"Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the universe,
who has kept us alive,
and has preserved us,
and enabled us to reach this time."
~ chanukah blessing
it is chanukah time now. all over the world, millions of jews light the candles for the last time today, in memory of the time when the oil lamp burned for eight days and eight nights for judah and the maccabees when they were consecrating the temple.
yesterday, we were able to experience a little bit of chanukah right here. myriam had us over for a delectable chanukah feast, complete with latkes, salmon and berliner for dessert. she lit the beautiful hannukiah she and mathieu received as a wedding gift from israel, and spoke the blessing above in hebrew. we also watched the chanukah story according to sesame street, which, though slightly obnoxious, was educational and even enjoyable for mateo.
happy chanukah!
xo.
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