Quotes on Hanukkah

Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't we?

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?

Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.

The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle.

Let the straight flower bespeak its purpose in straightness - to seek the light._x000D_ _x000D_ Let the crooked flower bespeak its purpose in crookedness - to seek the light._x000D_ _x000D_ Let the crookedness and straightness bespeak the light.

Still ours the dance, the feast, the glorious Psalm, The mystic lights of emblem, and the Word.

Kindle the taper like the steadfast star_x000D_ _x000D_ Ablaze on evening's forehead o'er the earth,_x000D_ _x000D_ And add each night a lustre till afar_x000D_ _x000D_ An eightfold splendor shine above thy hearth.

Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.