12/12/2023
When the nights get longer and the temperatures lower, the menorah exemplifies our ability to light up the night, to warm up the frost.
The menorah is a pretty basic object. A base with eight branches, cups to hold candles or oil, fuel, wicks, a match to ignite — and, viola, a ballet of brilliant flame!
Do-it-yourself menorahs are quite common this time of year. Take some sort of material, a little arts here, a little crafts there, and you have yourself a handcrafted, bespoke fixture of light.
Can we apply these basic elements to transform our personal lives into menorahs?
Can we, as human beings, become fixtures of light in everything we do?
It is one thing to fashion a menorah out of gold or silver. Can we fashion a menorah out of our own flesh and blood?
Well, we can definitely try.
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