What then, is fire?
Blessing or curse?
One tiny flask of oil
lit the menorah
for eight nights.
A Miracle!
A flame is a blessing, a glow, a warmth, a gentle whisper that the Holy One is here amongst us, lighting our way.
And right at this same time, as we light the chanukiah and watch its sweet flames, three tonight plus the shamash,
flames rage through this beautiful land
destroying the trees
the trees planted by generations
of those who lived their hope
by sliding coins into a little blue box
that would plant trees in Israel.
What is fire? A blessing or a curse?
Yes
This helps us know,
there is not
"This thing is good"
"This thing is evil"
But
"To every thing there is a season
And a time to every purpose under Heaven"
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