"Light One Candle" is a song by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. It is a popular Chanukah song. Peter, Paul, and Mary performed the song in concerts starting in 1982, before recording it for their 1986 studio album No Easy Walk to Freedom.
The lyrics commemorate the war of national liberation fought by the Maccabees against a Greek empire from 140 to 63 BCE, a war described in the Books of the Maccabees and commemorated by the Jewish holiday of Chanukah.
Last Updated: June 12, 2021