This week of Hanukkah learning is sponsored by Mark Goodman, in honor of his parents Lynne and Joe Goodman.

"The Soul of person is the candle of the Divine"
In the Zohar and other Kabbalistic sources, a person is compared to the flame of a candle. Together we'll look at some of these sources and what they suggest for how we can relate spiritually to the candles this Hanukkah and about the Divine need for our light. We'll end with a meditation practice using the candles themselves.

Rav Naftali Hirsch (he/him) is here to ask how Jewish spirituality, text and traditions can connect us more deeply to each other, ourselves, and That which is beyond us. Ordained at Hebrew College, R' Naftali has spent his time since working in education in synagogues and experiential learning. He is also trained as a shochet and as a teacher of Jewish meditation with Or haLev and IJS. He loves learning any kind of Jewish text and would be so delighted to chat with you about any questions you're asking – or about the questions you don’t quite have the words to ask.