[HANASHIR:10531] Lighting Candles in the Dark - new song lyrics

[Ros Schwartz <hn_for_ros...>]

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- Ros



Lighting Candles in the Dark


(c) Ros Schwartz December 2001


First night of Chanuka
Light one candle in the dark
Watch the flame grow strong and steady
from this tiny spark
>From silence we weave songs
with blessings and delight
We fill our hearts with joy
and we fill our souls with light.

Second night of Chanuka
Daylight fades so fast
>From these candles of today
I wander to the past:
This menorah from my childhood
That one from my teens
Two of clay my children fashioned
One more in between.

Third night of Chanuka
The darkness fades away
As we light these five menorahs
we weave night into day
Hear our words of awe and wonder
Blessings in God's name
See the glow of hope and promise
in the steady flame.

Fourth night of Chanuka
Watch the brightness grow
Breathe the beauty deep inside you
As the candles glow
Some days you give your strength to me
Some days I give you mine
For even in the darkest moments
Still the candles shine.

Candles five and six and seven
bind us to the light
Cast away the growing shadows
let your soul shine bright
For the darkness has no power
if we learn not to fear
Then light flows into every corner
and God is with us here.

Eighth night of Chanuka
my joy is tinged with pain
for even as I light these lights
I know the dark will come again
Hold on to the world of wonder
in the darkest night
Then Chanuka will never end
... and you will shine with light.

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