Hanukkah
I'm so glad that we have heroes to celebrate, especially during Hanukkah, the darkest time of the year. It is a holiday that celebrates the light within us that gives us the courage to face darkness. The Maccabbees entered the Temple and discovered only one cruse of oil. Only seven days then would be a miracle because the first day had adequate oil. The eight days incorporate the miracle of the first day, which signifies the miracle of human courage to begin to buld within imperfect human situations.
posted by Malka Drucker @ 11:11 AM
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My Jewish Hero is someone who was criticized and condemned by a former employer and was accused of being "disoriented". It weighed heavily on the Hero. This person could have called it quits, but instead met the challenge and moved on to a new neighborhood of “moral goodness” and opened a similar new business. People “flocked” to the new business and it grew and flourished. Some of these people were of the same “orientation” and some were not. What they had in common was their like mindedness for the “uplifting product” produced by the Hero, so in a sense they all had the same “orientation” and emotional and spiritual needs. Outside of the “business”, I became friends with the Hero spending time at the Hero’s residence with friends and family, enjoying good food, drink, conversation and a peaceful smoke. I had always been familiar with the “product” but came to view it in an entirely different and enjoyable way.
My Hero is short in stature but tall on intelligence. I love to tell people that my Rabbi is a Lesbian. Sometimes it produces unusual reactions and other times they say, “Oh you know Malka!”
So, Malka, you're my Jewish Hero.
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