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Blessings of Lights in Darkness

(appreciation of a Gentile toward the Jewish family)

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Somewhere in Advent

Hanukkah begins

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Sundown tomorrow,

I believe

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Eight nights of blue

With silver lights

That dedicate

The temple

From our enemies

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They’re gone:

We don’t have to think

About them

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Now, there’s chocolate

And treats

In games

And gifts,

Small delights

And big ones for the heart

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Anticipation

Practice

Family

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My ignorance

Like ignorance

Has walls;

I’d rather be inside

The spirit of redemption

And occasion,

The community

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The relief in having realized

Somber times

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The pleasure now,

The fun

Of shalom

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Eight days

Of miracle,

Of remembrance and the meaning that

Creation is in food

Also in candle lights

And in each of us

Singly

And specially together

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The one who saves is blessed

And offers blessing

And is the one

As one

Who provides seriously

And playfully as well

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Is here

Beyond the count of days

And nights

But who is here

Inside these eight,

All the intimate hours

As we draw near to them

To have,

To share

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Next year in Jerusalem

Then

And now with family

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From the source of blessing,

Bless

And

Keep you, friends

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Call of the Light

Photo by Robert Zunikoff on Unsplash

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