Herbert Fromm’s Six Madrigals is a series of contrapuntal a cappella choral pieces. In his preface, he wrote, “The work is grouped around the Sabbath and five Jewish holydays and combines secular with sacred selections, so that the term ‘madrigal’ (generally denoting secular content) is given a broader implication here.” For the Hanukka Madrigal, Fromm chose Mi y’mallel? (Who Can Recount or Express?), one of the best-known nonliturgical Hanukka songs. Its lyrics are ascribed to Menashe Ravina [Rabinovich], who actually assembled them from biblical and Talmudic sources. The opening four words of the Hebrew lyrics, mi y’mallel g’vurot yisrael? (Who can recount the mighty acts of Israel?), are a paraphrase of a passage from Psalm 106:2, mi y’mallel g’vurot adonai? (Who can recount the mighty acts of the Lord?). The substitution of yisrael for adonai is indicative of the writer’s secular Zionist orientation. The origin of the tune is undetermined.