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Dear Hampshire Community,<br>
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The following message was originally written by Rabbi Bruce Bromberg
Seltzer of <br>
Amherst and Smith colleges. It also includes a special prayer for human
rights written <br>
Rabbi Edward Feld, that I hope we all will use each night prior to
candle<br>
lighting. Please pass this prayer - and this information - on to family
and friends everywhere.<br>
<br>
Let us bring the lights of freedom into a world where there is far too<br>
much darkness.<br>
<br>
Chag Urim Same'akh - a Happy Festival of Lights,<br>
<br>
Steven<br>
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>From Rabbi Bruce:<br>
<br>
The joyous Festival of Lights is one in which we proclaim that might<br>
only wins out in the short term. In the long term, spirit trumps might.<br>
I would like to recommend two actions sponsored by Rabbis for Human<br>
Rights-North America that remind us of the role of the spirit.<br>
<br>
This year International Human Rights Day, December 10, falls during<br>
Hanukkah. The Day celebrates the passage of the Universal Declaration of<br>
Human Rights by the United Nations on December 10, 1948. There is no<br>
doubt that the Declaration was adopted in response to the Holocaust and<br>
the horrors the world experienced during World War II; indeed, the<br>
preamble to the Declaration states as much. In celebrating Hanukkah we<br>
reflect on our struggle for freedom and human dignity and the<br>
conjunction of the two festivals should inspire us to commit ourselves<br>
to fighting for human rights at home and abroad.<br>
<br>
<big>To commemorate this confluence of festivals and to highlight the
role<br>
of spirit over might, I urge each of us to add the following small<br>
prayer (written by my predecessor Rabbi Eddie Feld) to our candle<br>
lighting: A reading for lighting candles in the home:</big><br>
<br>
<b><big>I light this flame of Hanukkah remembering the time when my
people were<br>
oppressed because of their faith. Greeks persecuted us, martyred our<br>
people, tortured and killed us. Many of my people stood firm, and I am<br>
their descendant. As I celebrate the light of freedom today, I pray that<br>
I and my fellow citizens shall not be the source of suffering in others,<br>
never persecute others because of their faith, never torture others,<br>
never be the instrument of hate. May we all be sources of light in the<br>
world, not of darkness. </big></b><br>
<br>
Additionally, Rabbis for Human Rights North America invites all Jews<br>
interested in human rights to affirm the image of God in every person by<br>
joining K’vod Habriot: A Jewish Human Rights Network, launching now in<br>
honor of Hanukkah and International Human Rights Day.<br>
K'vod Habriot is a dynamic network of rabbis, communities and<br>
individuals dedicated to the human rights of all. Synagogues and<br>
individuals who join pledge to advocate on behalf of human rights,<br>
educate themselves on the core values and links between Judaism and<br>
human rights, celebrate International Human Rights Day as a critical<br>
date for the Jewish community, and Integrate human rights concerns into<br>
Jewish rituals and holidays. To find out more about K'vod Habriot, join<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.rhr-na.org/kvod_habriot/launched">http://www.rhr-na.org/kvod_habriot/launched</a>
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<span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Calligraphy"; color: black;">"The
more deeply immersed I became in the thinking of the
prophets, the more powerfully it became clear to me what the lives of
the
prophets sought to convey: that morally speaking there is no limit to
the
concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings. It also became
clear
to me that in regard to cruelties committed in the name of a free
society, some
are guilty, all are responsible."<o:p></o:p></span>
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<span
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