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Selections from 1 & 2 Maccabees and Pesiqta Rabbati on the Desecration and Rededication of the Temple and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ἰάσων ὁ Κυρηναῖος and Unknown Author(s)
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Second Temple Period, Ḥanukkah Readings
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kindling, Angels, Maccabees, combating anti-Jewish oppression, 2nd century B.C.E., 37th century A.M., Classical Antiquity, the Mizbe'aḥ, dedication, Maccabean Revolt, נר תמיד ner tamid

Selections from 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, and Pesiqta Rabbati which inform the story of Ḥanukkah: the desecration and re-dedication of the Temple (especially as it relates to Sukkot and the Brumalia), divine intervention in the Maccabean battles, and the Rekindling of the Sacred Fire. . . .

Between the Fires: A Kavvanah for Lighting Candles of Commitment, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center)

Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י״ז באייר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-05-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Sukkot, Ecotastrophes
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20th century C.E., eco-conscious, kindling, North America, candle lighting, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid

“Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” was composed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, drawing on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. . . .

A Prayer before Candle-lighting, by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״א בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Leil Pesaḥ, Sukkot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
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Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer

Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . .

If I Let It: A Kavvanah for Kabbalat Shabbat, by Trisha Arlin

Contributor(s): Trisha Arlin
Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ג (2013-03-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Kabbalat Shabbat
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kindling, gateway, first person, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

Shabbat happens, If I let it. . . .

כוונה בהדלקת נר חנוכּה | Kavvanah for the Mitsvah of Kindling the Ḥanukkah Lights by Rebbe Tsvi Elimelekh Spira of Dinov (trans. Moreh Yehudis Fishman)

Contributor(s): Yehudis Fishman and צבי אלימלך שפירא
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Ḥanukkah
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19th century C.E., kindling, Bluzhov, Dinov, Minhag Ḥasidei Dinov, Munkacz, 56th century A.M., Ḥasidic, lamp lighting

For the purpose of the unification of the Holy One and His divine (feminine) Presence, with trepidation and love and love and trepidation, to unify the name Yud-Kay with Vav-Kay (the four letters of the Tetragrammaton) with a complete unity in the name of all Israel, behold I intend in the lighting of the Hanukkah candle to fulfill the command of my Creator as our wise men of blessed memory have commanded us to repair her root in a supernal abode. . . .

כַּוָּנָה לְהַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת חֲנֻכָּה | Kavvanah for Ḥanukkiah Lighting by Bonna Devora Haberman, z”l (Mistabra Institute for Jewish Textual Activism, 2002)

Contributor(s): Bonna Devora Haberman
Shared on ח׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ג (2012-12-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Ḥanukkah
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kindling, Progressive Zionism, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., lamp lighting, olive oil, ישראל Yisrael

This is an intention that I composed for the conclusion of a performance piece, Inner Fire, created and performed by my Mistabra Institute for Jewish Textual Activism at Brandeis University in 2002. It is as relevant today as ever. Please use it for inspiration when you light Ḥanuka candles. . . .

תְחִינָה פון דיא מִצְוה הַדְלָקַת הַנֵר | Prayer for the Mitsvah of Kindling the Shabbat Lights, by Sarah bat Tovim from the Tkhine of Three Gates (ca. early 18th c.)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Sarah bat Tovim
Shared on כ׳ באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Erev Shabbat
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kindling, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, lamp lighting

The Prayer for the mitsvot of kindling the lights of Shabbat from the Teḥinah of the Three Gates by Sarah bat Tovim (18th century). . . .

תְּחִינָה לִשָּׁבוּעוֺת נאָך ליכט צינדן | Tkhine upon Candlelighting at the Onset of Shavuot

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Author(s) and Jonah S. Boyarin (translation)
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Shavuot
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19th century C.E., kindling, ײדיש Yiddish, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Torah as intercessor, Needing Attribution

This tekhina (supplication) upon candlelighting for Shavuot in Hebrew and Yiddish appears in the Maḥzor for Shavuot Rav Peninim (Vilna 1911) although we are uncertain whether it first appeared here. We welcome your help in correctly attributing and translating it. . . .

תחנה פון ליכט בענטשין | Tkhine for Lighting Candles [for Shabbes]

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ז בתמוז ה׳תשע״ו (2016-07-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Erev Shabbat
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fire, kindling, תחינות tkhines, Needing Source Images, Needing Attribution

This is a faithful transcription of the תחנה פון ליכט בענטשין (“Tkhine for Lighting Candles [for Shabbes]”) as it appeared in the Vilna, 1869 edition. I have transcribed it without any changes from The Merit of Our Mothers בזכות אמהות A Bilingual Anthology of Jewish Women’s Prayers, compiled by Rabbi Tracy Guren Klirs, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College Press, 1992. shgiyot mi yavin, ministarot nakeni. If you can scan an image of the page from the 1869 edition this was originally copied from, please share your scan with us. . . .

تعالوا نضيئ شمعات السلام | בואו נאיר נרות שלום | Let us Light Candles for Peace, by Sheikha Ibtisam Maḥameed and Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum

Contributor(s): Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, R' Amichai Lau-Lavie (translation) and Sheikha Ibtisam Maḥameed
Shared on כ״א בתמוז ה׳תשע״ד (2014-07-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Erev Shabbat, Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession
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kindling, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, candles, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

Two mothers, one plea: Now, more than ever, during these days of so much crying, on the day that is sacred to both our religions, Friday, Sabbath Eve Let us light a candle in every home – for peace: A candle to illuminate our future, face to face, A candle across borders, beyond fear. From our family homes and houses of worship Let us light each other up Let these candles be a lighthouse to our spirit Until we all arrive at the sanctuary of peace. . . .

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