The Festival of lights

The Maccabees were ordinary people with extraordinary courage and commitment to fight for their freedoms. Today, we see people both at home and abroad who are oppressed and marginalized. We are reminded that it is incumbent upon us all to fight for justice and liberty. It is important that we fight for our own freedoms as well as those of our fellow humans. As Rabbi Hillel so famously said, “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”