Prayer-eoke: Maoz Tzur (Traditional Chanukah Song)

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This is often sung each night of Chanukah after the last blessing. The long version of this song has six verses, but this clip features only the first and most well-known verse.

Some people sing also English lyrics to the same tune, such as the following:

Rock of Ages, let our song,
Praise Thy saving power;
Thou, amidst the raging foes,
Wast our sheltering tower.

Furious they assailed us,
But Thine arm availed us,

And Thy Word broke their sword,
When our own strength failed us. (2x)

(English lyrics written by Rabbis Marcus Jastrow and Gustav Gottheil)