Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: eeevil conservative
GOD BLESS AMERICA and Shame on those that feel they have the right to come here for a JOB and CHANGE our traditions.

She is bothered by the silly dreidel song. I, too, suspect it is not the Jewish equivalent to Silent Night. I am pretty sure had this woman gone to the music teacher and asked to teach the students a much better representative of a Hannukah song, the music teacher would have been happy with that.

46 posted on 12/25/2005 11:16:49 AM PST by Dianna
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies ]


To: Dianna
With the fondest of Holiday regards, ma'am, please try to get beyond the simple equivalences of "fair and balanced" already. Let's move ahead on the ladder, higher than matching one song to t'other.

One big theme of Christmas is lighting up the spirit of man by being foolish with delight in the face of the bleak season, a solace from the short cold days and the long dark freezing nights. An effort of lighting up with lights, festivities, bright cakes and decoration, effusive promises of goodwill and peace and a glittery glowing hope founded in plain belief.

It is a social effort perfectly suited for the most joyous ebullient emotion-tugging songs and music! With grog and nog to accelerate the charms of it all!

Yet Channukah is a different Holiday. Determination and Will, Zealousness for G-d, willingness to sacrifice to uphold traditions and worship, those are the human motives that set the tone of the Jewish Calendar's 25th of the Month. Those are the motives of tha Maccabees, of Hannah who saw all her children executed one-by-one by the Greeks in front of her rather than any of her beloved ones follow non-Jewish religious practise.

What are the Songs for that?

67 posted on 12/25/2005 11:40:09 AM PST by bvw
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 46 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson