The Maccabeats - Candlelight - Hanukkah

Based on Mike Tompkins' a cappella version of Taio Cruz's "Dynamite".
Produced by Immanuel Shalev
Video by Uri Westrich
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[@keshaheffron4425]

Still love this song after all these years and I am a Black American Christian.

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

It was a cultural reset. 10 years later and it’s still such a masterpiece

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

@@avrahamcohensaban I watched it in Hebrew school.

[@gphrix5203]

now its its 11 years now :(

[@nopep5606]

yes

[@bluebabex420]

Agreed.

[@vaughanbaker1177]

Absolutely!

[@adagamefreak]

I'm a Greek, and I still appreciate how hard this song slaps. Happy Hannakuh and sorry for forcing our ways on yall thousands of years ago.

[@hrgirl26]

Haha no problem my friend! It's all good. :) That whole slavery in Egypt thing.... We're still pissed about that one. :P

[@annabordelon6663]

All good now

[@alwaysninja8078]

@@hrgirl26please don’t do :P

[@shoshanaepstein2376]

You're cool with us, come visit

[@chatisawasteoftime]

We got an 8 day holiday of it, but don't try it again. Please :)

[@mariekopf8175]

Twelve years later, I still love this rendition. Happy Hanukkah!

[@Lyrics4y0u]

Happy Chanukah!

[@esya08]

Yesss

[@DuckyDave]

@@Lyrics4y0u happy hannukah!

[@Bettymurray-hd7oi]

Bless your heart you rock for not giving up your faith!!!!!

[@yuval5841]

thank you!

[@marilialevacov2939]

Now, in December 2023, after the horrific October massacre, these Hanuka songs seem particularly meaningful. 💙🕎💙🇮🇱💙

[@Gabskincare]

😢❤😢 ty

[@pierre-christiansinger5763]

I changed my mind. October 7th TERMINATED any ppm (parts per million) sympathy left for Arabs, Palestineans, Muslims or whatever they call themselve!!! Their unhuman crimes have not been a declaration of war just to Israel but to EVERY living being that exists!!! ❤❤❤🇮🇱❤❤❤

[@Roblox20626]

Go Israel

[@newtpollution]

This song is only 11 years old and, while I'm nearly 30, I still feel like I've known it all my life. Genuinely cannot wait to introduce my kids to it someday.

[@charlottewalsh7979]

Ur not 30 with a goblin profile

[@newtpollution]

@@charlottewalsh7979 Amazingly picrew doesn't have an age limit.

[@delilahdrinkwater7057]

Do dinosaurs have ate limits

[@delilahdrinkwater7057]

I ment age

[@chavalampert8541]

The takeaway from growing up Jewish: I only know the lyrics to this version of the song. Not the real one.

[@cherrytucker5698]

When dynamite comes on I mix all the lyrics with this one. Lol.

[@enriquebenyamincohen]

Fubfrjhhfhfjsichvdb Godinez Finich Finich hace

[@jayakumar9984]

somehow me too, and I'm not even Jewish

[@dannywerner6599]

then you think the other guy stole it

[@havaq3252]

OMG YES MEEE

[@hannahbatisrael]

Jewish and proud ❤ Happy Hanukkah ❤✡️🤗

[@kralyoh]

happy Hanukkah to all my jewish brothers and sisters Greetings from Turkey :)

[@mycelium9629]

Happy Channukah!

[@leamichelle5086]

Finwë Has happy Hanukkah 🕎 again coming soon yay 😁

[@Israelball]

Happy Channukh 2018!

[@BABekah13]

Have a happy Hanukkah

[@aishwaryayaddanapudi5778]

Finwë 🇮🇳🇮🇱from India

[@nancyadelson51]

Not only do you learn a bit of Jewish history and traditions, but also you're entertained by these talented, creative guys!! Todah Robah!! Thank you tons!!!

[@inktoonz]

i remember being 6 in jewish sunday school and memorizing this and watching it on the tv on the library and im currently crying

[@buttqrflyvs6287]

stop thats so cute wth- jewish sunday school was elite idc

[@inktoonz]

@@buttqrflyvs6287 i miss it sm 😭

[@totallynot.vinnie]

I USED TO GO TO JEWISH SUNDAY SCHOOL TOO

[@Tali5899]

Inktoons.Dont cry,it might never happen.

[@alexbeaux5366]

I' m not a Jew ,however this is so nostalgic. My teacher once played this and I just remembered it and spreads a nice holiday message and lightened the mood in lockdown.😃

[@devorahleahgoldstein8865]

מחואר מאוד

[@chuchubit]

I swear I come to listen to this every year.

