A Taste of Chanukah

- Transcript
Thank. Goodness. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Worth thanks. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Theodore. Roosevelt. You.
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of come using from many lands and in many languages Our music is a celebration of food fun heroism and Faith and Miracles. Hanukkah is a story that is over 2000 years old a century and a half before the first Christmas. The story of a war fought by Jews whose land had been invaded but who refused to bow to the demands that they worship false gods and idols. A small band of courageous joins the Maccabees outnumbered. Fought back and recaptured Jerusalem but the Holy Temple had been desecrated and the eternal light was dark. They found only one container of oil for the light that was still untouched and pure. Only enough to burn for one day. Yet the Maccabees lit the flame and it burned for eight days. This is the miracle we celebrate in every land where Jews live by kindling the Hanukkah
lamps with eight candles. And here with the Judeo Spanish touch or choke on daily costs you. Yes.
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Remember all the hustle and bustle as kind of car approaches the irresistible smells the waiting but finally it arrives and on each of the eight days for a few moments everything stops for the holiest moment. The blessing and lighting of the candles. I have watched the light from these candles shine in my children's eyes as a child in mind when I was small blessid out the candles and the children. Ladies and gentlemen I'd like you to meet Cantor Morton shames you. Home mother tongue wash.
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on the Sabbath of Hanukkah we read from ZAKARIA And we are reminded the Jews were saved not by might not by power. But by My Spirit saith the Lord. Love the title. My. Love was. My was so. Close. Then why. Was she. Was. So. My
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We remember it with gifts that we exchanged each of the eight nights with games and of course. With special food. Somebody once said that most Jewish holidays could be summed up in one phrase. And this is truer of Hanukkah than of most. They try to kill us. They didn't succeed. Let's eat. Thank you. I am hard to go and to be this beautiful holiday Chanukkah it is a beautiful holiday a holiday off lights. What a beautiful holiday for a hug. Seeing miracles. And you heard this sound of music of Hanukkah. Everything else about Hanukkah. But you did not hear what you came for. It taste of Hanukkah. And dark with time going to talk to you about. As you know Hanukkah is know all over the world. The food for Hanukkah is lost because now we want to know why I. Hate a lot as to why not for
something else you could break. Just from any other substance you know that the Jewish people what they ate every day. It's a you know it. It's Bush or Bush. But Titus it's even a song who is doing this to commit US Dawlish think. Verse 5. Shaba Sarka Google the phone and it shows you that the people ate all the time. So what do you think is going to be the luckiest made off of believers because Doc was very tasty very accessible now who discover the border with Alaska where did THAT come from. That was easy for me to find out from my family to my great grandmother's sister in law. You may have heard of her name was hired by a chick come from a small town and never bought it. Because the qualifier buried a lot. She had made the most beautiful lost because of the role she played a lot in the middle of the
year so they named a higher bail at the last. And because it's our good luck this I have the recipe. Nobody else has the US. And because you came to hear me I'll share a 3Q. What I do. I take three medium sized Patel uterus. I take the egg and a quarter cup of flour. I would take out the old fashioned food processor saw in the AA a few. Thank you thank you. And you're grinding potatoes and you have to be very careful not to keep him too close to the thought of what you have you'll hear Flay should kill off this hard nut. You do take afterwards. That is a little because you see every
Jewish affair every joyous occasion we share tears but come so Michael lost his stuffed enough to hear but Titus to the ground so we have to have the Arnolds. So you look away put on glasses or you better ask your husband to do it. I. Think that will avoid everything. Now if you mix it up all together which I have mixed before because we want to save time and we start. Over start making the lock this now you know I don't like when people call Loftis. But pancake a pancake. Alaska. Bank cake looks like a sick Latka. Thank you. Looks like Alaska that has been my wish. You know when you may clock this is wonderful that not only taste good but it smells within the kitchen. Now we make the last fish and we put it
on the plate. Tough to watch. Lucky could be also as you know frozen. You can put it as a side dish but most people do it as a main dish. I do it as a main dish you have to serve it that apple sauce. Cinema or sour cream but the way you want to give it sort of a death. It will go you can eat that without anything to nobody complained here. Now. You put it afterwards on a paper towel to take out the ferrets but the most important thing. Don't put all the office plates and put it on the table people. Get back to work. So what do you do if you take a big plate and put it they give you a few leftists and move away. Been. Through it. And.
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God. Thank you. Whether you believe the story of the miracle of the lamp literally as a child might matters little what does matter is the notion that freedom is like the light that burns brightly in spite of those who seek to extinguish it. And freedom is not something that you win and then put away in a closet has to be fought for in every generation whenever and wherever it is threatened. That is the reason we must remind ourselves of the struggle year after year honeys scene of the miracles as we speak. And it. Was. OK.
