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Matt ChanoffCandle Lighting
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•Reader: "She would rather light candles than curse the darkness, and her glow has warmed the world.“•Questioner: Who said that?•Reader: It’s a variation on a Chinese proverb. Adlai Stevenson said it during a speech at the UN general assembly in 1962, talking about Eleanor Roosevelt•[Light candles]•Everyone: Baruch atahAdonaiEloheinuMeleh ha-olamasherkidshanub’mitzvo-t v’tzivanul’hadlikneirshelyom tov.

