Hanukkah Quotes to Celebrate and Inspire

In 2009 Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday December 11. Hanukkah is a Hebrew word that means "dedication" or "consecration." In English, it is commonly spelled as Hanukkah, Chanukkah, or Chanukah. Celebrate the holiday of Hanukkah than with some inspiring and uplifting Hanukkah quotes that are perfect to put in a card or in an email.

Hanukkah celebrates two miracles --a great Jewish military victory and a miraculous supply of oil for the Temple. Miracles, celebration, triumph -- they are all a part of the Hanukkah tradition. Celebrate the day and spread some positive inspiration with these Hanukkah quotes.

Chanuka is about the spark of the divine in all of us made in God's image. -Suzanne Fields

As long as Hanukkah is studied and remembered, Jews will not surrender to the night. The proper response, as Hanukkah teaches, is not to curse the darkness but to light a candle. -Irving Greenberg

Just as Hanukkah candles are lighted one by one from a single flame, so the tale of the miracle is passed from one man to another, from one house to another, and to the whole House of Israel throughout the generations. -Judah L. Magnes

They celebrated it for eight days with gladness like Sukkot and recalled how a little while before, during Sukkot, they had been wandering in the mountains and caverns like wild animals.So carrying lulavs ...they offered hymns of praise to God who had brought to pass the purification of His own place. ~ II Maccabees 10. 6-7

The miracle, of course, was not that the oil for the sacred light - in a little cruse - lasted as long as they say; but that the courage of the Maccabees lasted to this day:let that nourish my flickering spirit. ~ Charles Reznikoff

The lights of the Hanukkah menorah that we kindle in our homes are a reminder both of the Menorah in the Temple in Jerusalem and the light that shines brightly within each one of us. For as it says in Proverbs 20:27 -- The candle of God is the soul of man. ~ Libi Astair

At this time of year, when the sun is most hidden, the holiday of Hanukkah celebrates the rays of hope and light. Indeed, the physical darkness of this time of year can be a metaphor for the darkness that often envelopes us at times of illness and loss of a loved one, when the world sometimes feels dark and cold. At such times, we yearn for the sun, and the light and warmth that it provides. Often, it is through simple and unrecognized miracles that we are able to feel the warmth of hope and light. ~ Rabbi Rafael Goldstein

Happy Hanukkah.

Written by Cheryl Phillips
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