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"The next year, I decided that I wanted my son to have those memories too. We bought a menorah and candles. I looked up the prayers. I thought I had forgotten them, but they came right back, melody and all. I sang them as I lit the candles, and stared at the flames with my son. I loved it just as much as I did when I was a kid. It still felt special and magical. It still felt like it was mine. We did Passover later that year too. I started digging more into the traditions that I'd forgotten. I started learning things I hadn't known before, that put my memories of my grandfather and my aunts and uncles in a new light. I started figuring out just how joyful and beautiful and rich Jewish life is. I realized how much I'd missed it, and how much I'd been longing for those traditions to ground me and root me in my own life and my life as a father." -- Villain Gaon (justsayxtian), "Saying Hello to Hanukkah", 2020-12-07

Today is
Gregorian: 2020 December 10
Julian: 2020 November 27
Hebrew: 5781 Kislev 24 -- Chanukkah starts this evening, when the 25th of Kislev begins
Islamic: 1442 Rabi`ath-Thani 24
Persian: 1399 Azar 20
Mayan: 0.0.0.13.0.8.1.11
Indian: 1942 Agrahayana 19
Coptic: 1737 Koiak 01