DAILY REFLECTIONS

I ask not for lighter burden, but for a broader shoulders. Jewish

Proverb

ReflectionPrayer

Activities•Light a candle in you tutor room and reflect upon why so many religions have festivals that celebrate light at this time of year.

•It is traditional to eat fried food at Hanukkah. Donuts are a favourite so buy some and share!!!•Design some Hanukkah decorations for your tutor room.•Discuss – what does it mean to ‘have broad shoulders’.• Watch this youtube clip The miracle of Hanukkha

HymnJesus bids us shine

Music and words can be found on V: music\Departmental\Collective Worship\

Reflections ActivitiesEach day choose an activity either from this sheet or an activity of your own

choice based on the Thought for the Week to be completed in your tutor groups reflection time.

Hanukkah also known as the Festival of Lights and Feast of Dedication, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Greeks of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.

Lord God, Creator of Light,at the rising of your sun each morninglet the greatest of all lights – your love,rise like the sun within my heartAmen

HANUKKAH IS ABOUT THE MIRACLE of a little clay lamp - the kind of ancient object, usual enough, that has turned up by the score in archaeological digs in the old lands surrounding the Mediterranean. It happened once that a lamp of this character - a simple jar hung with a wick - contained only enough oil to last a single day. Fortunately, it burned for eight; and that is the miracle of Hanukkah.

DAILY REFLECTIONS

I ask not for lighter burden, but for a broader shoulders. Jewish

ProverbLord God, Creator of Light,at the rising of your sun each morninglet the greatest of all lights – your love,rise like the sun within my heartAmen