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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.

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•Reader:  In Exodus, there are a lot of laws that pertain differently to natives, or “ezrah” and sojourners, or “ger.”  The word “ezrah” is literally a kind of plant, probably a grapevine.  Metaphorically, it means something like “nurtured by the soil.”  The fact that native Israelites are referred to as “grapevines” says a lot about the importance of grapes and wine in our culture. •Questioner: Why are we obligated to drink four cups of wine? •Reader: There are many reasons proposed....