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Light in the Dark: The Memory We Inherit

Light in the Dark: The Memory We Inherit

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 Episode one explores Hanukkah as an act of memory preserved through ritual practice. Mira Ellison examines how the Festival of Lights carries the weight of collective memory across two thousand years, from the Maccabean revolt in 167 BCE through centuries of diaspora and displacement. The episode reveals how rituals create continuity when everything else changes, exploring the emotional symbolism of lighting candles in winter darkness and the way personal memories wrap around historical memory to create an unbroken chain of practice. Through stories of families maintaining tradition across immigration, persecution, and assimilation, Mira demonstrates how Hanukkah functions as a technology for keeping memory alive, showing that the miracle isn't the oil that burned for eight days but the story that continues to be told, generation after generation, in an unbroken chain of light.

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