Tonight, we light the first candle on the menorah for Hanukkah.
George?
GEORGE!!!!
Right, you’ve got your hat on? Now let’s say the prayer –
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kidishanu bimitzvotav vitzivanu lihadik neir shel Hanukkah.
It is extra bright in our home tonight – two candles on the menorah,
and all four Advent candles are lit – it is the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve.
May this season of beauty and light fill your heart and home with happiness.
May’s comment: To commemorate Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday, we light a candle each night for eight successive nights.
No, we don’t celebrate every holiday. I had spent many years living with a Jewish family in New York and then my ex- of many years was Jewish. So for a lot of my adult life, I had celebrated Hanukkah. And I wish to remember the Jewish holidays fondly with the “extended” families who have been and still are a part of my life.
Happy Hanukkah to all who light the candles on the menorah.
