Sunday (shilshom) was this year's last night of Hanukkah. Our daughter was out late for a school project and my wife retired early, so we postponed the family menorah lighting until school let out yesterday. Before the sun set on our Festival of Lights, we lit the shamash (mini-sun, serving One from the center), sang the blessings and passed the present day's flame to candles of days past, ancient light freed to illuminate long nights approaching solstice. Into silent night