You Can Light With Me (Y-Studs Version)
A Taylor Swift Chanukah Y-Studs A Cappella
Inspired by “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift
Music and Original Lyrics of “You Belong With Me” by Taylor Swift, Liz Rose and Nathan Chapman
Arranged by Nathan Heldman Y-Studs
Lyrics by Aron Wolgel with Josh Shapiro & Yossi Dietz
Lead Vocals performed by Moshe Caplan and Dovid Abramovitz
Produced by Cory Hecht
Recorded by Jonathan Rimberg and Cory Hecht
Edited by David Fowler
Mixed by Ed Boyer
Mastered by Eric Scholz
Video filmed and edited by Shlomo Weprin, Shlomotions: http://www.shlomotions.com
Directors: Eitan Rubin, Kevin Perlitsh
Producers: Dovid Abramovitz, Yossi Dietz, Josh Shapiro, Seth Silverman
Executive Producers: Jordan B. Gorfinkel & Eitan Rubin
Special thanks to Congregation Beth Shalom; and Dassi, Joey and the entire Silverman family Y-Studs A Cappella: Dovid Abramovitz | Tsvi Benschar | Moshe Caplan | Yossi Dietz | Cory Hecht | Joseph Hirsch | Matt Sacher | Noam Schoenfeld | Josh Shapiro | Seth Silverman | Jacob Siegel
Actors: Matt, Rivki & Claire Silverman; Deborah Parnes
Lyrics:
You’re on the phone with your Bubby she’s upset
She’s wondering why you haven’t lit your candles yet
Cause she’s waited all day long just to see you
We’re in the room – not a typical Tuesday night
We’re setting up all of the candles we’re gonna light
We start to tell the story in Hebrew
Al hanisim v’al ha’purkan
Spin the dreidel – nes gadol haya sham
Mi chamocha – our faith is defined
By a miracle that would last for all time
If you could see the latkes frying in the oil
Taste sufganiyot filled with jelly
Come and light with me
You can light with me
Antiochus issued multiple decrees
He wanted us to do everything like the Greeks
Saw the army of the Jews – they were really few
Said: “This’ll be easy!”
But Judah and his crew wouldn’t bow to that man’s crown
Beat all the Greeks and then they knocked their idols down
Destroy our faith? – You know we’re better than that
We won’t be bullied by an autocrat
We searched for pitchers that weren’t defiled
The holy space had become pretty wild
Rededicate ourselves in a way that’s sublime
‘Cause what we’re looking for has been here the whole time
If you could see the latkes frying in the oil
Taste sufganiyot filled with jelly
Come and light with me
Candle lights are glowing in the window
Share a sign of hope for all to see
Come and light with me
You can light with me
Oh, I think about
The forces in the dark, extinguishing our light
I give my gratitude, to those fighting for what’s right
I won’t let what is wrong interfere with all my dreams
Feeling pride where I belong cause I know what it means
If you could see the latkes frying in the oil
Taste sufganiyot filled with jelly
Come and light with me
Candle lights are glowing in the window
Share a sign of hope for all to see
Come and light with me
You can light with me
You can light with me
Connect with our history
You can light with me
You can light with me