Mi Y’Malel
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Mi Y'Malel (Hebrew: מי ימלל "Who can retell?") is a traditional Hanukkah song. The opening line, which means "Who can retell the mighty feats of Israel," is a secular rewording of Psalm 106:2. The song can also be sung in a round.
This hymn appears as #222 in Singing the Living Tradition.
Mi Y'Malel (Hebrew: מי ימלל "Who can retell?") is a traditional Hanukkah song. The opening line, which means "Who can retell the mighty feats of Israel," is a secular rewording of Psalm 106:2. The song can also be sung in a round.
This hymn appears as #222 in Singing the Living Tradition.
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MI Y'MALEL
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Irregular
10.9.10.9
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Mi y’malel g’vurot Yisrael Otan mi yimneh?
Henb’chol dor yakum hagibor, Goel Haam.
Sh’ma! Bayamin hahem baz’man hazeh.
Makabi moshia u fodeh,
Us v’ya menu kol am Yisrael,
Yitached, yakum v’yigael.
Mi y’malel g’vurot Yisrael Otan mi yimneh?
Henb’chol dor yakum hagibor, Goel Haam.
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Who can retell the things that befell us? Who can count them?
In every age a hero or sage came to our aid.
Ah! At this time of year in days of yore
Maccabees the Temple did restore,
and today our people, as we dreamed,
will arise, unite, and be redeemed.
Who can retell the things that befell us? Who can count them?
In every age a hero or sage came to our aid.
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