We have focused on the miracle thing and i think we often overlook the message of Hanukkah.
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.
Christmas brings enormous electric bills. Candles are used for Hanukkah. Not only are we spared enormous electric bills, but we get to feel good about not contributing to the energy crisis.
Colorful candles burning bright, each lit on eight every special night. Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
On Hanukkah, the first dark night, light yourself a candle bright. I'll you, if you will me invite, to dance within that gentle light.
Praised are You, Our God, Ruler of the universe, Who made us holy through your commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hanukah lights.
Chanukkah is all about the celebration of two extraordinary miracles, a remarkable jewish military victory and an inexplicable supply of oil in order to light the temple.
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.
As long as Hanukkah is studied and remembered, Jews will not surrender to the night. The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle." — Irving Greenberg.
Eight days the light continued on its own: A miracle, they say, but not more so than ordinary lives of flesh and bone, consuming wicks burned ashen long ago.
The commandment to light the Hanukkah lamp is an exceedingly precious one, and one should be particularly careful to fulfill it. In order to make known the miracle, and to offer additional praise ... to God for the Wonders which He has wrought for us." — Maimonides.
We light candles in testament that faith makes miracles possible.
The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light — in a little cruse — lasted as long as they say; but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day: let that nourish my flickering spirit." — Charles Reznikoff.
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.
To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle, every cubic inch of space is a miracle.
On hanukkah the first dark night light yourself a candle bright. I"ll you if you will me invite to dance with in that gentle light.
A candle is a small thing. But one candle can light another. And see how its own light increases, as a candle gives its flame to the other. You are such a light." — Moshe Davis
Praised are You, Our God, Ruler of the universe, Who made us holy through your commandments and commanded us to kindle the Hanukah lights.
In the old days, it was not called the holiday season the christians called it "christmas" and went to church the jews called it "hanukah" and went to synagogue the atheists went to parties and drank.
Christmas brings enormous electric bills. Candles are used for Hanukkah. Not only are we spared enormous electric bills,
I have no religion because I was born and raised Jewish. And on the first night of Hanukkah, my parents, when I was very young, gave me a top to play with. They called it a dreidel. I knew it was a top. And as I looked at that top, I said, ‘You know. I don’t think I’m gonna be Jewish for very long”. Lewis Black.
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart.
Just as Hanukkah candles are lighted one by one from a single flame, so the tale of the miracle is passed from one man to another, from one house to another, and to the whole House of Israel throughout the generations." — Judah L. Magnes.
My family wasn’t very religious; on Hanukkah, they had a menorah on a dimmer.Richard Lewis .
The miracle of course was not that the oil for the sacred light in a littel cruse lasted as long as they say but that the courage of the maccabees lasted to this day that mourish my flickering spirit.
Thanksgiving used to be Thanksgiving, and it was its own holiday, not Christmas: Part 1. When I was a kid, you ate, and you drank, and you passed out and nobody woke you up and said, ‘Let’s go shopping’. Lewis Black.
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up – they have no holidays. Henny Youngman.
Now near the winter solstice it is good to light candles. All the nice meaning of bringing light to the world can be beautiful. But perhaps we are concentrating on lighting the world because we don't know how to light up our own lives.
When you compare Christmas to Hanukkah, there’s no comparison. Christmas is great. Hanukkah sucks! First night you get socks. Second night, an eraser, a notebook. It’s a Back-to-School holiday! Lewis Black.
When life gives you latkes, you’ve got oil-fried potatoes. Yasha Harari.
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