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Chanukah Play


Too cute for words. Watch a group of 5 year-olds re-enact this drama of struggle and redemption, the story of Chanukah.

18 Comments Posted
Reader Comments
Posted: Nov 27, 2006
Adorable Chanukah Video
It is so cute! Everyone I know who has seen this movie thought it was heartwarming. Please post more of his sort of thing.
Posted By Anonymous, Australia

Posted: Nov 30, 2006
How can I get a copy?
This video was great! I would love to show this to the children in my Baptist Church! Is there any way to purchase a copy or download this? Please let me know.
Posted By Anonymous, round rock, TX

Posted: Dec 10, 2006
So Cute
I think this video is really heartwarming and very cute. It was very beautiful and adorable. It's sooo cute. I liked the narrarater the best and think he is the cutest even though it was all very cute. I think you should put more of these kid acting videos on. I love it.
Posted By Nechama & Shmuelli, Melbourne, Australia

Posted: Dec 14, 2006
This is great! Is there a way to download?
Posted By Brandie Cornell

Posted: Dec 15, 2008
Adorable!
Just one thing. I don't think it's a minhag (custom) to give gifts. You're supposed to give chanukah gelt.(money) You should know this. The Rebbe never gave gifts. The gifts business is because of something else which takes place around the same time of year, if you know what I mean.
Posted By Kayla, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Posted: Dec 18, 2008
Wonderful
What a beautiful play.
I showed to it my 3rd and 4th grade classes and they loved it.
Thank you for sharing it with us.
Posted By H. Tamir, Miami, FL

Posted: Dec 20, 2008
Very helpful and useful!
Thank you so much for this video. It really helped me teach the story of Chanukah to my young students. It was fun, it was scary, and best of all-informative.

Thank you actors, teachers and chabad.org!
Posted By Chava M., Oslo, Norway

Posted: Dec 10, 2009
So cute
How did these little kids learn such a long and complicated script?

I agree with Kayla - why does it say "most important are the gifts"? The gifts are least important, if they are given at all.

I plan to show this to my 3-year-old to teach her about Chanuka, but I will have to stop it before that line! We don't give gifts on Chanuka.
Posted By Anonymous, Jerusalem, Israel
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Posted: Dec 11, 2009
Gifts
I agree 100% with the comment posted by "Kayla". Everything else was very nice, and the narrator was especially cute, but the statement about 'gifts' being a part of Chanukah, is just wrong. It's gelt, not gifts. Do we really need to follow the customs of others? No!
Posted By KMS, Oak Park, MI
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Posted: Dec 13, 2009
WOw
So cute but how did such a small child, the narrator, memorize so much??
Posted By Esher, Montreal, ca

Posted: Dec 14, 2009
morah itkin
glad to know you were on the play! .... :P
Posted By yt, Cordoba, Argentina

Posted: Dec 16, 2009
funny
Posted By tom, trumbull, CT
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Posted: Dec 2, 2010
wow !
We learn best from our children !

Kudos Chabad.org and Chappy Chanukah !
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Dec 14, 2010
This is the cutest thing!
Posted By Anonymous, brooklyn, ny

Posted: July 25, 2011
So Cute!!!!!!
This play is so cute!
But the kids acted very well, I'd have to say!
Posted By Zalmy Engel, Adelaide, South Australia
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Posted: Dec 19, 2011
Awesome job!
Wow! What a wonderful production. We want more!! I think I will have to put these kinderlach in my next music video. Bravo & Chanukah Sameach!
Posted By Dr. laz, Miami, Fl

Posted: Dec 21, 2011
Oldie but a goodie!
Still as adorable as when it was created but quite a few of the actors are married now. Sorry Laz but this video is about twenty years old, you'll have to get other kinderlach.
Posted By Miriam Hurwitz, Brooklyn, Ny

Posted: Dec 22, 2011
bravo
Bravo to the "story teller" narrator!! Of course, all of the "actors" were wonderful. But, I'd like to know, is the narrator headed for the rabbinate or Broadway?? He's adorable and memorized the whole script....at least, that's what it looked like to me. Bravo to the entire cast and the director, producer, costume designers, set designers,sound technicians, etc, etc
Posted By Terry, Mt Pleasant, SC
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