How Do You Spell Channukkahh

[naamatt2]

חאנוקא. XD

[TheCoachBrendan]

How could someone dislike this? (I'm not even Jewish and I love it.)

[Laurabirdsong]

Just got turned on to this. Hope it gets some serious recognition. Love it!

[firky]

why is this so catchy

[phroggue]

For all you programmer-types out there, get out your Regex parser and spell it: c?hann?uu?kk?ah?

[bubbaboy8]

@phroggue I believe you mean ((Ch)|H)an(n?)uk(k?)a(h?)

[applesaucesaucyyum]

i found 20 english ways to spell hanuka

[vsrthkh]

its just hanuka.....

[ovanklot]

simple: חנוכה :D

[whalerock1]

I love Cake !!! I love The LeeVees !!!

[brco2003]

chag samaech everyone

[sasobi0]

its spelld xhassika you fucking bastards need to learn how to spell -_-"

[kero351]

Pretentious much? I think so. Especially when I see it spelled approximately 8 different ways in one store on 8 different products.

[sasobi0]

i was jking

[zanbeloni]

chilax

[luno44]

I think it should have as many double consonants as possible. Why the frig not, eh? And how come this song doesn't answer its question? Is there no answer?

[narugirl94]

there's no answer for english speling, because it's translated from hebrew, where they use different characters & letters.

[steffanpiper]

Great song ... I really thought this was Cake & McCrea when I first heard it.

[fisherlid]

chanukkah chanukah hanukah hanukkah etc etc etc

[surferdude31193]

i did a riding drill with 19 other horses to this song...

[yonatan703]

The chet is sometimes transliterated as an h with a dot under it, but since we rarely use diacritics in English, ch works just as well. The nun has no dagesh, so a single n works fine. The kaf on the other hand has a dagesh, but that's to distinguish it as a hard k instead of a kh, so both 1 or 2 k's are acceptable, just not 3 thank you very much. Finally, the heh is silent, so I don't use it. Happy Hanuka, Chanuka, Chanukka, grrr! חנכה Yeah, that works too!

[sknotewwn18whwi5g]

There is no room for the shammus candle!!

[yonatan703]

Ha! You're right. Around 2:55 they show a menora with eight branches, but no cup for the שמש.

[RabbiYisroel]

rock n roll as a jewish teaching tool.

where was this when i was a kid?

[surfsussman]

Great song to get in the spirit! No matter how you spell it, have a happy one!

[chicagocanine]

Most of the people I know spell it with a "Ch" because pronounce it that way.

[Fartelicious]

junnekah? like junk? come on people

[bunnykissd]

Silent J... Like in the name Julio...  ~_^

[Fartelicious]

i didn't get it dude

[ctjazzking]

isaw them open up for Barenaked Ladies like 4 years ago at mohegan sun

[MysteriaJew]

Spanish jews spell hannukah like this : Janukah.. because in spanish "j" has the sound of "h" that was the joke in the video about the spanish friend kittenpawz101 ;) And its the same with a lot of hebrew words for the good reason that hebrew has its own alephbet.. with the alephbet there is only one way to spell it ;P

[Mygoodmusicchoices]

Dude, i'm spanish, and we DO NOT spell it like that at all.

[MysteriaJew]

There is not a way to spell that.. Jannukah is as good as hannukah.. we never spell Jannukah in french for instance because in french the "j" has not the same sound than in spanish... the only way to spell hannukah correctly is with the hebrew letters... so it was funny when they say that in elementary school a spanish kid tells them that it beggins with a silent "j" Sorry for my bad english grammar, Dude :)

[planetprotector1492]

i <3 hebrew hahahaaaaa its so confusing like that and technically there is no right way to spell it because its a transliteration but i like it better when people spell lit with a ch instead of a h because it sounds more like the hebrew

[lolli3hunni3]

Im in this :):) came to my school :L luking back kinda embrassing :D !

[xlauraantoniax]

yeah i went to that schl 2 but i didn't get pickd 2 go in da vid

innit ace jodz!!!

[kittenpawz101]

No one way to spell it. Hannuka Hanuka Hannukah Channukkah Chanuka Hannuka Hanukah Chanukah Channukah And your Spanish friend WAS wrong. There is no 'J' in the word.

[GymnasticsLuvrzz]

And Hanukkah(:

[edwincito11]

i remember this song my friends sang this song in hanuka

[jodieelizabethx]

Haha Beat This There All My Mates I Was In That School!

[xlauraantoniax]

me 2!!!

[qw1419xtj]

Nit picking aside, this is brilliant! Adam's voice is Veveeta! OOOlala!  The whole album is terrific.

[emilyosment55]

i had to do this song in 4Th grade!! lolz i still remember! its cute

[Sanderbean]

supdoc92 you sed there is no correct spelling but yet you sed that the correst spelling is חנוכה but you sed there was no correct spelling so how is it correct

[Sanderbean]

Hanukkah

חנוכה

[qwertypoopbath]

chanukah

i'm jewish so no arguments

[spewker]

This has a really good beat and it's an amazing video. Love the visuals! It's just mediocre as a song, though, but keep working at it. With better commitment, you could write the Chanukah song that lasts for the ages.

