“We don’t celebrate Hanukkah every year. But this year, my gentile husband and I both agreed, almost without discussion, that we would. We keep it simple. After we light the candles on the advent wreath, and pray and sing, we borrow the flame and light the shamash candle and then the rest of the candles for the rest of the days of Hanukkah. The wreath on the table burns, and the menorah burns on the windowsill, their light doubled and tripled in the insulating glass.”
In a recent commentary, writer Simcha Fisher reflected on the light offered by candles in on the Advent wreath and the light offered by the candles on the menorah.
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