Pandemic Hanukkah
“It doesn’t even matter if the miracles are true / What matters is what they stand for”
Shining our Inner Light on Hanukkah: Meditation for Accessing our Soul’s Potential
Meditation inspired by the Piasetzner rebbe, Rabbi Kalonymos Kalman Shapira
If We Could Speak Light
“If we could pluck shards / from the dark …”
Bendigamos al Altísimo: A Ladino Hanukkah Blessing for the Seventh Night
Ladino version of the traditional HallelLit. “Praise” The Hallel prayers are additional prayers taken from Psalms 113-118 and are traditionally recited on the Jewish holidays of Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh Chodesh, and Hanukah. sung on the seventh night of HanukkahThe holiday which celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem following its conquest by the Syrians in 165 BCE. The holiday is celebrated by lighting candles in a hanukiyah oon each of eight nights. Other customs include the eating of fried foods such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiot (jelly donuts), playing dreidl (a gambling game with a spinning top), and, in present day America, gift giving.
Morning Humanistic Blessings – Modeh Ani
“I am blessed by the light of the morning”
Anna
“She chopped and mixed from scratch”
One Becomes Two Becomes More: A Hanukkah Song
Original Hanukkah song
Meditations for the Days of Hanukkah
“The mystics teach that the lights of Hanukkah reflect the Infinite light of creation”
We See You
“With you, we see a future we can only begin to imagine”
Shabbat Poem
“Once a week in this world we get to / Imagine”
