Short Chanukah Poems

Candles burn tonight
Remember the Maccabees
Winter Miracle...

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battle has been won
again, Jews have overcome
prayed to G-d, the One...

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The lights shine brightly 
And our souls are touched by this
Peace to all of you...

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Chanukah is here
  special time of year
her bright message so clear ~

A tiny flame displaces
  much darkness and fear...

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Do not live me,
Let me die,
Or let me become yours.

Look, do not think 
I love to say love,
Or do not deny me
And die,Let me stay....

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A minor holiday, the Sages say
  with a major message for today

Never let big government dictate terms
  even when it comes to tiny germs...

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White 
Christmas
memories
riding a sleigh
around the whole world
sharing wishes
here and there,
worldwide
bright
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I went to a pool
it was pretty cool
but then I was tired at school
my teachers think I'm a fool
good food makes me drool
my shirt is made out of wool...

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I'm dreaming of a White Christmas
  to tell all the neighbors that I know

After eight straight nights of Chanukah
  there's still one more miracle to go...

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It's Christmas Day
  Chanukah too
A day of salvation
  for Christian and Jew

Our rituals differ
  That much is true 
Yet we all unite
  in the Festivals' Lights...

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Ten-year-old David for Chanukah yearned
Bought a menorah with money he'd earned
   His cheap candles he lit
   But in half they did split
David learned ~ Buy quality or get burned...

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        We are not anti-Jewish
          We're only 'anti-Israel,' you see

        So, your Jewish Chanukah celebration is canceled
          ~ it implies we support the Israelis...

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Christmas is now the Holidays.
But Hanukkah is still Hanukkah
and Ramadan is still Ramadan.

Easter still has its name.
The media needs more time
to make the change.

Donal Mahoney...

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Christmas is now the Holidays.
But Hanukkah is still Hanukkah
and Ramadan is still Ramadan.

Easter still has its name.
The media needs more time
to make the change.


Donal Mahoney...

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I met a young Jew
  it's sad to say
Who wasn't taught
  Why or how to pray

I choked back a tear
  as I lit festive candles dear
'Gaze into the flames, son
  Their warmth brings God near'...

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**Chanukah**


Colored Candles

Luscious Latkes

Songs and Prayers 


Love and Heritage

Dreidel Playing

Peace for Israel


**Chanukah**



12/13/2022

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     Santa Claus sure is fine, and he’s dandy
     On Chanukah he gives out the candy

         He wants to light the lights
         But instead starts a fight

     In Mayberry that job falls to Andy


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   To celebrate Chanukah right
     is all about kindling light

   Restoring the Holy Temple's site
     one cruse of oil burned so bright ... 

   Israel's eternal plight ~
     to merely exist, it ever must fight...

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Lord, Why does Satan determine
Who is admitted to this country
Who live in different neighborhoods
Who goes to college
Who is rich or poor
Who our leaders will be
Who will live or die
Why

I am the One who determines...

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how long
is a foot locker
and what
do they keep in it?

foot lockers
foot solders
foot long hotdogs
footballs
what is the obsession 
are they politically correct
or are they just a foot fetishes
at the foot of my bed...

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Eight days and nights of Chanukah
  is a little much for me
I've gotten to that 'golden age'
  where it's really hard to be

Happy, happy, happy
  morning, noon and night
I'd just like to go to sleep
  once I light the lights...

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Oh my divinity, shalt thou absolve me?
For I bruised and gashed she 
For I deceived and deposed she
For I breached and abondoned she
For I let she go and escaped .
Oh my almighty,canst thou be venial?


Copyright © Dawa Zangpo |24/07/2018....

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A life short-lived, but a life lived regardless
A cavalcade of those once loved marching backwards
Black light glinting through the eyes of the ephemeral
A shining, black casket filled not with despair, but hope.
An ephemeral hope, but hope nonetheless....

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As snowfall falls on the ground
     the day begins 
Looking out of my window 
    memories return 
of old politics, family, lovers,friends
   Amidst the holidays - XMAS, Chanukah, Kwaanza
     Festivus 
I find peace 
            in a blanket of white...

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  The avoidance, the whispers, the fear
    of fellow Jews now daily I hear

  Do I dare walk around with my skullcap on
    If I see Palestinians, should I run

  Tonight marks the first Chanukah light
    that 21st century Jews crouch in fear, out of sight...

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