I couldn’t let the last night of Chanukah pass without posting some sort of teaching. (I know I already posted a blog today…) I knew I had read something somewhere about the importance of the eight night, and then I remembered! My friend Rabbi David Zaslow posted this on Facebook:
The symbol for 8 is an infinity sign ∞ standing and joining heaven to earth. The 8th night of Hanukkah is a mystical night called “Zote Hanukkah,” meaning “this is Hanuakkah.” It’s what we’ve been lighting toward all week – a deep sense that heaven and earth, spirit and body, are really one. We light all 8 candles and silently mediate on them as they burn…that’s when the miraculous becomes evident.
So, there you have it. A wonderous teaching for the last night. Thanks Reb David!
Plus, it’s Shabbat…If you want to read about the doubling the light tonight, check out this article.
