Week 10 - Bradford - Chanukah

 

With the overwhelm of Week 10 and finals week next week, my partner and I have not been good about observing Chanukah and lighting our menorah. Of the eight days thus far, we've lit our menorah twice...

Last night, we celebrated Chanukah with our friends. They made a completely vegan Chanukah meal (complete with vegan brisket!). Especially with our friends' kids present, it was really cool to both say and sing the Chanukah blessing while lighting their menorah (much prettier than ours). And even more cool that they placed their lit menorah on the windowsill to share it with the rest of the neighborhood.

Chanukah is a celebration of light. In keeping with the origins of Chanukah, the evening was lit primarily by candles and supplemented by dim artificial lamp light. This felt particularly appropriate for discussing the significance of certain Chanukah traditions and the inspiration of light with the kids and, in a sort of ironic way, watching the menorah slowly burn out into wisps of smoke with the littlest one.

The evening continued into games and me falling asleep, but not before we humorously noted how the candlelight flickering on one of the game props looked like a cheap, low-quality effect from a dated film.

Chag sameach!