Notes on the Spring Holidays (excerpt)
III
Hanukkah
In a world where each man must be of use
and each thing useful, the rebellious Jews
light not one light but eight–
not to see by but to look at.
-Charles Reznikoff
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Notes on the Spring Holidays (excerpt)
III
Hanukkah
In a world where each man must be of use
and each thing useful, the rebellious Jews
light not one light but eight–
not to see by but to look at.
-Charles Reznikoff