Lighting the Candles

Every Jewish holiday is ushered in with light.  Tonight, before we light the candles, we read the words of Hanna Senesh, a Jewish freedom fighter who parachuted behind Nazi lines and was executed by the Nazis in 1944 on a mission in Hungary.  She wrote:

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Blessed is the match consumed in the kindling flame. 
Blessed is the flame that burns in the heart's secret places. 
Blessed is the heart with strength to stop its beating for honor's sake.
Blessed is the match consumed in the kindling flame.


haggadah Section: Introduction
Source: A Family Haggadah