[@sarahadler528]

Noxiyu Wolf Same.

[@mollypocrass4562]

Noxiyu Wolf so do I, as evidenced right now

[@talyakapach6528]

Sameeeeee

[@ocmiss]

And hère we go for another round!

[@mlbjoey9647]

Same bruh

[@kobyschechter8163]

First night of Hanukkah December 10, 2020 anyone?

[@elenwinl9786]

Happy Hanukkah mate! Nes Gadol Haya Sham!

[@lizaharris4517]

i played this at dinner for my family bc somehow they have never heard it 🤯 i've been jamming out to this song for YEARS

[@vanessatarbes]

me

[@ohad3210]

@@elenwinl9786 NES GADOL HAYA PO

[@rileys.4980]

Happy Last night

[@emh7063]

My Religious studies teacher made us listen to this and we all loved it

[@udin7010]

Same

[@flippi6951]

Ye same ha

[@zkxx0424]

Omg same!

[@Reecex3]

Same. Haven’t heard this in 7 years

[@zkxx0424]

I haven’t heard this for a while I love it!

[@moemunneymoe]

The six year old I babysit makes me play this everyday. She isn’t Jewish and it isn’t even Hanukah.

[@screamtoasigh9984]

That's adorable. Did she listen to The fountainheads too?

[@momkestner]

cute - kids are great

[@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts]

@@momkestner why do you think so?

[@momkestner]

@@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts because Moe said the 6 yr old she babysits wants to hear the song daily. :)

[@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts]

@@momkestner you said 'kids' not that one specific kid. That's implying that every kid on the planet wants to hear Candlelight by the Maccabeats when they are not Jewish and it is not Channukah.

[@themonalisa2545]

My Sunday school playing this 100 times a year lol I’ve memorized it

[@yulyb1959]

haha damm same

[@aesthetictoast7395]

I cant listen to the original song without listening to this at the same time

[@BirdWorld23]

What the real one

[@BirdWorld23]

What’s the name

[@aharonossip6205]

What's the original called

[@yali5710]

They always played this in Sunday school. When it was popular. Gosh I miss those times

[@luckylatte6146]

I remember in my first year of Hebrew school the rabbi played this on the computer before Hanukkah. Currently in my last year of Hebrew school but I will never forget this song and will always keep learning Torah 🙏✡️🕍

[@PissySkyKat]

So yeah, we're not Jewish, but my ex once thought his relatives were, back a few generations. Plus, I have an aunt by marriage whose mother survived Auschwitz. So I started observing Hanukkah with my kids when they were really little. Now, despite the divorce, finding out my ex's relatives weren't actually Jewish, and my great aunt passing away, my kids are hooked... And not celebrating Hanukkah would be as bad or worse than not celebrating Christmas. Plus, it's a really inspiring story, and more and more Christians are realizing that Hanukkah is important to our religious observances. Tonight I just caught myself saying "it just wouldn't be Hanukkah without the Maccabeats." 😅

[@MM-nd1zz]

Consider Conversion

[@sabrinastratton1991]

Consider conversion..o did with my kids. It's rather annoying Christians are using g OUR holidays when they have their own, especially since Xmas wasn't celebrated in Jesus's time

[@daisyduck77]

What a fantastic song! I was teaching ten year olds about Hanukkah today. The children LOVED singing along with this song while they made their own dreidels.

[@joelgamer356real]

Their now 18 year old

[@Samuel-Devos-7]

WOW So happy my jewish girlfriend convert.. showed me this music !

[@ShilatElkayam]

how relevant is it noww....happy chanucka!!!

[@dscottsw1]

This is my annual Hanukkah video posting. Now it's a tradition. NEVER get tired of it.

[@liyareiben4753]

Can not believe it's been 8 years since the song was released... Happy hanukkah 2018 חנוכה שמח 🕎 Edit: it's been 2 years and now we got corona :( Also thanks for all the likes

[@oris7952]

THANKS YOU I AM FROM ISRAEL! TODAY ITS Candlelight

[@strugglingcollegestudent]

@@oris7952 Am yisrael chai!! Love from your Jewish cousins in the states

[@jitaru3707]

Oh my gosh I'm so proud of myself I'm learning Hebrew and I could read that

[@Frenchyfrenchfry]

Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish brothers and sisters from Canada!

