2. For oil of olives, always grow-
ing,
for the trees that give us light
and warmth,
I will write one letter to demand
that
ancient forests not be plun-
dered.
After lighting, set aside time to
write this letter. Write a major cor-
poration or Vice President Albert
Gore.
board urging it to invite a speak-
er on the Biodiversity Theory.
6. For the sake of Holy Temple,
the microcosm of our holy cos-
mos,
affirming that the earth is
not for burning,
and that our planet is not for
desecration,
I pledge to be a Maccabee of
strength
against all idols
that would distract me
from the Holy Source.
I pledge to pool
any way of transportation
with another household that is
coming to this Temple.
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3. For light,
and for the sake of stored
reserves of life
that give us light,
for the body electric of the earth,
I pledge to seek out bulbs of
After lighting the candles, take
light
that draw less energy from hid- time to call a friend or neighbor
and begin to plan to walk or car-
den
pool to the synagogue or chavurah.
places in the earth.
After lighting the candles, take
some time together to plan how to
find and buy low-energy electric
bulbs.
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7. Use this kavanah for the
evening just before the Shab-
bat of Chanukah.
For the sake of rest,
return,
reflection,
I pledge to seek a Shabbat for
the earth,
a time when we will turn to see
and celebrate
our work but will not
make, invent, do, act
and will instead praise all per-
fection.
4. For the sake of balancing the
cold
and heat
that keep our earth in balance,
for warding off the warming of
our
planet
that could bring drought and
flood
upon all peoples,
Start the process of urging your
I pledge to set aside one day each
community
to set aside a two-day
month
neighborhood
festival to celebrate
when I will use no gasoline.
the earth, with free music, crafts,
Work out together how to set cooking, etc. closed to traffic and
aside one day for walking or bik- businesses shut down.
ing so as to relieve the air of the
8. For sun, moon and earth,
carbon dioxide from automobiles.
for
the spirals of their dark and
Could this be one day a week?
light,
for cold and heat, for summer
5. For the sake of the weak
and winter,
who are trampled underfoot
for
seedtime and harvest, for day
by elephantine power,
and
night,
for the many forms of life that
for
the
One whose covenant en-
vanish
twines
every week
all spirals
from off our planet,
I
light all lights. ❑
I pledge to join with Noah
and Naamah
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Waskow.
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