Hanukkah

If history is written by the winners,
our victories, though biblical, are few.
We celebrate them with familial dinners,
where everybody has a point of view,

and none of them the same. Our temple teachers
will use a certain phrase, Tikkun Olam:
Go, fix the world, for us, and all God's creatures.
They cite the scriptures, back to Abraham,

remind us: you're the people of the Book.
Raise toasts to Life, and bless the sacred wine.
Remember: your forefathers undertook
to challenge, to demand of the divine
to bring joy to the world. So, so much joy…

A festival of lights. Each night, a toy.