1. HAllel is recited in two forms: (a) The "full" HAllel, consisting of Psalms 113–118.It is chanted in the synagogue on *Sukkot , *Ḥanukkah , the first day of *Passover (the first two days in

2. * Smoke ascends from the temple altar as the Levites sing the Hallel (Psalms 113 to 118), likely in antiphonal, or call-and-response, style.

3. HAllelujah is an Anglicization of Hebrew for "praise the Lord", where hallel is the verb "to praise, and "Lord" represents the tetragrammaton name of God, whose initial syllable is something like "yah"

4. Chant: 1 n a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone Examples: Hallel (Judaism) a Chant of praise (Psalms 113 through 118) used at Passover and Shabuoth and Sukkoth and Hanukkah and Rosh Hodesh Hare Krishna a Chant to the Hindu god Krishna Types: Gregorian Chant , plainChant , plainsong a