Type: Poem

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“On the land / we were forbidden to light / candles, they now burn / under rocket-fire”
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“We never threw our brother / into a well, but coveted / his stories and dreams”
waves rippling and crashing to shore
“Teach us to spin apart the light in this dark.”
person holding lit tea light candle near rows of other lit tea lights
“What if we looked back on every / misery, if not with gratitude, / then with awe?”
young man wrapped in colorful blanket climbing mountain in the desert
“I would lean into the darkness”
silhouette of person walking in desert toward sunset
“The red-tailed hawk, whose flight is praise / bursts from the sky”
watercolor painting by Cathleen Cohen showing a hawk on a tree on the left side of the painting with green grass and blue sky and white cloud in the background
This poem emerged from an exploration of the component words of Kislev: kis (pocket) and lev (heart)
smiling asian kid with black long hair holding a glowing heart that appears to be made out of wire with glowing lights in the background
“It isn’t only oil but / The flame of faith that burns”
group of lit menorahs shining in the dark
“Creation happens through the dark”
person standing small on rocky land beneath blue sky full of stars
“We can’t see a seed of light / In the brightness of the day”
closeup of crystal with lit tea light in background on paper with typed words

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