Oct8

Cups (D’ror Yikra)!

BY: The Maccabeats

Comments: 13 Comments | Category: Announcements, Music, News

Is it still a cappella if we used cups and a table for percussion? Either way, we’re proud to present our latest pop-adaptation: we put the lyrics of “D’ror Yikra,” a traditional Shabbat-table song, to the tune of “Cups,” recently popularized by the movie Pitch Perfect.

According to one interpretation, the opening line of the song, “D’ror Yikra,” calls upon us to take advantage of Shabbat, the spiritual day of rest, and free ourselves from the mundane world. Learn more about this song of medieval origin here.

Nothing would make us happier than knowing that you sing our version of “D’ror Yikra” at your own Shabbat tables!

Don’t forget to grab this track on iTunes or CDBaby!

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Comment by Penina Katz on October 9, 2013 at 7:02 pm

I just want to tell you how much I love this new video! We will defiantly be singing this at my Shabbos table this week! Thanks so much for all your hard work, you keep all your fans very happy!
Comment by Barry Graham on October 23, 2013 at 4:03 am

I am impressed that you can sing and even harmonize while doing the cups. I’m getting there. I did on the way learn not to do it with a glass.
Comment by Samantha on November 19, 2013 at 4:02 pm

I love it!!
Comment by Kristina on November 24, 2013 at 12:54 pm

You guys are simply amazing! Thank you for this wonderful interpretation!! Great job!! Hope to see you in Philadelphia soon!
Comment by Yigal (from France) on December 8, 2013 at 1:18 pm

Absolutely wonderfull !
Thanks a lot !!!
Comment by Esen on May 19, 2014 at 5:19 am

Great! I love it!
Comment by Brad Alpert on June 5, 2014 at 3:17 am

Wonderful!!! Beautiful!!! My wife, the kids, and I have watched the video countless times. Thank you so much for your contribution to music, Judaism, and humanity.
Comment by Patti Bertschler on June 15, 2014 at 12:49 am

I’ve listened dozens of times to this song! Nearing hundreds… Although I am Catholic, I have Jewish family roots and would love to learn the words. Hoping you’ll print them (with phoneticss) so I can sing it in my car when I pray. Bless you for the joy you bring our world.
Comment by ayala cohn on September 4, 2014 at 7:50 pm

I felt it necessary to say on behalf of all religious Israelis that this song became a hit, and at home we watched this clip together at more than five times a week
We are your fans!
Waiting for new clips
Comment by Cindy on September 27, 2014 at 8:20 pm

This is beautiful! Love it!
Comment by Rev. Mary E. Utley on July 30, 2016 at 6:40 am

Your music is Beautiful, especially the Cups.
Comment by Yanina on August 12, 2019 at 4:31 am

Can you send us the lyrics to your D’ror Yikra song?
Comment by Elisheva simon on June 10, 2020 at 10:09 am

I’ve listened to this song to many times to count!! I taught my family how to do the cups thing
and now we do it every peasach and succos when we are together