{"id":30734,"date":"2007-12-05T02:57:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/production.ou.org\/holidays\/chanukah\/the_message_of_the_chanukah_lights\/"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:11:14","slug":"the_message_of_the_chanukah_lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/the_message_of_the_chanukah_lights\/","title":{"rendered":"The Message of the Chanukah Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-266x266 size-266x266 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000018034420Small.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000018034420Small.jpg 877w, https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/files\/iStock_000018034420Small-300x187.jpg 300w\" alt=\"iStock_000018034420Small\" width=\"266\" height=\"166\" \/>The Message of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/category\/chanukah\/\">Chanukah<\/a> Lights is that we are all &#8220;nosarim&#8221;, survivors, similar to the oil that was found;\u00a0We are not &#8220;nisharim&#8221;, leftovers. 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