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Exercise: Act out the song in Hebrew while looking at the English text
Song – A Tale about a Latke
Oh Hannah Zelda, my beloved wife Oh Rabbi Kalman, my dear husband
Hanukah has arrived and come There is no sugar left in my kitchen
And on Hanukah my soul has desired to My dear husband, and how is it possible
Eat a warm and sweet latke To prepare a latke without a drop of
sugar
Oh Rabbi Kalman, my dear husband
In my kitchen remains no more flour, Rabbi Kalman is tired, his soul is sad
My dear husband, and how can I He puts on his boots and he thinks about
Prepare a latke with no flour at all? a latke
He returns to the market even more
So Rabbi Kalman got ready to work hungry
Put on his hat, put his boots on, He buys sugar and gallops home
Gallops towards the market, buys
quickly Here Hannah Zelda, my beloved wife
A sack of white flour and returns home Here's the sugar, prepare a latke
For on Hanukah my soul has desired so
Here Hannah Zelda, my beautiful wife To eat a warm and sweet latke
Here is flour for you
For on Hanukah my soul has desired so Oh Rabbi Kalman, my dear husband
To eat a warm and sweet latke Perhaps we should postpone the latkes
till tomorrow
Oh Rabbi Kalman, my dear husband My dear husband, for how is it possible
No oil remains in my kitchen To prepare a latke when there is no more
My dear husband, and how can it be strength
That you will eat a latke if there is no
oil? So Rabbi Kalman takes off his boots,
Wears an apron, rolls up his sleeves
Once again, Rabbi Kalman gets ready to And kneads the dough, and pours and
work pours
Puts on his hat, puts his boots on, The one who laughs last is only the one
Gallops towards the market, buys who laughs
quickly
A jug of pure oil and returns home Oh Hannah Zelda, morning has come
Open your eyes, here is a latke
Here Hannah Zelda, my beautiful wife For on Hanukah our souls have desired
Here is the oil to prepare a latke so
For on Hanukah my soul has desired so To eat a warm and sweet latke.
To eat a warm and sweet latke
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