Sixth Night Yid Vid: When the Zohan Named Names
Before “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,” there was the “Chanukah Song”:
And here’s his “Chanukah Song,” version 3.0:
It should be noted that, while some maintain that the “Chanukah song” is the “single most important Jewish song of the past quarter-century,” Adam Sandler doesn’t necessarily bring academic precision to his song-writing.
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