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Eight nights of candles, one song that is only yours — with the names around your menorah and the small family traditions that make Hanukkah feel like home.
Make this songYour first song is free — no card needed.
The date changes from country to country and from year to year — here it is where you are.
| 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | |
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| Israel | December 5 | December 25 | December 13 |
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, remembers the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem and the small jar of oil that lasted eight days. Families in Israel, the US, the UK, Canada and everywhere else light one more candle each night, sing the blessings and Ma’oz Tzur, and gather around latkes, sufganiyot and spinning dreidels. It is a holiday made of small, repeated moments — which is exactly what a family song can capture.
Share who lights the candles in your house, what you cook and who always wins at dreidel, and AI writes the lyrics, composes the melody and sings it with real vocals in about a minute. It can become your own new tradition: a song for one of the eight nights, played after the candles are lit.
Folk, Acoustic · 2:30
“A cosy acoustic folk Hanukkah song for our family. Our daughter Noa lights the candles in the window this year with Saba holding the match. Savta Miriam fries her famous latkes and hums Ma’oz Tzur in the kitchen, and cousin Eli always wins at dreidel. Wish everyone light and warmth through the winter. Chorus with “one more candle, one more night”, Noa and Savta.”
Who lights the hanukkiah: the child who gets to strike the match this year, Grandpa who still says the blessing from memory.
Your family’s menorah: the silver one from great-grandmother, the clay one made in kindergarten, the row of them in the window.
Food with a story: Bubbe’s latkes (applesauce or sour cream — the eternal debate), sufganiyot with jam on everyone’s chin.
The dreidel game: nun, gimel, hey, shin, the chocolate gelt piles, the cousin who always lands on gimel.
One night for each person. Eight nights give you room for eight names, eight small wishes.
The light itself: a little light pushing back the dark, a small miracle — a gentle image for someone going through a hard winter.
Family far away: the grandparents on the video call, the candles lit in two time zones at once.
Hebrew words you use at home — “Chag sameach”, “Saba”, “Savta”, “Bubbe” — sung naturally in an English song, or the whole song in Hebrew.
One more candle, one more night,
Noa’s at the window holding up the light,
latkes on the table, Savta’s singing low —
eight little flames, and home is where they glow.
Many families give a small gift each night of Hanukkah. A song can be one of them:
Hanukkah songs live at home, so folk and acoustic styles fit best: guitar, a little clarinet or violin, voices that could be your own family singing. For children, ask for a quick, playful rhythm; for a song for an elder or someone who is missing, ask for something slower and warm. The song can be sung in English, Hebrew or a mix, among more than 40 languages. Keep it about your family, the light and the joy of being together — and if your family observes religiously, write the description with the same care you would bring to the table. A personal song sits beside the traditional ones; it does not replace them.
Names, memories, the mood you want. Skip anything you like.
Lyrics, melody, vocals and cover art — composed around your answers.
Download the MP3, share the link, or play it right there.
Yes. Songs can be sung in Hebrew, English or more than 40 other languages, and you can describe the song in English even if you want it sung in Hebrew. You can also ask for a few Hebrew words in an English song.
Yes. Ask for short verses, one for each night or each person, with a chorus that returns after every verse — then play it every evening after the candles.
Yes. Put the children’s names, the dreidel and their favourite part of Hanukkah into the description and ask for a playful, simple chorus they can learn quickly.
Yes. Send the song as a gift page sealed until the date you choose. Until then the recipient sees a countdown, and on that day they can unwrap it on their phone.
The first song on a new account is on us, no card required. Later ones use credits from a plan or a credit pack.
Tell it who it’s for and what happened. We’ll handle the rest.