Light the Festive Candles
Angelo
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I'm a day early but all best wishes and blessings on Hanukkah to our friends...
Light the first of eight tonight -
the farthest candle to the right.
Light the first and second, too,
when tomorrow's day is through
Then light three, and then light four -
every dusk one candle more
til all eight burn bright and high,
honoring a day gone by
When the Temple was restored,
rescued from the Syrian lord,
And an eight-day feast proclaimed -
The Festival of Lights - well named
To celebrate the joyous day
when we regained the right to pray
to our one God in our own way.
"Light the Festive Candles" copyright 1967, 1985 Aileen Fisher
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Light the first of eight tonight -
the farthest candle to the right.
Light the first and second, too,
when tomorrow's day is through
Then light three, and then light four -
every dusk one candle more
til all eight burn bright and high,
honoring a day gone by
When the Temple was restored,
rescued from the Syrian lord,
And an eight-day feast proclaimed -
The Festival of Lights - well named
To celebrate the joyous day
when we regained the right to pray
to our one God in our own way.
"Light the Festive Candles" copyright 1967, 1985 Aileen Fisher
.
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