Topic Tags: hanukkah

Listen to Karen Webber’s ‘Frying a Soulful Latke,’ a Hanukkah poem from her series ‘Enkindle.’

“As the candles descend / we are reminded / that nothing is /permanent / other than the Love of Hashem…”

“Each night is a small miracle unto itself…”

“You said I should always feel proud—/Why wouldn’t I let my best friend know?”

“For eight days Light cries /out to you, assures you / it is safe now…”

“On Hanukkah, I light candles for them…”

” And when this holiday ends, another flame will rise and fall, and another, and another…”

This Hanukkah 2023 ritual acknowledges the incompleteness of joy while captives are being held.

“In the light of the candles / I hope to see a shift from all hatred, / the homecoming of all hostages…”

A series of eight mindfulness meditations for each day of Hanukkah