[MarshallVoit]

I don't know who you are, but I know that Adam (one of the guys in the LeeVees) is a lead singer of GUSTER, an incredibly versatile, prolific group, so even though your comment is well meant, don't be surprised if it falls on VERY deaf ears.

[KishoTenshi]

...Simply end the argument, it's spelled so many ways there is no CORRECT way...why does it matter how it's spelled as long as it sounds right...lol xD

[supdoc92]

ok, being a religious jew, i can tell u that there is NO CORRECT spelling of the word...it is a HEBREW word being fenetically....the only reason pple use an "h" instead of "ch" is bc in english there is no such sound (the one from ur throat) this is the correct spelling.....חנוכה

[McQueenX]

You are right, but the word is "phonetically" not "fenetically."

[QshlomoP]

it's easy:

חנוכה

happy chanukkca (or something)

[geekstud]

The line about the Julio is funny on more than one level, because Spanish as spoken in Spain pronounces "J" as a gentle gutteral, which is exactly the correct sound of the Hebrew letter "heth". It's no coincidence that Sephardic Jews, who lived for almost 1000 years in what we now call Spain, properly spell the holiday Janukah, just as they spell the Spring holiday Pesaj!

[youyouyouguy]

no duh nerdo.... :0

[MGCProductions]

"Julio was wrong." That's awesome. :)

[leaveittojesus]

Hmmm I am kind of an authority seeing as who I am. Anyway, I do not think the band made this video. I like the song, members of Guster are in it. So don't diss the band for the video. Peace, Shalom, Happy Holidays.

[mockhazzard]

Channukah or Hannukah

CH is the phenetic spelling directly from hebrew, because if you see a hebrew word written in english with a Ch, its for the gutrolling sound (sounds like a strong purrr). and with the H, thats the english spelling.

SO THERE YOU GO!

[salman5748]

I've always written it with a CH, but that's because I'm from the Netherlands, and we have that same sound here =)

[chicagocanine]

I found it funny that they pronounced it as starting with "H" in the video rather than "Ch" as most of my friends do...

[Mithrilluin]

Actually, it's Chanukkah or Hanukkah, only one 'n.'

[mockhazzard]

nope. two n's.

[mockhazzard]

shalom, that menorah is missing the shamas chandle (the middle one which is higher then the rest, used to light the other candles). GEEZE!

[behindthecloud]

they should learn to pronounce it!

[oldbizmark]

the song is terrible. and, instead of worrying how to spell chanukkah, these guys should figure out how to draw a menorah with nine candles.

[salman5748]

You should figure out what a "menorah" is called when it has 9 candles.

oh, and chag sameach =)

[Lolla21900]

wow :))

[salman5748]

7 candles = Menorah

9 candles = Chanukiah, which is used on Chanukah.

[hampstersquared]

very cute animation and song! Great :D

[CaturdayLurver]

Amazing. XD

[renee9656]

very clever take on the holiday

[basketcream34]

i love but people my rabbi was like "ya there is israeli rock and metal bands infact i was just listening to one" but i just love this song

[Livia55]

My kids love the song

[checkerphil]

Great Electric Company send up! Fantastic song! How ever you spell it, have a happy one!

[RdSoxFan618]

YEAH! I'm Jewish!

[IsraelForEver]

How Do You Spell "Channukkahh"? Just like this: חנוכה ;~)

[cleansingbreath]

great,catchy tune and beautiful visuals. Shalom !

[MONKEYCATCHER]

This was ggod :]

[MONKEYCATCHER]

hahaha GOOD :] lol

[tacomandie]

it started with a silent "j" LOL

[MattTheCatz]

How do you actually spell Hanuka then?

This video made me curious

[replyya735]

How Do You Spell Channukkahh is one of my favorite songs! It is actually spelled either Hannukah or Channukah. there are to ways to spell it. one is english and the other is hebrew.

[Gina69]

WONDERFUL SONG! WONDERFUL VIDEO!

Guys... you ROCK!!!

[IsraelDisneyIL]

lol xD

it's

Chhhhhhhhanukka

[xxxxchantellexxx]

im in it omg

[noodlesc500]

Great video, but then my son stars in it so I'm biased!

[Woofpop]

I think you covered every show in there! Bonus points for the Electric Company reference.. Great job!!

[80Moony08]

Great video. I love the song.

[PCLoadLetter]

Awesome video! Kind of has a Schoolhouse Rock feel to it. You guys need to come out west more than once, we Seattle fans are dying!

[nikk9]

Classic--thanks! Hope we'll see more soon.

[narfkateer]

Haha, I like it! It's kind of Seasame Street-ish.

And what's with no show in Los Angeles? I believe there was an e-mailer with LA mentioned...

[mitchsensei]

Ab Fab

[mamablima]

fun video,will see you at all your local shows! you are my faves!

[UCSD90]

cute video, and great song. :)

[muzikdude323]

great video guys

[neighborhoodie]

Awesome video! I already have my tickets for the Jewltide show next Saturday in Brooklyn - so excited to see you guys!