Hanukkah - the Jewish Festival of Lights

Hanukkah is a festival of 8 nights and days marking the re-dedication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Empire of Seleucid way back in 165 BCE.

Here's a brief summary:

And this is a contemporary re-interpretation of the Festival!

A PRAYER FOR TODAY

Loving God,

we give thanks for the many victories

won by light over darkness

expressed by faiths around the world.

We pray that we might all be part of the ultimate victory 

when the darkness of injustice and hate

will be forever dispelled

by the desire for justice and capacity for love

which reside in the hearts of all humanity.

AMEN