Back in antiquity
An evil befell the Hebrew temple
A great iniquity
The conquerors of Judea
Defiled its holy site
They made the place unholy
Doing things that aren't right
Then a group of freedom fighters
Repelled those cruel invaders
Their name, it was the Maccabees
The Jewish liberators
The condition of the Temple
Was a low down dirty shame
And worst of all, there was a dearth of oil
To fuel the Eternal Flame
There was only oil for one day
When eight days were required
If that oil couldn't last eight days
The flame, it would expire
Miraculously, the oil burned
For eight days and eight nights
And that's why Hanukkah is called
The Festival of Lights!
by Tom Meltzer ©The Princeton Review
If you like "Festival of Lights" you might also like Mickey Katz.
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