## Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur

###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 1
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מָעוֹז צוּר יְשׁוּעָתִי לְךָ נָאֶה לְשַׁבֵּחַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
O Fortress, Rock of my salvation, unto thee it is becoming to give praise:


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 2
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תִּכּוֹן בֵּית תְּפִלָּתִי וְשָׁם תּוֹדָה נְזַבֵּחַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
let my house of prayer be restored, and I will there offer thee thanksgivings


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 3
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לְעֵת תָּכִין מַטְבֵּחַ מִצָּר הַמְנַבֵּחַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
when thou shalt have prepared a slaughter of the blaspheming foe,


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 4
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אָז אֶגְמוֹר בְּשִׁיר מִזְמוֹר חֲנֻכַּת הַמִּזְבֵּחַ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I will complete with song and psalm the dedication of the altar.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 6
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רָעוֹת שָׂבְעָה נַפְשִׁי בְּיָגוֹן כֹּחִי כִּלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Full sated was my soul with ills, my strength was spent with sorrow;


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 7
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חַיַּי מָרְרוּ בְּקוֹשִׁי בְּשִׁעְבּוּד מַלְכוּת עֶגְלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
they embittered my life by hardship during my subjection to the dominion of Egypt,¹

footnotes:
¹ The kingdom of the heifer," see Jeremiah 46:20.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 8
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וּבְיָדוֹ הַגְּדוֹלָה הוֹצִיא אֶת הַסְּגֻלָּה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
but God with his great power brought forth the chosen race,


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 9
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חֵיל פַּרְעֹה וְכָל זַרְעוֹ יָרְדוּ כְאֶבֶן בִּמְצוּלָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
while the host of Pharaoh and all his seed sank like a stone into the deep.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 11
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דְּבִיר קָדְשׁוֹ הֱבִיאַנִי וְגַם שָׁם לֹא שָׁקַטְתִּי.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
To his holy oracle he brought me, yet there also I found no peace,


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 12
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וּבָא נוֹגֵשׂ וְהִגְלַנִי. כִּי זָרִים עָבַדְתִּי.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
for the oppressor came and led me captive, because I had served strange gods:


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 13
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וְיֵין רַעַל מָסַכְתִּי כִּמְעַט שֶׁעָבַרְתִּי.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
I had to quaff the wine of bewilderment; well nigh had I perished,


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 14
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קֵץ בָּבֶל, זְרֻבָּבֶל, לְקֵץ שִׁבְעִים נוֹשָׁעְתִּי.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
when Babylon's end drew near; through Zerubbabel I was saved after seventy years.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 16
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כְּרוֹת קוֹמַת בְּרוֹשׁ, בִּקֵּשׁ אֲגָגִי בֶּן הַמְּדָתָא.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The Agagite (Haman), the son of Hammedatha, sought to cut down the lofty fir tree (Mordecai)¹;

footnotes:
¹ See Talmud Babli, Tr. Megillah, 10b.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 17
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וְנִהְיָתָה לוֹ לְפַח וּלְמוֹקֵשׁ וְגַאֲוָתוֹ נִשְׁבָּתָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
but his design became a snare to himself, and his pride was brought to an end.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 18
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רֹאשׁ יְמִינִי נִשֵּׂאתָ וְאוֹיֵב שְׁמוֹ מָחִיתָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The head of the Benjamite thou didst exalt, but the enemy's name thou Midst blot out:


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 19
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רֹב בָּנָיו וְקִנְיָנָיו עַל הָעֵץ תָּלִיתָ.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
the many sons he had gotten thou didst hang upon the gallows.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 21
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יְוָנִים נִקְבְּצוּ עָלַי אֲזַי בִּימֵי חַשְׁמַנִּים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The Grecians were gathered against me in the days of the Hasmoneans;


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 22
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וּפָרְצוּ חוֹמוֹת מִגְדָּלַי וְטִמְּאוּ כָּל הַשְּׁמָנִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
they broke down the walls of my towers, and defiled all the oils;


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 23
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וּמִנּוֹתַר קַנְקַנִּים נַעֲשָׂה נֵס לַשּׁוֹשַׁנִּים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
but from one of the last remaining flasks a miracle was wrought for thy beloved¹,

footnotes:
¹ Likened to a lily in Song of Solomon 2:2.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 24
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בְּנֵי בִינָה יְמֵי שְׁמוֹנָה קָבְעוּ שִׁיר וּרְנָנִים.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
and their men of understanding appointed these eight days for song and praises.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 26
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חֲשׂוֹף זְרוֹעַ קָדְשֶׁךָ וְקָרֵב קֵץ הַיְשׁוּעָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Bare Your holy arm and hasten the End of salvation –


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 27
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נְקֹם נִקְמַת דַּם עֲבָדֶיךָ מֵאֻמָּה הָרְשָׁעָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Avenge the vengeance of Your servants’ blood from the wicked nation.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 28
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כִּי אָרְכָה לָנוּ הַשָּׁעָה וְאֵין קֵץ לִימֵי הָרָעָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
For the time has delayed and there is no end to the days of evil,


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Festivals, Chanukah, Service for Lighting Chanukah Candles, Maoz Tzur 29
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דְּחֵה אַדְמוֹן בְּצֵל צַלְמוֹן, הָקֵם לָנוּ רוֹעֶה שִׁבְעָה.

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Push away the Red One in the lowest shadow and establish for us the seven shepherds.