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What Gifts Feed the Soul, Make the Spirit Happy, and Light Up the World?

November 27, 2023 November 26, 2023 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

The Thanksgiving holiday has ended in the United States. That means we’ve entered the excessive spending season. Ostensibly, holiday shopping is done for the purpose of giving, but Black Friday ushers in a spiritually dark period of the year. And it doesn’t become brighter even when we celebrate light-filled holidays, like Chanukah, Christmas, and Kwanza. …

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someone needs to find you--shine your light

How to Shine Your Light on the World

October 8, 2018 October 7, 2018 / By Nina Amir / 2 Comments

Flip the switch. Turn on your light…now…and shine it on the world. Someone needs to find you. Why? Something ails him, and you have the prescription he needs. Only you can end her pain, struggle, or confusion. You can answer her questions and solve his problems. Yes…you. You have a gift to give the world. …

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How to Shine Your Light into the Darkness

November 11, 2016 November 11, 2016 / By Nina Amir / 6 Comments

The world needs light. Of course, we need the sun and the moon. But I’m talking about your light. The planet we live on has been in transition for a number of years. The Earth’s vibration continues to transform as does the energy carried by what are called “light workers” around the world. You may …

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The Shamash is the servent or helper candle

You Have the Ability to Light-Up the World

December 11, 2015 December 10, 2015 / By Nina Amir / 4 Comments

Every Chanukah, Jews light candles in their chanukiot, the special candle holders or menorahs, used on the holiday. They do this for eight days, but most of them miss the significance of the shamash, the helper candle, used to light all the others. They focus on the eight beautiful flames, and pay little attention to …

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Chanukah Light Helps Us See Miracles

December 15, 2009 December 15, 2009 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

The Kabbalists talk a great deal about the “light.” Through our actions we draw this Divine light into the world, thereby, increasing the light—or we push the light away, cover it up, and diminish its presence. In the Zohar, the mystical text of Kabbalah, there is a teaching that says that everything is new when …

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Shine Your Own Light This Chanukah

December 11, 2009 December 11, 2009 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

As we get ready to light the first candle on the chanukiah, marking the first night of Chanukah, I want to remind everyone that afterwards we are supposed to place it in the window to shine its light outward into the world. This is a way of reminding the world of the possibility of miracles …

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What is Kabbalah? The Art of Becoming a Good Receiver

June 8, 2009 June 8, 2009 / By Nina Amir / 2 Comments

The Hebrew word kabbalah comes from the Hebrew verb “lekabbel,” whose root kbl means “to receive” or “to welcome.” Thus, Kabbalah means “receiving” or “reception.” Most people define Kabbalah as a wisdom tradition or mystical tradition received from teacher to student, handed down from generation to generation. Thus, we receive it from someone. We become …

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This Little Light of Mine…Let it Shine.

June 27, 2008 June 27, 2008 / By Nina Amir / Leave a Comment

“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine.” Do you remember that song? I was thinking about it last night and told my son that he needed to sing it every day as his theme song. We’ve been talking about when he let his …

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