Who hasn't done a hora to hava nagila at bar and bat mitzvahs in the United States? It is an unavoidable Jewish American cliche. Over the years, we have grown to prefer other, less-trite Jewish songs, but just when we thought it was out of our lives...
... wouldn't ya know, along has come a documentary on the song.
While they didn't say it by name, hava nagila is, essentially, based on a chassidic nigun, or wordless religous melody invoking prayer and spirituality.
Spare yourself the 9 minutes. Despite the much-appreciated academic analysis of the song,
we'll stick with Bob Dylan's rendition.
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