A Moment in Time: “Chanukkah – YOUR Light Makes a Difference!”

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Rabbi Zach Shapiro

December 15, 2022

Dear all,

As I look back on this photo from last year, and as we anticipate the first night of Chanukkah this Sunday, I think about the significance of light. At this darkest time of year, the small lights we kindle are reminders that each act of goodness, each outreach of kindness, each initiative toward justice, each moment in time that we make things better …. one by one, we make a difference.

This is about YOUR light.

This is about YOUR soul.

This is about YOUR imprint in the world – making it better wherever you can!

Ron, Maya, Eli and I wish you and all you love a season of light and goodness!

With love and Shalom,

Rabbi Zach Shapiro

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