Perhaps herein is the message of the School of Hillel, who instructed the Jewish people to add lights through the eight days of Chanukah.** As we add light each night of Chanukah, let us think how we can add more light to the Jewish people at this auspicious time in our history; let us help the growing light of the modern-day Chanukah survive the winter and bring about the ultimate spring.
* We are speaking about a regular non-leap year.
** One should realize that such a practice neither resembles the actual miracle, where the amount of light stayed the same throughout the days of Chanukah, nor is an obvious response to that miracle, as testified to by the opposition of the School of Shamai and the ultimately optional nature of having more than one light each evening of the holiday.
