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The Light in That Place: A Poem for Hanukkah
The Light in That Place: A Poem for Hanukkah “Our holiday has been turned into a day of mourning” -- Chaim A. Kaplan The Light in That Place: A Poem for Hanukkah By lamp and by oil, we hunger the hours as the dusk's frost settles in. There is still time: the freight cars are not ready yet, but we are, we are ready, on this night. Sit, sit down while I set down these makeshift wicks, these meager latkes, this hanukkiah of ours, gifted by my father the day he was beaten and ta

Richard Mather
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