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Latest Rituals

A Hanukkah Ritual to Mark the Incompleteness of Our Joy

This Hanukkah 2023 ritual acknowledges the incompleteness of joy while captives are being held.
  • by Rabbi Amber Powers
captives, hanukkah, Israel
a hanukkan menorah with all lights lit but the eighth candle

Miracles Welcome

“In the light of the candles / I hope to see a shift from all hatred, / the homecoming of all hostages…”
  • by Cantor Amy Brenner Mitz
hanukkah, light, peace
a table of hanukkah candles

Eight Meditations for Hanukkah

A series of eight mindfulness meditations for each day of Hanukkah
  • by Brasha Smith
hanukkah, meditation
an oil light with hanukkah candles

A Hanukkah Candle Lighting Prayer for Difficult Times

A new Hanukkah blessing for 2023/5784.
  • by Jacqueline Goldfinger
candle lighting, candles, darkness, hanukkah, light
a hanukkiah with lit candles

In the Light of the Candles

  • by Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer
ancestors, candle lighting, hanukkah, light, Shekhinah
candle flames melt down in a hanukkah menorah

The Miracle of Oil

“I’m drilling / into darkness / to where the rabbis’ promise / flickers still.”
  • by Tzivia Gover
hanukkah, light, sarah
Two lit votive candles in glass holders, placed in a row on metallic stands in a dimly lit setting.

The Hidden Light

This new poem honors the complex feeling of Hanukkah this year, 2023/5784.
  • by Cyd Weissman
hanukkah, Israel, light
a silver and blue dreidl

The Offering of the Olives

“even the faintest spark of light / can reach / and illuminate us.”
  • by Ellen Blum Barish
hanukkah, light
closeup photo of candle flames on a Hanukkiah

Our Light Will Never Be Extinguished

“With each prayer, with each Shabbat, with each of the eight nights– / we’ll light our candles on our tables, windowsills, and hearts.”
  • by Rachel Forth Pipitone
candles, hanukkah, light
people gather to light multiple hanukkah menorahs

On the second night of Hanukkah the miracle is Ukraine

“On the land / we were forbidden to light / candles, they now burn / under rocket-fire”
  • by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
hanukkah, Ukraine
close up of five hanukkah candles burning in the dark
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