MAOZ TZUR – ROCK OF AGES

The blessings above are said each of the chanukah days

except the third one which is reserved for the first evening only.

Em portuguese:

 

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This famous anthem

Maoz Tzur

below celebrates the end of tyranny and

the emergence of freedom.




Second Verse 
Ra’ot sav’ah nafshi, b’yagon kochi chalah, 
Chai’yai meraru b’kushi b’shibud malchut eglah, 
Uv’yado hagdolah hotsi et-hasgulah, 
Chayl Paroh v’chol zaro-yordu k’even m’tsulah. 
Third Verse 
D’vir kodsho hevi’ani, v’gam sham lo shakat’ti, 
Uva Nogess v’higlani, ki zarim avad’ti, 
V’yeyn ra’al masachti, kim’at she’a’varti, 
Kets bavel, Z’rubavel l’kets shivim no’shati. 
Fourth Verse 
Krot komat b’rosh bikesh aga’gi ben-ham’data, 
V’nih’yatah lo l’mokesh, v’ga’avato nishbatah, 
Rosh y’mini niseta, v’oyev sh’mo machita, 
Rov banav, v’kinyanav, al ha’ets talita. 
Fifth Verse 
Y’vanim nik’b’tsu alai, azai bimey Chashmanim, 
Ufartsu chomot migdalai, v’timu kol-hashmanim, 
Uminotar kankanim, na’asah ness l’shoshanim, 
B’nei vinah, y’mei sh’monah, kav’u shir ur’nanim. 

Free chanukah greeting cards:
 


Animated and with music:

http://www.chabad.org/tools/cards/default_cdo/aid/225487/jewish/Chanukah-Greeting-Cards.htm
Animated and with music:
http://www.123greetings.com/events/hanukkah/happy/
Do-it-your-self-style:

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/chanukah/cards/index.html
  Back to KOPJIK's chanukah page:
 

https://kopjik.wordpress.com/chanuka-and-latkes/