[@LizzyTheTransWitch]

I remember my history teacher showing us this. That's probably the 1st time I actually wanted to celebrate Jewish heiritage as a Christian. We should know these things since before we were Christian we were Jewish. We should be into our roots as Jews and to have cultural tradition with them. Love you, my breathern! God bless ✡ ✝️

[@sabrinastratton1991]

You guys have your own holidays. Jesus didn't even celebrate Hanukkah. Now if a Jew invited you to celebrate that's diffrent. But to straight up light a hanukkiyah or hold your own seder is massively offensive to many if not most Jews. Stick to Christmas. If a Jewish friend invites you to Hanukkah party tho you can go. The Hanukkiyah is a special object it's not for Christians to toy with

[@imisstoronto3121]

@@LizzyTheTransWitch The other poster is correct. Jesus did not celebrate Chanukah because it really did not become part of Judaism until centuries later. Yes we were aware of the victory over the Greeks etc, but it was not fully formed until centuries later. Whielwe appreciate the empathy, please stick to your own holidays.

[@mariadefraga1781]

This is my favorite Hanukkah song I listen to it every year 💟🔯🕎🇮🇱💙❤️🎶🎵

[@craftbrothers8754]

I’M A JEW AND I’M PROUD OF IT

[@renatasaraziemska7729]

Happy ROSH-HASHANAH ,, from London

[@jacksonwolfman2637]

La’shana tova U’metukah

[@missadel20]

me too

[@jacksonwolfman2637]

Mazel Tov

[@avrahamisrael1648]

Same bro

[@aishwaryayaddanapudi5778]

Happy Hanukkah from India :)) 🇮🇳🇮🇱

[@aaeccs]

thanks to my jewish boyfriend to showing me this absolute BANGER

[@yaboi4429]

Nostalgia brought me back. Still love this 😭☺️

[@edenstewart6734]

Finding myself singing this all week.

[@michaelnewman7511]

I’m Proud to be a Jew and My Jewish Heritage. Happy Chanukah to all of my fellow Jewish brothers and sisters

[@aaronmhowe]

This song never gets old.

[@aryehadventures9657]

Whenever it is a holiday me and my friends persuade our teacher to play this song, and everyone in the class sings along and dances. We love you maccabeats!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@GamingInColourGIC]

That moment when you find out your science teacher sung in this xD

[@GamingInColourGIC]

+CaitsMusicVids Yep xD

[@xxcaitxx4157]

Lol

[@nonono9406]

+CaitsMusicVids are all of us in ormiston

[@banditlp1241]

Are you sure?

[@Esteec10AJ]

+Jon Lewis XD in wich part?

[@geralynanderson7975]

My husband just texted me from the waiting room, irritated by the Christmas mix playing so I'm making him an alt-Christmas list. This is first. Such a banger.

[@briangothic1970]

still jamming to this song in 2020

[@dscottsw1]

Me too - have posted it on Facebook every year since it came out. Absolutely favorite.

[@5555emily]

Haha same

[@jesusc186]

Me too! 💙

[@mrhitech6742]

2020

[@arthurcooperman3106]

Can’t believe it’s been over 9 years! I was in second grade. I’m a junior in high school now. Time flies.

[@KendraHolliday]

Still love it, years later. My daughter was 10 when this came out - she's 21 now!

[@jacobnair6707]

Time flies!

[@bennyh1211]

Checking back in for Chanukah 5784🔥

[@JayaJTV]

My freshman year roommate in college was Jewish and showed me this song and to this day I sing parts of it every time I think of Dynamite. Amazing

[@randomgamingtv5322]

Can’t believe it has been a decade

[@samuelb3028]

I know It feels like it was yesterday

[@lmodel6134]

It makes me proud to hear young jews around the world to not only continue the tradition, but to inspire others with such a modern beautiful vidio in the Chanukah tradition

[@francescaa8331]

I want to mention also, the talent of the director and editor. This is a really fun video to watch.

[@stephenlief846]

Hello Maccabeats! I am unfortunately in Covid quarantine for the duration of Chanukah, and this song really picked me up! Happy Chanukah to all of you, and hatzlachah on your learning and chesed! Hashem should continue to shed his light on all of us!

[@YHWH101]

Taking wormwood or ivermectin?

