In a holiday season when Jewish creativity and walking the line between Jewish education and pop culture is increasingly tested, Aish.com came up with an awesome Passover video.
Freely using footage from Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments and music from pop singers Adele and Justin Bieber, Aish's creative team added sock puppets and computer-generated imagery (CGI) to literally put new words into the characters' mouths.
The result is a funny and educational approach to the historical basis of Passover.
(Credits and full lyrics appear below the video.)
Enjoy!
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Credits:
Produced and Conceived by Aish.com
Lyrics by Aish.com, with Michael HarPaz
Directed by Shooteast
Music by Adele, 21 Pilots, Justin Bieber
Cover Track by Ido Zeleznik and Michael HarPaz
All Vocals Performed by Michael HarPaz
Sock Puppets by Shoshi Tenenboim
With thanks to Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston & Yul Brynner
Lyrics
Pharaoh, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years the Jews you'd free
It’s all over
Everything
You see its time for us to leave ya
I hope there’s no hard feelings
Hello?
I can’t hear you
I think the river needs some cleanin’
It’s turning red
And we’re thirsty
What’s with all these frogs
In my streets?
Locusts flying
I’ve got boils
And this hail is so freaky
There's not much difference
Between us
Except our million gods.
Moses all our cattle’s died
We must have scratched a thousand times
I'll tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
Just stop these plagues
And don’t mention the firstborns
Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days,
When we ruled the Jews, our slaves, but now we're stressed out.
Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days,
Before met this dude, now our sheep are dead, we're stressed out.
I ain’t playin pretend, no one’s gonna get away
I hope you brought your swimming trunks
Cuz you’ll need them for the day
Gonna take your gold and silver, eat some matzah and be free,
Then maybe we’ll eat lots of manna.
Yo.
No time for dough to rise, bread of freedom is its name
Leave behind all of the ego and time now has no reign
Fermentation is a process that only happens certain ways
Tasting freedom, now live like a soul.
Yo.
My God He don't like you and He loves everyone
And I think it's time for you to admit you’re wrong
Now we all leave for Israel
Cuz with God we cannot fail
And now we know
That He’s the one that’s in control
Well I just can't believe we let them go
Ohhhh maybe we can catch them at the sea
Don't be afraid lets go and follow them,
I told you, you should have listened to me
Hello from the other side
Free at last in the Sinai
To go get the Torah, Jewish nation is born
Have a Happy Passover.
May you feel freedom down to your core.
Lyrics by Aish.com, with Michael HarPaz
Directed by Shooteast
Music by Adele, 21 Pilots, Justin Bieber
Cover Track by Ido Zeleznik and Michael HarPaz
All Vocals Performed by Michael HarPaz
Sock Puppets by Shoshi Tenenboim
With thanks to Cecil B. DeMille, Charlton Heston & Yul Brynner
Lyrics
Pharaoh, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years the Jews you'd free
It’s all over
Everything
You see its time for us to leave ya
I hope there’s no hard feelings
Hello?
I can’t hear you
I think the river needs some cleanin’
It’s turning red
And we’re thirsty
What’s with all these frogs
In my streets?
Locusts flying
I’ve got boils
And this hail is so freaky
There's not much difference
Between us
Except our million gods.
Moses all our cattle’s died
We must have scratched a thousand times
I'll tell you I'm sorry for everything that I've done
Just stop these plagues
And don’t mention the firstborns
Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days,
When we ruled the Jews, our slaves, but now we're stressed out.
Wish we could turn back time, to the good ol' days,
Before met this dude, now our sheep are dead, we're stressed out.
I ain’t playin pretend, no one’s gonna get away
I hope you brought your swimming trunks
Cuz you’ll need them for the day
Gonna take your gold and silver, eat some matzah and be free,
Then maybe we’ll eat lots of manna.
Yo.
No time for dough to rise, bread of freedom is its name
Leave behind all of the ego and time now has no reign
Fermentation is a process that only happens certain ways
Tasting freedom, now live like a soul.
Yo.
My God He don't like you and He loves everyone
And I think it's time for you to admit you’re wrong
Now we all leave for Israel
Cuz with God we cannot fail
And now we know
That He’s the one that’s in control
Well I just can't believe we let them go
Ohhhh maybe we can catch them at the sea
Don't be afraid lets go and follow them,
I told you, you should have listened to me
Hello from the other side
Free at last in the Sinai
To go get the Torah, Jewish nation is born
Have a Happy Passover.
May you feel freedom down to your core.
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really enjoyed. thanks !
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