Hannukah Chant: Let The Flame Be Kindled

This post presents Rabbi Shefa Gold’s meditative chant for Hannukah, along with her own description of the visualizations that she practices while singing these words and lighting the Hannukah candles. Rabbi Shefa Gold is a Renewal and Reconstuctionist Rabbi who teaches chanting, devotional healing, spiritual community-building and meditation. This resource was shared on Ritualwell, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances. 

Let the flame be kindled within me,
Let Your Love burn bright,
I hunger for Your Light,
I hunger for Your Light.

When I light the menorah, I chant these words into the flames and then visualize the fire being kindled in my Inner Temple. There I do the work of clearing and cleaning and acknowledging whatever desecration has occurred within my energy-body, my Temple. I visualize the flame growing bright inside my Temple to re-dedicate my energy towards Holiness.