They thought the jug did not have enough oil to last more than one day. We have this pervasive sense of not enoughness about many things — time, space, resources, love — and on one level, the concrete, rational level of counting and figuring things out and knowing, there is truth to our assessments, to the limitations. But Chanukah invites us into another perspective, invites us into the Magical Kingdom where mystery abides unexplained. The oil inexplicably lasts, the Maccabees inexplicably win. In this other zone, we are asked to put down our counting of coins and look up at the miraculous light, to see our own abundant radiant light reflected in its aura, and to send it out into the dark night. In this meditation, we open to this invitation and enter the Magical Kingdom together.
Photo by Rachel Anisfeld
