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Maoz Tzur

by Chayim B. Alevsky

Hebrew:

מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי לְךָ נָאֶה לְשַׁבֵּחַ
תִּכּוֹן בֵּית תְּפִלָתִי וְשָׁם תּוֹדָה נְזַבֵּחַ
לְעֵת תָּכִין מַטְבֵּחַ מִצָר הַמְנַבֵּחַ
אָז אֶגְמֹר בְּשִׁיר מִזְמוֹר חֲנֻכַּת הַמִזְבֵּחַ

Transliteration:

Ma-oz Tzur Y’shu-a-ti Le-cha Na-eh L’sha-bei-ach
Ti-kon Beit T’fi-la-ti V’sham To-da N’za-bei-ach
L’eit Ta-chin Mat-bei-ach Mi-tzar Ha-mi-ga-bei-ach
Az Eg-mor B’shir Miz-mor Cha-nu-kat Ha-miz-bei-ach

Translation:

O mighty stronghold of my salvation,
to praise You is a delight.
Restore my House of Prayer
and there we will bring a thanksgiving offering.
When You will have prepared the slaughter
for the blaspheming foe,
Then I shall complete with a song of hymn
the dedication of the Altar.

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Posted: Dec 6, 2011

The text was gone in my mind.

<Maos zur jeschuati,>

Now again it is with me. Thank you very much. Wonderful.! Chag sameach to all together.

Posted By Tilly Boesche-Zacharow, Berlin, Germany

Posted: Dec 6, 2011

Most wonderful performance.

Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Dec 5, 2010

hanuka music

need coninuous play of the songs, one after the other, with one click. i am like jack in the box trying to hear all the songs sitting away from the computer

Posted By the or uri, manchester, nh

Posted: Dec 5, 2010

Thanks alot

Thanks alot for all these nice chanukah songs, they brought back a lot of memories

Posted By Helen, bklyn, ny

Posted: Dec 2, 2010

songs sang after lighting the menorah

I would love the see the other songs after the one you have on the website and in english letters so that I pronounce them correctly.

Posted By Susan, New York , NY USA

Posted: Dec 2, 2010

Maos tzur

I`m so happy, I found the words of this forgetten song, I have learned in Hebrew school in Berlin before some years. Thank you so very much.

Posted By Anonymous, Berlin, Germany

Posted: Nov 30, 2010

chords by Mendel C

C F C G C
Ma'oz tzur yeshuati

C F G C
Lehca na'eh le'shabe'ach

C F C G C
Tikon beit tefilati

C F G C
Vesham toda nezabe'ach

C F C
Le'et tachin matbe'ach

Am Em F C G
Mitzar hame'na be'ach

G F
Az egmor beshir mizmor

C F G C
Hanukat hamizbe'ach

G F
Az egmor beshir mizmor

C F G C
Hanukat hamizbe'ach

Posted By M, WA

Posted: Nov 14, 2010

Can i have the cords?

I wanna play this song at guitar and i dont have the chords. What can i do?

Posted By Daniel, Arad, Romania

Posted: Dec 13, 2009

Re: am confused about this idea

It seems the author had in mind the defeat of Antiochus' armies.

Posted By Editor

Posted: Dec 13, 2009

I am confused about this idea

"When You will have prepared the slaughter
for the blaspheming foe,
Then I shall complete with a song of hymn
the dedication of the Altar"

Are we talking about killing "blaspheming foes", or are we talking about G-d frustrating their evil plans and saving us?

Posted By Susan, Chicago, Illinois

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