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Hanukkah literally means dedication face and dedication have sustained the Jewish people for thousands of years. If those determined souls in Jerusalem over 2000 years ago had not fought for what they believed the Jewish religion might have faded into darkness sold each year in the dock of the winter days. We celebrate the festival of lights and we celebrate the strength of tradition and dedication which help us always to remember. Please join me in Rock of Ages. Matos. Was. That. Bush.
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The word besides all the important lessons of Hanukkah we should also remember to have fun. This is a time for children and games. What would Hanukkah be without a grateful and Hanukkah gelt to play for now. The four Hebrew letters on the sides of the drape will remind us of the miracle. Each side of the dreidel has a Hebrew letter on it. You win when the leather comes up after you spin is higher in value than your partners in the game. The letters are noon gimbal Hey Shane. They stand for NES Godzilla
Hajar Shum a great miracle happened there in Israel. The last letter was changed from machine to a page from Sharm to Paul. A great miracle happened here make sense let the children tell you all about it. You. Will. Meet. My. Will. You. Say. You. Will. Was. And.
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Oh. Oh oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you thank you good. Thank you thank you. Ladies and gentlemen parents and children grand children and grand parents thank
you for celebrating with us. It has been a joy sharing with you this season of so many miracles a light would not die a child's smile. Families together sharing food and laughter and perhaps remembering the history with a little heartburn miracle of remembering the miracle of faith. Happy Hanukkah. Thank you. For. This. Thank.
You. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks thanks thanks to Ed thank God
thank you thank you thank. You. Thank you. Thank. You. Thank you. The the. With thank. God for a taste of Hanukkah was provided by the ENO support of PBS viewers like you.
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- Program
- A Taste of Chanukah
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- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
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- Description
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- Around the world the Jewish festival of Chanukah is celebrated with songs, rituals, prayers, and the preparation of special foods. It is at once a lively public celebration and an intimate, private time of contemplation. A Taste of Chanukah, a 60-minute performance program featuring a gospel choir, klezmer band, children's choir, orchestra, cantor, juggler, cooking demonstrations and more, all led by host Theodore Bikel, weaves these elements together to celebrate the holiday. The program was taped at the New England Conservatory before a live audience. Each act of A Taste of Chanukah begins with an introduction by Bikel, and is comprised of a well-paced selection of musical pieces, narration, humor, and stage action. Act One tells the story of Chanukah and focuses on the anticipation, excitement and preparations for the holiday: included are rousing klezmer tunes, children's songs, cooking demonstrations, and a campy show-stopping girl-group number in the 1940s style. Act Two is about miracles, and features the lighting of the candles on stage during a rousing and moving performance of "The Candle Blessings" by Cantor Morton Shames and a child soloist. This act includes the more contemplative numbers, and ends with the audience joining in for a chorus of the well-known and traditional "Maoz Tsur" ("Rock of Ages"). Act Three begins with pieces about the heroes and martyrs of Chanukah, including classical performances of Handel's "Behold the Conquering Hero" as well as a Gospel prayer, then turns to the after-dinner songs of celebration, games, and the ever famous dreydl, ending with a raucous performance of "Drey Dreydle" in the Moishe Oysher style with klezmer band! The theme song of "Oy Chanukah" is woven throughout the program in various versions for continuity and thematic recognition. A wide array of sounds, instruments and ensembles are used in the concert, including dumbek, banjo, accordion, an early music ensemble, a mariachi number with trumpets, gospel choir and piano, children singing in costume, a cantor singing with full choir and orchestra, a 1950s doo-wop piece and soloists singing a cappella. Host Theodore Bikel acts as the link between public and private, audience and performers; he addresses the live and television audience directly to share very brief personal anecdotes and historical context.
- Date
- 1999-02-28
- Topics
- Holiday
- Subjects
- Jewish culture: arts, media and heritage; Jewish cooking; Rites and ceremonies; Hanukkah; klezmer music; Judaism Prayers and devotions; Dreidel (Game); Jews Music
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:57:18
- Credits
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Director: de Besche, Austin
Executive Producer2: Slavin, Gerald
Producer2: Vos, David
Producer2: Solins, Jon
Producer2: Mandelbaum, Juan
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WGBH
Identifier: b0432580c06188a0345c8103d0f7de66bfe763ff (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: Quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:00:00
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- Chicago: “A Taste of Chanukah,” 1999-02-28, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed August 12, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-xw47p8ts66.
- MLA: “A Taste of Chanukah.” 1999-02-28. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. August 12, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-xw47p8ts66>.
- APA: A Taste of Chanukah. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-xw47p8ts66