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Notes on the Spring Holidays ["Hanukkah"]

By Charles Reznikoff

In a world where each man must be of use
and each thing useful, the rebellious Jews
light not one light but eight—
not to see by but to look at.

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Tonight is the first night of Hanukkah. Read from the Poems of Jewish Faith and Culture collection.

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