Topic Tags: light

A new Hanukkah blessing for 2023/5784.

“I’m drilling / into darkness / to where the rabbis’ promise / flickers still.”

This new poem honors the complex feeling of Hanukkah this year, 2023/5784.

“even the faintest spark of light / can reach / and illuminate us.”

“With each prayer, with each Shabbat, with each of the eight nights– / we’ll light our candles on our tables, windowsills, and hearts.”

“we remind ourselves / of eternal light at the core / of the universe”

“Which letter is my own in all of Torah?”

“sparking hope / for a engulfing glow to illuminate all peoples / through love…”

“Tonight, perhaps, don’t be in such a rush / to set up your candles against the dark.”