THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
58 Friday, December 10, 1976
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The Origin of the Ma'oz Zur Hanuka Hymn
Ma'oz Zur (0 Fortress,
Rock of my slavation) is the
name of the principal hymn
sung at Hanuka.
According to the Encyclo-
paedia Judaica, the song ori-
ginated in Germany proba-
, bly in the 13th Century. The
author is an otherwise un-
known poet by the name of
Mordecai as shown by the
acrostic of the first five
stanzes. Some scholars iden-
tify him with Mordecai ben
Issac, the author of the Sab-
bath table hymn Mah Yafit.
The original Ma'oz Zur
consists of six stanzas, the
first expressing Israel's
messianic hopes for the re-
Wishing You A
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establishment of the ancient
Temple worship. The fol-
lowing three stanzas praise
God for the deliverance of
Israel from the Egyptian
bondage, from the Babylon-
ian exile, and from Haman's
plot.
The fifth stanza summa-
rizes the miracle of Ha-
nuka, and the last one is a
plea for the speedy re-
demption of Israel.
The reference in it to
Admon (as a synonym for
Edam) has been understood
to refer to the German
Emperor Frederic Barba-
rossa (1121-90 CE).
This last verse is now om-
itted and does not figure in
most prayer books, though
its acrostic hazak (strong),
seems to show that it is part
of the original composition.
Another six verses have
been added to Ma'oz Zur in
the course of time by var-
ious authors, the first, so it
is claimed, by Moses Is-
serles. The theme of these
additions, too, is a plaint
against persecution by
Edom and Ishmael (Chris-
tians and Arabs), and a
prayer for divine vengeance
and redemption.
An English version of
this hymn, called "Rock of
Ages" differs slightly from
the original Hebrew text,
with its strong plea for
vengeance. Some editions
of British prayer books
even tampered with the
Hebrew text itself, says
the Judaica.
In Conservative and Re-
form synagogues, the En-
glish version is sung in addi-
tion to or instead of Ma'oz
Zur.
The most commonly sung
melody of Ma'oz Zur is of
West European Ashkenazi
origin and may be dated
from around the early 15th
Century. E. Birnbaum and
A.Z. Idelsohn, on the basis
of the similarity of isolated
motives, related it to a
group of early Protestant
chorales and a German sol-
diers' song.
There is a much closer
correspondence in the entire
melodic line to the church
melodyPatrem Ominipoten-
tern which appears in sev-
eral Bohemian-Silesian
manuscripts, the earliest of
which is dated 1474.
The earliest notation at
testing to the use of the mel-
ody for Ma'oz Zur so far lo-
cated is found in the
manuscript of Judah Elias
of Hanover (1744) as a
"melodic reminder" in set-
tings of Hodu for Hanuka.
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