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A Hanukkah Candle Lighting Prayer for Difficult Times

A new Hanukkah blessing for 2023/5784.
  • by Jacqueline Goldfinger
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a hanukkiah with lit candles

In the Light of the Candles

  • by Gabrielle Ariella Kaplan-Mayer
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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
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a glass Hanukkah menorah

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

To Not Lose Hope

“we remind ourselves / of eternal light at the core / of the universe”
  • by Nick Pipitone
hope, light, peace, war
view of earth from space

I Am Always Hungry

“Which letter is my own in all of Torah?”
  • by Robin Tikvah Barratt
light, Shekhinah
a person walks in a field of light

Sparking Hope

“sparking hope / for a engulfing glow to illuminate all peoples / through love…”
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden, PhD
hope, Israel, light
the moon looms over the mountains in a deep blue sky

In Praise Of The Dark

“Tonight, perhaps, don’t be in such a rush / to set up your candles against the dark.”
  • by Trisha Arlin
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stars across the night sky

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