Increase the Light: Hanukkah – night 2
Lighting the Hanukkiah (Menorah) each night for eight nights is the central ritual of Hanukkah. We add a new candle each night, thereby increasing the light. The lighting of the candles on the Hanukkiah is symbolic of a miracle: A long time ago, when there was only enough oil to last one night, but it ended up (miraculously!) lasting eight nights…
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@rabbijill My daughter and I explained this to my mother on our weekly FaceTime call. Apparently, when she was a girl, girls didn’t go to Sunday school or Hebrew school. My daughter and I were rather gobsmacked. This all came from a discussion on frying latkes, and my comment that the oil was the point.
