Day 6 | What Gift can we give each other...

What gift can we give each other?
If I lit a candle to illuminate the room,
the flame is bright to see me and you.

Whether you are near or far,
Friend for years or friend anew.

May the miracle of the oil flow longer than 8 days
for me and for you!                     

-K. Wambach

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Chanukah 2024 December 25 - January 2nd photo Credit Chabad.org

Happy Chanukah

In the second century BCE, the Holy Land was ruled by the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks), who tried to force the people of Israel to accept Greek culture and beliefs instead of mitzvah observance and belief in G‑d. Against all odds, a small band of faithful but poorly armed Jews, led by Judah the Maccabee, defeated one of the mightiest armies on earth, drove the Greeks from the land, reclaimed the Holy Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it to the service of G-d.
When they sought to light the Temple's Menorah (the seven-branched candelabrum), they found only a single cruse of olive oil that had escaped contamination by the Greeks. Miraculously, they lit the menorah and the one-day supply of oil lasted for eight days, until new oil could be prepared under conditions of ritual purity.
To commemorate and publicize these miracles, the sages instituted the festival of Chanukah.
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Original Artwork by Kristen Wambach 

Eight Days of Chanukah 

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