[@erebusagarista8031]

@@YHWH101 ivermectin didn't save the people I knew who were taking it 😔

[@YitzyKlein]

12 years later and I still love it it’s an amazing song happy Hanukkah

[@ItzLyre]

This is the most beautiful Hanukkah song I've heard❤

[@beatrizmilian3660]

I'm not Jewish but I hear this song every day

[@AmeliaSpano-ld2vc]

i love this spong!😍😊😊😊😊😊

[@d.olluwu]

thank you supermega

[@Hlea613]

Let there be peace in Jerusalam.

[@itmwarehouse]

Yes! Amen! :)

[@robertvesler6633]

יהיה שלום בישראל

[@Hlea613]

Happy Hannukah!!!

[@robertvesler6633]

Im not jew (just half but i celebrate Hanukkah) but Merry Happy Happy Chappy Hanukkah

[@Hlea613]

Thank you

[@arielschwartzman9144]

How’d this come out 10 years ago

[@dasijacob]

ikr

[@TempuraBoy]

i remember my 7th grade math teacher put this on for us, shout out to mr walker

[@zarinaa1135]

ICONIC!!!

[@kerenyaar471]

G

[@Ylluria]

These are too cute! I'm not Jewish, but I positively love these. Blessed (belated) Hanukkah, all! ♥

[@JulianneRigali]

Thank you! I am in my 50s, but still love to sing this song the entire time I am frying up latkes. This was on repeat last night! :)

[@rivky11225]

this song still slaps

[@lauralewis7422]

Thank you Israel for preserving the Word and Jesus. My boys came home from school and said they didn’t want to listen to Christmas songs while we make Christmas cards tonight because we should listen to Hanukkah songs instead. I found another playlist before this one with accordion classical is how I can describe it. This pop song remake was a lot of fun. We played it on repeat. My boys told me about the helper candle in the middle of the menorah. Good work on the song lyrics and video. You all have beautiful voices. Keep up lifting your voices in praises to the Lord. God protect and keep you safe. Amen.

[@alwaysninja8078]

Thank you 🙏

[@Blubins]

This is good

[@moranaronov6250]

Good song! I am from israel. חג חנוכה שמח לכולם!

[@LeeWiner]

אני גם!

[@gabeabraham1757]

This popped up and my brain just flashed back to nine years ago and I remember this video so vividly and when I first watched it, the first time this little Jewish boy had the perfect song to dance to. Great memories! Thanks for this amazingness!

[@genevievemaynard9382]

There is so much to appreciate about this song and this group as a whole.

[@ASMRShalom]

HA! I came looking for Shabbat music, and I found this awesome video! Shalom

[@pm8397]

GiacomoKnox שלום, אני אוהב את המוזיקה הזאת בדיוק כמו שאתה עושה! אבל מצאתי את זה כי זה השיר האהוב על אבא שלי

[@inspectorlior]

I am Jewish and Israeli and I love this song!!!!

[@WeneedmoreGodsinTshirts]

Everybody's surprised that they like a song from a different religion and I'm just amazed that in the world we live in today anybody is respectful enough of another ethnicity that they are prepared to watch a song from it.

[@allansluis4268]

This song is fantastic

[@millie8943]

Ahhhh nostalgia!!!!!!!! I remember all the girls in my middle school had a crush on the second soloist

[@lyricrogersofficial]

I love them! Every time the original version of Dynamite comes on i sing the Candlelight version

[@millie8943]

Lyric S. Rogers me too. Although I don't know when the last time I heard the original was.

[@jennifermandel6994]

i did have 1 (bluhes)

[@hugopulido1348]

We sing this song at school for November 21 2017

[@aishwaryayaddanapudi5778]

Millie the Sephardic guy with the glasses looks cute ;))

[@kfields4980]

I am in love with Israel! 🇮🇱 אני אוהב את ישראל!

[@oris7952]

HEY I AM SPEAK HEBREWO THANKS YOU I AM FROM ISRAEL ANS TODAY IS Candlelight

[@Mem_Israel]

Today is the first candle of the holiday🕯️🥳 Happy Hanukkah 🕎😌

[@sophienicholson2504]

2019 English people? And I just remembered my pre-primary class always listened to this and we loved it!

[@sheryllopin5888]

WOW!!!!!!

[@user-pu4px1op6e]

✡ HAPPY HANNUKA EVERYONE ✡

[@maidahari4159]

HAPPY CHANUKAH EVERYONE!🕎

[@moriahthompson9404]

Mai Dahari Me too...it's one of my fav holidays beside Pesach and Yom Kippur:)

[@ellisLovesZoey]

Mai Dahari same

[@starrynights467]

same!

[@christine3434]

Chanukah?

