One might imagine that a song written by a dying boy would be sad and. Trust me, you’ll want to watch the whole music video. Matisyahu even surprised Elijah by showing up and performing at his bar mitzvah. On Wednesday, Netflix dropped Sandler’s latest standup special, 100. And now, the comedian is back with another Jewish banger (and no, it’s not a follow-up to the fourth rendition of the The Chanukah Song). (And yes, it’s already at the top of Pandora’s “ Festival of Lights” playlist.) It’s been nearly 25 years since Adam Sandler blessed us all with his iconic song about Hanukkah. The song was written and produced by Diggs with his creative partners William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes, who also make up the experimental hip hop group clipping., and is being released by the Disney Channel.

“You’re my puppy for Hanukkah / Imma name you Monica,” he raps, then says, “Probably not, that’s a weird name for a dog / but it rhymes with Hanukkah.” And now, we get a new version of the chorus: Then, friends, he recites the whole prayer - autotuned, of course - singing, “ Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam a sher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’ tzivanu l’hadlik neir shel Hanukkah.” How many times have you heard the Hanukkah prayer in a rap song!?!? And then Diggs raps, “The blessing is a bop now I’ve said it / not sure what it means but I learned it phonetic.” (Same, Daveed, same.)īy night five, he’s gotten hats and mittens and a sweater and socks, but no puppy.īut then… on the last night… after his menorah is covered in wax… he gets… wait for it… a puppy! Night two: He eats latkes with sour cream (“ the bestest dip“) until his dad tells him to “say the bracha first.” So Diggs replies, “Adonai ain’t gonna trip,” which is absolutely my new favorite lyric, no question.

(Classic!!! Who among us has not gotten socks on Hanukkah?) The first verse kicks off with, “Some kids write lists for their Christmas gifts and send ’em all off to their Santas / but I don’t trip off a list for my gift Imma get it because I got eight chances.”Īnd then we get to the presents. Over a traditional sounding Jew-y melody accompanied by a clarinet, tsimbl, and percussion, Diggs takes us through all eight nights of anticipating a puppy, with the chorus of: “You know what I wanta / I want a puppy for Hanukkah / And Imma get just what I wanted, yep / Imma get a puppy for Hanukkah.”

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