Let me start with a true story. On the Second World War, there was a concentration camp called Bergen Belsen. During this time of the year, on the first night of Hannukah, the Nazis came and killed several people.
When the Jews inside the camp wanted to light the candles for Hannukah there were no candles, and no oil. Instead, there was a piece of wood, a shoe, and shoe laces. Everyone inside the camp gathered to light the “janukiya”. The Rabbi lit the candle and said the two first prayers; when he was about to say the third phrase, he turned around looking for something, and then he looked back to the janukiya, and said “Sheejeyanu Vekiyemanu Vehigianu Lazman Haze”. One person approached the Rabbi and said, “I understand your necessity to light the janukiya, but the third prayer goes beyond my understanding. How can you thank God for keeping us alive like this, and letting us get to this day? How can you do this? For this you are thankfull?”. The Rabbi´s answer was: “when I was about to say the third prayer, I asked myself if I should say it, then I turned around, and realized that behind me there were many people with hope, waiting for the light of Hannukah”.
They tried to exterminate us, but we built families.
They didn´t want us anywhere, but we built the State of Israel.
The more they target our spirit, the brighter we let our people shine.
We look at the darkness, and light a candle.
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