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Sermon

3 years ago • May 8, 2021

Hanukkah in May

By
Rabbi David Kasher

Shabbat Behar Behukotai Sermon. We are, thank God, finally coming back to pray together in person. So what will this experience of reentry be like for us, after having been apart for so long? In our tradition, we have a word for this act of rededication: ‘Hanukkah.’ And if the Hanukkah ceremonies of the past are any indication, this will be a complicated emotional process.