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Our Hanukkah Prayer The gentle flicker of the menorah echoes in the flame of our souls Rising to find their place - Our place - as children of the Most High Each new night we are born Breathed into being by the G-d of promise Who speaks through the courageous hero’s call in the written lessons of our faith Spoken poems of promise Sung rhymes of reason All composing our prayers with childlike awe Believing tonight and embracing tomorrow That in each step and every breath the Promised Guide of Heaven dispels the darkness Opening wide our minds Filling eager eyes Warming burning hearts As we rededicate our temple of faith Together with those who believed before we the Jewish people once more enter hallowed gates Where generation-to-generation we rekindle the Hanukkah flame Pausing this Festival of Lights These eight nights of miracle Searching not only for what has already come but for the steps we have still to journey Traversing as did our ancestors in truth ever-onward Praying Knowing The oil of purpose burns in the glow of miracles Assuring us the menorah shall always shine Praise be to the Heavenly One Who spins the world into joyous adventure like a child’s new dreidel As our ancient prayers continue to light the night with our soul’s brightly-burning song Rabbi Tad Berga (Rabbi Tad Berga is a published writer and poet who holds an MA from the University of Oxford, England, the MTS from Duke, and his rabbinical ordination from the Rabbinical Seminary. He is a board certified chaplain and bereavement counselor who currently serves Seasons Hospice in Pinellas, Florida.)
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