Find more Hanukkah Candle Lighting Intentions from the RA’s “8 Nights of Kavvanot.”
Ideally, the hannukiah should be placed in the window so that everyone can see its light. But, “in a time of danger,” it can be placed on an inner table. What “time” is it now?
It depends.
Is the danger an outside world that abhors Jewish light?
Or is the danger in letting the outside world push us to hide our light away?
In the world for which we yearn, every community will display their lights for the world to see.
When one places the Hanukkah lights in the window, it’s like the flames are praying for that world to become a reality in our time and in our day.
Especially this year, may your light rise over your fear.
