Hanukkah Candle Lighting

Each night of Hanukkah, we add a candle to the hanukkiah we place in the window of our homes. It is lovely to watch the light increase and push against the darkness of the winter nights. The Talmud teaches that by adding candles we are increasing the holiness in the world; in this section of Ritualwell we offer a variety of ways to increase the beauty and awe your candle lighting brings to your home and the world.

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“For a short while the lights mingle harmoniously”
lighting all white hanukkah candles in window with reflection of candles
“I look to the next candle in line, / still alive with yellow glow and hope”
fully lit hanukkiyah in the dark with another hanukiyah in the background that appears to be a reflection of the first
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

“We call dormant brightness into being”

Light in Kislev

“The wicks have bowed their heads low”

The Hanukkah Choir of Silence

An original melody for Hanukkah

Hanerot Hallalu Kodesh Hem: These Lights of Ours are Holy

“It doesn’t even matter if the miracles are true / What matters is what they stand for”

Pandemic Hanukkah

“If we could pluck shards / from the dark …”

If We Could Speak Light

Ladino version of the traditional Hallel sung on the seventh night of Hanukkah

Bendigamos al Altísimo: A Ladino Hanukkah Blessing for the Seventh Night

Original Hanukkah song

One Becomes Two Becomes More: A Hanukkah Song

The Reconstructionist Network

Learning to Say "We": Writing Identity

In this immersion, we will reflect and expand on our personal experiences of identity, using writing exercises and in-depth discussions to think about, challenge, discover, explore, and experiment with different ways to identify ourselves, to consider how those ways connect us to and separate us from others, and how they represent and misrepresent aspects of who we are.

Four sessions, starting June 15th

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