Finding Your Essence

Tonight is the last night, so here is another powerfully inspiring reminder/lesson.  I have posted this lesson in previous years, but this year it’s message resonates loudly.

Chanukah, the miracle of light, celebrates the olive oil burning for eight days bringing light to the darkness.  Of all the special qualities of a pretty and delicious olive, its essence is found in its oil when lit, producing light.  In order to get to the olives essence, it must first be crushed to produce the oil.  So too in our lives, we sometimes are, or feel crushed – by pain and suffering, illness, fears, loss, ……..  Just like the olive, it is in those moments that you may find your essence and with it bring your light to the world.

Once again darkness/evil has come upon the Jewish people in an attempt to crush them.

“Chanukah carries forward the light of a two-thousand year old fight against evil. It is a reminder that even out of the worst possible darkness and despair, light will still come.” – Daniel Greenfield

Prior to October 7 Israelis were divided but through this crushing they were reminded of their unified purpose.  Jews all over the world have come together and in many cases added to their religious observances and stand tall

Together We Will Once Again Survive, Thrive, And Continue To Bring Light

Deja Vu Never Again

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