#chanukah
Beyond the lights and glare and joyous cheers
Outside the pretty things prepared to tear
It glows without joules or generators
Without lists and traditional movies
between gathered gifts and exhalations
mini mall masses travel plans, traffic
makes meaning of monotony, trees of woods
burning bright before menorahs first light
unquantified warmth while tilted from sun
unnamed it's ether a summoning drum
Before Christ birth or Alleluia sung
Close your eyes and see from glance where it comes
More precious than 34th street miracles
the motivation of cold breeze on leaves
The reason for seasons found in unity
Where shepherds staff birth red white epitaph
Where plants of poison rosy the living
When wise men exodus for genesis
Seven lights or Nine or just one big star
matters not the name or time frame in bloom
indiscriminately celebrate the Ohm
Dec 22, 2015
Dec 22, 2015 at 7:51 PM UTC
(footnote)
2100 years ago a band of Jews defeated the Greek army
And drove them off their land, reclaiming the holy temple
In Jerusalem and rededicating it to the service of god.
when they sought to light the temples menorah
They found only a single cruse of olive oil that
escaped contamination by the Greeks.
Miraculously the one day supply lasted eight days.
The sages instituted the festival of Chanukah
To publicize these miracles.
The Dreidel which is a four sided top with a
Hebrew letter on each side which means
“ a great miracle happened here”
was used later on in the years to give thanks to god
Without the enemy knowing that they were praying.
Chanukah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.
Chanukah is probably one of the best known Jewish holidays, not because of any great religious significance, but because of its proximity to Christmas. Many non-Jews (and even many assimilated Jews!) think of this holiday as the Jewish Christmas, adopting many of the Christmas customs, such as elaborate gift-giving and decoration. It is bitterly ironic that this holiday, which has its roots in a revolution against assimilation and suppression of Jewish religion, has become the most assimilated, secular holiday on our calendar.
Christmas and Chanukah are known world wide
But these two faiths do not collide.
They walk hand in hand
For they came out of the promised land.
You see: the son of god was born a Jew
The Romans felt this was taboo.
No other religion could exist
This was controlled by the Romans fist.
JESUS preached in synagogues throughout the lands
Something that the Romans did withstand.
His own people wanted his death
But little did they know
That with this- a new faith would grow.
The cross on which he died became a symbol
Of Christianity, and that’s the way
God meant it to be.
Chanukah is eight days of giving while the Christian
Holiday is just one day, but during these
holidays we all kneel and pray.
We give GOD thanks for all the beauties of the earth
And for family and friends, and it is something
That will never end.
As long as man holds a belief in their hearts
And faith, -then all will be overcome and
Let GODS will be done.
louis rams
Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 10:22 PM UTC
Tue Dec 16
9:13am 2025
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Leggero (Italian for "light")
a concept, most commonly it describes a light or nimble quality in music or fashion, essentially, the word means "light," "nimble," or "gentle" in Italian, applying to different contexts like feeling light, being musically delicate, or even a product name
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*you gift me delicious morsels,
bocconcini preziosi e sapori colorati in una lingua sconosciuta,
bejeweled bites and colored tastes in language unfamiliar,
invoking your inalienable, amicable right to
commission my cravings to compose,
an early morning challenge to wet my eyes,
thus refreshed, seek out perspectives head on versus
my damaged heart,
that lay dormant, unnoticed, trapped beneath the rocks
of the running waters that conjoin the blood of my
genetic inheritance and long term memories*
*you salute the leggero quality of my poetry,
and I wonder, if that merely reflects the underlying
avoidance of the seriousness of life’s inherent
contra~in|sanities,
in a week of tragic mass murderings,
which affects my vision,
tears that block any lightness of clarity,
and an all too human avoidance
of the hate that bubbles over the black kettle.
almost liquidating the fire that heats the heart
and boot blackens my*
esprit de corps
*the insight inside is clouded over, now shrouded,
and the leggero flees to Rhode Island,
and to Bondi Beach,
where it is more desperately needed,
though swamped by the helplessness,
the hopelessness of random irrational hate,
nothing new here, other than
hate still tastes so good for too many*
know this,
my poetry friends,
i miei amici poeti,
my lightness has escaped,
floated skywards,
and the light of our memory candles gives us steady wisps of
unwrapped accompaniment of mourning dark smoke,
in the modest hope that
this spawn of hate
will be
at least
the last
of this year,
summa finalis huius anni horribilis
the final tally of this horrible year
and we **** the killings
dayenu!^
~~~
26 Kislev 5786
The second day of Chanukah^^
<nml>
Dec 16, 2025
Dec 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM UTC
On each day of Hanukkah
as candles burned bright an angel came to me.
The angel echoed for eight days and I listened.
as it said...
BE the sacred gift you are.
STAY in your power inside self love.
REACH out with aid to help others.
WHISPER inside forgiveness.
HOLD compassion in your heart.
RUN inside your dreams.
CHOOSE to only harbor love.
REMEMBER who you are - divine.
Dec 22, 2019
Dec 22, 2019 at 8:58 AM UTC