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At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from the desert tabernacle to synagogues today

  • Written by Alan Avery-Peck, Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
At Hanukkah, a celebration of eternal light − from the desert tabernacle to synagogues todayA celebration of eternal light − and hope.Alan Avery-Peck

My earliest religious memory is of our synagogue’s Ner Tamid: the decorative electric lamp that hangs in every sanctuary, above the ark holding the Torah scrolls.

This lamp, I learned from parents and teachers, was an eternal light – the literal meaning of the Hebrew term...

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