Sermons

Hanukkah in May – Rabbi David Kasher


May 8th, 2021 — Shabbat Behar Behukotai

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.