--- title: Six13 Hanukkah Hamilton Parody: Jewish A Cappella Cover description: The Hanukkah themed parody of the Hamilton musical sung for Barack Obama, Michelle Obama at the White House by Jewish a cappella group Six13 canonical: https://time.com/4606271/hanukkah-parody-hamilton-musical-six13-white-house/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-19T18:51:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:35.442Z og:title: Watch the Story of Hanukkah Hamilton-Style Just Like the President og:description: This is the parody performed at the White House Hanukkah celebration og:url: https://time.com/4606271/hanukkah-parody-hamilton-musical-six13-white-house/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch the Story of Hanukkah Hamilton-Style Just Like the President twitter:description: This is the parody performed at the White House Hanukkah celebration twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch the Hanukkah-Themed _Hamilton_ Parody Performed for the Obamas  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 19, 2016 6:51 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Dec 19, 2016 6:51 PM UTC Now online: A [Hanukkah-themed parody](http://time.com/4604909/hamilton-hanukkah-parody-musical-video-maccabeats/) of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning Broadway musical _Hamilton_ performed for President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama at the Dec. 14 [White House Hanukkah Party](http://time.com/4602045/president-obama-white-house-hanukkah-reception-livestream/) by the Jewish a cappella group Six13. The medley explains how Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the temple in Jerusalem that had been defiled by some Hellenistic kings after the Maccabean Revolt (see 1 Maccabees 4:36-59). According to this account, Judah Maccabee and his followers built a new altar and dedicated it on the 25th day of the Hebrew month Kislev in 165 B.C. Sample lyrics from the spoof of the musical’s opening number “Alexander Hamilton”: --- > “” --- Watch the full song below. Another Jewish a cappella group, [The Maccabeats](http://www.maccabeats.com/), also recently released a Hanukkah-themed parody of _Hamilton_, [so you can compare the two here.](http://time.com/4604909/hamilton-hanukkah-parody-musical-video-maccabeats/) In 2016, the holiday starts the evening of Dec. 24 and ends the evening of Jan. 1, 2017. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4606271/hanukkah-parody-hamilton-musical-six13-white-house/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4606271/hanukkah-parody-hamilton-musical-six13-white-house/"},"headline":"Watch the Hanukkah-Themed Hamilton Parody Performed for the Obamas","datePublished":"2016-12-19T18:51:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:35.442Z","description":"Performed at the White House Hanukkah Party","url":"https://time.com/4606271/hanukkah-parody-hamilton-musical-six13-white-house/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4606271/hanukkah-parody-hamilton-musical-six13-white-house/","name":"Watch the Hanukkah-Themed Hamilton Parody Performed for the Obamas"}}]}] ```