by Karen Jones

Created on: October 02, 2010   Last Updated: October 25, 2010

Under the cloak of darkness, the

Menorah gently casts her light,

the shamash standing high amid

the flickering flames of hope and promise.

For eight days and eight nights,

in times long past, scriptures proclaim of

a flame without fuel with which to burn,

shining bright in victory’s name.

God sent the Jews a miracle,

so tradition now dictates that

for eight days in succession,

they must prayers in his name.

Each night they light a candle,

incremental to the left,

each one a token of their faith,

each individually blessed.

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