[@somedudeyoudontknow5289]

Dpgaming Yes, some people spell it like Hanukkah, yet us Jews spell it like Chanukah

[@coordinator3039]

This is important for New York and the entire tri state area more than ever

[@arthurgrant2711]

This song was playing on my laptop while I was ordering my new kippah - it’s got a picture of Jacob and his oil candle that lasted 8 days on it! Can you belive it lasted that long… the picture is embroidered in silk that is used for my sleeping masks - very expensive. I celebrated the sabbath day with my friends and family today… my highlight of the week was definitely taking a run across hyde park in the morning which was very very beautiful I looked to my left and saw the wonderful sunset and the lake and to my other side was the first covered fields. My it was beautiful, yet nothing beats the dinner I had! I’m taking a detox from alcohol and doing more running so in my kiddish cup was grape juice… LOL #proudtobejewish

[@leiacomenetz6172]

This is so great, like eternally fun. We listen & sing each year. Thank you, you light up our Hanukah nights. Januka Sameaj !

[@midnightmadness5307]

Brilliant as always, absolutely amazing....so damn original their 'poetry' their words, the MaccaBeats....are outstanding, fun, full of knowledge and education for those who just don't seem to understand our holidays, our Jewish Holidays.....thank you for making my first candle lit, my first Night of Chanukah, Sun. Nov. 28th, 2021. Just fabulous!❤💜❤🌈💙 Chag Sameach Everyone!🙏🙏🙏

[@shiranbi]

❤

[@ordinary_magician]

In 6th grade one of our teachers had us all sing this. Obviously we all loved it.

[@amystancuna2560]

Happy Chanukah everyone!!!💙🕎❄️✡️🩵🇺🇸💜🇮🇱

[@HippieVeganJewslim]

Muslim and love this song!

[@mohammadkhan9184]

Hippie Vegan Muslim me too

[@peledvorkin]

Hippie Vegan Musli

[@conceptologia]

Im a Muslim and I have "good" grammar 😒

[@michellevioletta4410]

Xo xo

[@michellevioletta4410]

tali gal your rude and childish

[@kathya.robinson407]

That was funny when the jam fell out of the homemade donut lol. You guys are the best. Brought back awesome memories of a guy I knew in High School who drove a motorcycle. Thank you, Shalom!!!

[@sophieguenoun8983]

Kathy A. Robinson ,, לךלעעמכ

[@jorkmorks]

the fact this is eleven years old is sending me spiraling

[@royrosen3842]

The main singer is my boy big homie yossi. Huge respect to him for repping Hanukkah🙏🏿 my man

[@iannewton3820]

"Simon said to him in reply: 'It is not foreign land we have taken nor have we seized the property of others, but only our ancestral heritage which for a time had been unjustly held by our enemies.'"-1 Maccabees 15:33

[@totallynot.vinnie]

1:32 He is so skilled to FLIP a latke, while I fail to cook one correctly 😂

[@nancyd.6191]

I'm Anglican, but am currently reading Shmutz by Felicia Berliner, which is about a Jewish college-age woman, and she mentions this band. I thought, "could they be real?" and indeed, here they are. So clever: catchy name, tune, lyrics. Love it. I'm betting Adam Sandler is a fan.

[@BenSkyLakewood]

Classic it holds up a bar mitzvah later

[@nioushanikouei1757]

I can hear this song 2000 times.i love this SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RickiKeith]

I am Jewish and I still love this song!

[@asherpiggycow1221]

everybody: hears this song. "meh its ok but I dont know the lyrics" Jewish Kids: "NOW I TOLD YOU ONCE, NOW I.."

[@speedingtick3t]

this song was a STAPLE of my childhood

[@fxg6103]

We done a Hanukkah assembly in year three and we all sang this sing! It is so good! Lotte, age nine. I love your song we sang loads of them and we are a public school!

[@davidgelb9439]

i could watch it all day

[@shtrouudle]

im jewish and it makes me happy hearing macabeats songs!

[@guardianoftruth1468]

I have always had a special place in my

[@angelafrancis5647]

Yesssss

[@La_Sentinelle]

Nice music. God bless you all. Shalom!

[@GoYid]

The Greeks and everyone else tried to wipe us off the map. But the map is in the Torah, and therefore eternal.

[@tommiemccall1384]

Salomon I am Christian and I Love all my Jewish brothers and sisters!!!

[@maxperlman5209]

Best video on KZbin

[@faytay9981]

I am so excited for Hanukkah