Real fire was flashing around a little menorah in the living room and leaping toward the walls. And even though every part of me turned to liquid, somehow I screamed. The loudest, most frightening sound came out of my mouth,F is for Friendship: Chanukah Miracles,Real fire was flashing around a little menorah in the living room and leaping toward the walls. And even though every part of me turned to liquid, somehow I screamed. The loudest, most frightening sound came out of my mouth
S o when you think Chanukah what do you think? Doughnuts menorahs presents latkes chocolate coins? I’ll bet you nodded your head at least once for each of those things (maybe even twice for the chocolate coins?).
The thing is… when I think about Chanukah I don’t think about any of those things. Ever since the great big story that changed my life forever there’s another Chanukah theme I focus on. It’s actually the main theme of Chanukah but one that’s usually overlooked — I’m talking about the theme of nissim miracles.
It’s the dreidel that started it all. Here’s my story:
I’m not a babysitter. Obviously I’m an elementary school student but if you lived in my neighborhood you’d know what I mean. We have two groups of people — the babysitters and the callers. Basically the first families that moved to our area already have daughters old enough to babysit and their numbers are on the speed-dial lists of all the younger families who came next. Since my family is one of the oldest families on our block and an all-girl family that pretty much ensures that our phone doesn’t stop ringing!
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