Miss Abby on the 2nd night (Saturday)
Miss Izzy on the 4th night (Monday)
Here's my silly haiku---Check out You Know...That Blog to play along!
The kids learn to light
Candles burn little fingers
Happy Hanukkah!
Wanted to share my favorite Hanukkah thoughts for parents shamelessly plagiarized from “The Jewish Parent’s Almanac” by Julie Hilton Danan:
Oil gives both light and nourishment, just as a parent should give his or her children both spiritual inspiration and emotional nurturance. The most repeated Hanukah miracle is the story of the small cruse of oil that contained enough fuel for only one day, yet burned for eight days. That Hanukah miracle (whether understood literally or metaphorically) says, in the fashion of David Ben-Gurion: Sometimes the dreamer is the realist. ... So many times, especially with small children, I’ve felt “burned-out." The sages taught that one is not to rely on miracles. Parents shouldn’t expect to give constantly, without any self-nurturing to ease their task. The biblical concept that a parent should be “honored” (and not just respected) indicates an understanding for the needs of the parent as a person. Of course we need to take care of our own needs — spiritual, emotional, physical, and intellectual — in order to give abundantly to our children.
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