darkness

Hanukkah

light

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

Rabbi

religion

Judaism

is about trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there's still some life and light left in the universe.

That's what Hanukkah is about: trying to survive the darkness on the far-fetched hope there's still some life and light left in the universe. It's more than just a religious story. The days have been growing shorter, imperceptibly but inescapably darker.... Heading into the night of the winter solstice, every spiritual tradition has some kind of festival of light. We're all just whistling in the dark, hoping against hope that someone up there will see these little Hanukkah candles and get the hint.

Lawrence Kushner

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