Hanukkah for Kids Project Update

Thanks to all of our friends for making this possible! This was the only gift she would get during the holidays this year, as her family lives under the poverty line in Israel. Read more...

Hanukkah Toys for Kids Project Update

Thanks to you, we were able to bring up one load already to Haifa of toys for Ukrainian Israeli immigrant children who are living below the poverty line, some whose families are in a severe situation. Read more...

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Don't overdo the sufganiyot!

Hanukkah - Light Drives Out Darkness

Both Jews and Christians celebrate their "festivals of light" during the darkest period of the year. Sunrises are really late and sunsets occur in the late afternoon already.

Light was created during the creation story when God spoke light into being to expel the darkness (Genesis 1:1 - 5). A parallel can be found in the Gospel of John chapter 1 where the Messiah is referred to as the light of the world.