Is anyone suffering from post-Chanukah depression? This
condition is unique to Chanukah, for most other festivals have a happy ending.
The story of Pesach ends with the giving of the Torah at Shavuot. The wandering
in the desert, as celebrated at Sukkot, ends with the Jewish people reaching
the Promised Land. On Purim the Jewish people are physically saved and the
centre of Jewish life moves to Israel, where the Second Temple was taking
shape.
For all the joy, miracles and salvations we experience on
Chanukah, it all comes crashing down when we internalise the reality of what
happened afterwards...
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