
Edited by Jeff Eames
Mixed by Ed Boyer
Mastered by Dave Sperandio
Produced by Mike Boxer

Video edited and produced by Kristine Slipson
Filmed by Josh Sauer
"Bohemian Chanukah" and "Star Wars Chanukah" footage by David Khabinsky
Special thanks to Hashem, our talented guest stars, our loving families, all our incredible audio and video production staff, our alumni, our silhouette, and #arianators everywhere. 👯‍♀️👯
Six13 is:
Mike Boxer | Carl Haber
Lior Melnick | Craig Resmovits
Nathaniel Ribner | Josh Sauer
Jacob Spadaro | Mordy Weinstein

(c) 2020 Six13

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LYRICS
First night, I’m in a state of mind
I wanna be in like all eight nights
We got some latkes to fry
So I’m cookin’ em up, cookin’ em up,
I’m mixin’ and fixin’ and cookin’ ‘em up
Flippin’ it up, flippin’ it up
Loving and lighting so we burn ‘em up
Yeah, we burnin’ it up
Livin’ them traditions of Jews
Latkes in the kitchen and sufganiyot too
Talk about the miracles, the old and the new
Lightin’ the menorah, say shehecheyanu
And we will all do traditions of Jews
Latkes in the kitchen and sufganiyot too
Talk about the miracles, the old and the new
Know God’s might infinite, nothing Greeks could ever do
And we will stay true to traditions of Jews
Polished menorahs and bright colored candles
Food cooked in oil I barely can handle
“Sevivon” and “Al Hanisim” to sing
Get yourself all of your Chanukah things
2000 years we have been celebrating
Stir the potatoes with onions we’re grating
Four little letters, just look at them spin
Nun, then a gimmel, a hay, and a shin (yuh)
My wrist, keep watchin’, my form is flawless
I spin the driedel, my coins are chocolate
You like my gelt? Todah, just won it
I see it, I spin it, a gimmel, I got it
A gimmel, I got it. (4x)
No shins, no nuns, no heys, just gimmels
I see it, I spin it, a gimmel...
We’re singin’ to ya
‘Cause the Maccabees would study the Torah
Now we put the candles in the menorah
And we all gotta say the blessings
We’ll light ‘em for ya
And we got a lot of gelt on the table
Doesn’t matter, ‘cause we’ll beat you at dreidel
And the sufganiyot are tempting
These lights will never shine too much
Our people don’t give up
Dispel the dark with light
It lasted eight nights
It lasted eight days
And now, we gotta light it left to right
Lightin’ candles eight nights
Add a candle each day
And my menorah, it's gettin’ lit from left to right
Antiochus told us
We couldn’t pray like before
But then Judah, and his brothers
Wouldn’t take anymore
‘Cause they weren't afraid to die in the fight
God stretched out His hand as they showed their heart
Then the oil lasted for eight nights
Now we celebrate ‘cause it's Chanukah
This is the part when the War of Judea
Made us stronger than we’d been before
This is the part when the Maccabees
Made Assyrian oppression no more
This is the part where we light the menorah
Just like in all those years before
This is the part we were made free
And that's why we sing “Maoz Tzur”