Chag urim sameach! Tonight: Candle #8
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Chag Urim Sameach! For the Festival of Lights, we hope these reflections on light will illuminate your week. As we reflect on the meaning of light, and our power to bring it into the world, we invite you to increase the light this Hanukkah with our Center for Tikkun Olam Hanukkah Give Back Guide.
The modern day sage Leonard Cohen (z”l) wrote:
Ring the bells (ring the bells) that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything)
That’s how the light gets in
As we approach the end of 2020, there is certainly no perfect offering; I think most of us let go of perfect many pandemic months ago. Our cracks are exposed in messy homes and messy hair, in toddler tantrums and tear-stained faces. They are exposed in our vulnerability, our sadness, and our fears.
Hanukkah is the holiday of miracles—the miracle of the few defeating the many, of finding hope in unexpected places (like a tiny, cracked jug of oil), of starting over from the broken places. And always, shining above it all, we celebrate the miracle of light and all that it brings. As Cohen reminds us—we are not alone. There is a crack in everything, and in everyone. And—more importantly—that’s how the light gets in. We just have to let it shine.
— Rabbi Sari Laufer