Just as the Maccabees continued the Chanukah wars long after the eight days of flames disappeared into a wisp of smoke, the story of the Maccabeats – an a capella group formed by Yeshiva University students – and their Chanukah video continues to dazzle even as the Yom Tov fades.
Here are the numbers: The Maccabeats’ “Candlelight” video now has more than 3,294,000 hits on YouTube. By comparison, Sarah Silverman’s widely reported “Great Schlep,” on behalf of candidate Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential campaign, tallied slightly fewer than 2 million hits. S
The Maccabeats are scheduled to perform at the upcoming Yaakov Shwekey concert at the Beacon Theater in New York City. The event will also feature guests Chazzan Itche Meir Helfgott, Baruch Levine, the Shira Chadasha Choir and a fifty-piece orchestra directed by the talented Yochi Briskman.
{The Jewish Week, Noam Amdurski-Matzav.com Newscenter}
Shira is recession proof. All the highest hits on YouTube is on music.
of all the videos out there, why are they comparing a sarah silverman video from 2 years ago???
what does one thing have to do with another???
its new goish music.exactly what chanukah is not about
exactly as the name says its a BEAT dont think matzav should have had it in their video in the first place
An even worse comparison is comparing this gashmiyus to the light of Torah which the Chashmonaem restored to the world. I love the song but the comparison…
taking a non jewish song that the idea is full of tumah and making a song from that which is talking about us not asimalating its a stira in itself
It’s a horrible song and nothing to be flaunted or proud of. It’s completely NOT JEWISH which is exactly what the Yevanim wanted, so what are we showing?! Besides the song’s lyrics “play dreidel by the candlelight” is against halacha which states that we don’t use the light of the neiros Chanuka and which is the reason for the shamash.
IMNOT SURE WHAT THE GADLUS IS.
Mike Tompkinshas over 3,500,000 hits
and Taio has more then 57,000,000
rabosai, to all the naysayers.. we cant even begin to understand the POSITIVE influence this video has made.
how many yiddin who haven’t lit a menorah in years (or haven’t ever lit one altogether) now because of this video have lit the menorah, celebrated chanuka…. got 1 step closer to yiddishkeit. who knows what positive impact this had on so many yiddin worldwide! what a huge zechus these guys have!!
keep it up, its a true kiddush Hashem
TO #9 ALL THE MITZVOS AND ZECHUSIM THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THIS SONG IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE SATTAN AND STRENTHENING THE SATTAN, BECAUSE NO MATTER WHATS COMING OUT OF IT YOU STILL HAVE TO SEE WHERE THE ROOTS ARE FROM
We all love it and have been forwarding it to friends globally.
whats so nice about this song??
Agree with #9
Guys don’t giv your stupid comments if your such a big tzadik what are you doing on the internet???
also agree#9
Eh, the original song was much better. Youtube Dynamite see how many hits you get.
how can u play dreidel by the candlelights u cant have hanaah from them?
you arent getting Hanah if there is otherlight in the room!