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What is the secret of the Chanukah lights, which we kindle at nightfall? Is it merely that they illuminate the darkness? After all, the
menorah in the Temple also burned at night. But while the lights of the
menorah in the Temple were kindled during the day and continued burning into the night, the starting point of the Chanukah lights is the night, itself – the kingdom of darkness. Chanukah lights from within that dark space.