Al Hanissim

  
עַל הַנִּסִּים

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Al hanissim, v'al hapurkan, v'al hag'vurot v'al hat'tshuot v'al hamilchamot sh'asita lavoteinu bayamim hahem baz'man hazeh.
עַל הַנִּסִּים, וְעַל הַפֻּרְקָן, וְעַל הַגְּבוּרוֹת, וְעַל הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת, וְעַל הַמִּלְחָמוֹת, שֶׁעָשִֽׂיתָ לַאֲבוֹתֽינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה.

Translation:

We thank you also for the miracles,​ for the redemptio​n, for the mighty deeds and saving acts, wrought by you, as well as for the wars which you waged for our fathers in days of old, at this season.

Based​ on The Standard Prayer book by Simeon Singer (1915)

Information:

Taken from the liturgy for Purim, Hannukah (and Yom Haatzmaut).
B'kol Echad page 46

The tune sung by Jacob Alperin-Sheriff is a folk melody, according to this post on the URJ website. The URJ website features an arrangement of the folk melody by Elliot Z. Levine.

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Description: Melody by Dov Frimer. Licensed from the Harry Fox Agency.

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