In English, "Ma'oz Tzur" is known as "Rock of Ages. It's often sung at Hanukkah and has made its way into Christian hymnals as well.
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| - In English, "Ma'oz Tzur" is known as "Rock of Ages. It's often sung at Hanukkah and has made its way into Christian hymnals as well.
- "Ma'oz Tzur" (Hebrew: מעוז צור), is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is often sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The name is a reference to the Hasmonean stronghold of Beth-zur. This Hebrew song is thought to have been written sometime in the 13th century. It was originally sung only in the home, but has been used in the synagogue since the nineteenth century or earlier. Of its six stanzas, often only the first stanza is sung (or the first and fifth).
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| - In English, "Ma'oz Tzur" is known as "Rock of Ages. It's often sung at Hanukkah and has made its way into Christian hymnals as well.
- "Ma'oz Tzur" (Hebrew: מעוז צור), is a Jewish liturgical poem or piyyut. It is written in Hebrew, and is often sung on the holiday of Hanukkah, after lighting the festival lights. The name is a reference to the Hasmonean stronghold of Beth-zur. This Hebrew song is thought to have been written sometime in the 13th century. It was originally sung only in the home, but has been used in the synagogue since the nineteenth century or earlier. Of its six stanzas, often only the first stanza is sung (or the first and fifth). In English, there is a popular non-literal translation that is sung, called "Rock of Ages", which is based on the German version by Leopold Stein (1810-1882), and was written by Talmudic linguist Marcus Jastrow and Gustav Gottheil.
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