One Hanukah night......one light........one day at a > time........we WILL change the world.
Peter Paul & Mary do a Hanukah song on the recording of their Holiday Celebration concert called 'Light One Candle'. I love what it says and I think I usually post the lyrics at some time during the season: Light One Candle -Peter Yarrow Light one candle for the Maccabee children Give thanks that their light didn't die Light one candle for the pain they endured When their right to exist was denied Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice Justice and freedom demand Light one candle for the wisdom to know When the peacemaker's time is at hand Chorus: Don't let the light go out It's lasted for so many years Don't let the light go out Let it shine through our love & our tears Light one candle for the strength that we need To never become our own foe Light one candle for those who are suffering The pain we learned so long ago Light one candle for all we believe in That anger not tear us apart Light one candle to bind us together With peace and a song in our heart Chorus What is the memory we value so highly That we keep alive in that place? What's the commitment to those who have died? We cry out they've not died in vain! We have come this far with all we believe in That justice will somehow prevail This is the verdict, this is the promise And this is why we will not fail! Don't let the light go out It's lasted for so many years Don't let the light go out Let it shine through our love & our tears Don't let the light go out It's lasted for so many years Don't let the light go out Let it shine through our love & our tears Don't let the light go out Don't let the light go out Don't let the light go out! To all of you that celebrate it, I wish you a blessed Hanukah. And to all of the JMDL, may you all continue to be the beacons of light & hope that you are. Mark E.
