Each of those Hanukkah menorahs represented eight sparks of life, millions of them burning all over the world. Eight sparks remembering the Jewish souls who refused to assimilate into the darkness around them, refusing to bend the knee to other gods. Eight sparks multiplied remembering the murdered Jewish souls in every generation, and even those today who suffer for only being chosen by G-d to be His light to the nations around them.
Author: Yahulia
The Miracle of Israel
There’s something about Israel that makes people uncomfortable, and it’s not what they say it is. They’ll point to politics, settlements, borders, and wars. But scratch beneath the outrage, and you’ll find something deeper. A discomfort not with what Israel does, but with what Israel is. A nation this small should not be this strong….
The Restoration of David’s Tent
The Tent of David was the place of worship for Israel and the nations from the time that David brought the Ark into the Tent until it was placed in the Temple’s Holy of Holies in the days of King Josiah. At that time, the Tent of David became ‘fallen.’ With the restoration of the…
Musaf for Shabbat
“It is our duty to praise the Master of all, and ascribe greatness to the Author of Creation, who has not made us like the nations of the lands nor placed us like the families of the earth; who has not made our portion like theirs, nor our destiny like all their multitudes. For they…