{"id":6629,"date":"2018-11-12T12:39:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T10:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/11\/12\/peter-paul-and-mary-light-one-candle"},"modified":"2018-11-12T12:39:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T10:39:55","slug":"peter-paul-and-mary-light-one-candle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/11\/12\/peter-paul-and-mary-light-one-candle\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter, Paul and Mary: Light One Candle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed\"><iframe width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1cRXgDFiSs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/h1cRXgDFiSs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This video<\/a> features the American folk group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peterpaulandmary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter, Paul and Mary<\/a> performing their popular Hannukah song, &#8220;Light One Candle.&#8221; Written in 1982 in response to the First Lebanon War between Israel and Lebanon, the lyrics, provided below, celebrate the victory of the Maccabees, while encouraging us to pursue peace and justice and be sensitive to suffering.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Light One Candle<\/h3>\n<div class=\"G1VCxe kno-fb-ctx\">\n<div>Light one candle for the Maccabee children<br \/>\nWith thanks that their light didn&#8217;t die<br \/>\nLight one candle for the pain they endured<br \/>\nWhen their right to exist was denied<br \/>\nLight one candle for the terrible sacrifice<br \/>\nJustice and freedom demand<br \/>\nBut light one candle for the wisdom to know<br \/>\nWhen the peacemaker&#8217;s time is at hand<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Don&#8217;t let the light go out!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s lasted for so many years!<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let the light go out!<br \/>\nLet it shine through our hope and our tears. (2)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Light one candle for the strength that we need<br \/>\nTo never become our own foe<br \/>\nAnd light one candle for those who are suffering<br \/>\nPain we learned so long ago<br \/>\nLight one candle for all we believe in<br \/>\nThat anger not tear us apart<br \/>\nAnd light one candle to find us together<br \/>\nWith peace as the song in our hearts<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"G1VCxe kno-fb-ctx\">\n<div class=\"iw7h9e\" data-mh=\"-1\">Don&#8217;t let the light go out!<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s lasted for so many years!<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let the light go out!<br \/>\nLet it shine through our hope and our tears. (2)<\/div>\n<div data-mh=\"-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"xpdxpnd\" data-mh=\"124\" data-mhc=\"1\">What is the memory that&#8217;s valued so highly<br \/>\nThat we keep it alive in that flame?<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the commitment to those who have died<br \/>\nThat we cry out they&#8217;ve not died in vain?<br \/>\nWe have come this far always believing<br \/>\nThat justice would somehow prevail<br \/>\nThis is the burden, this is the promise<br \/>\nThis is why we will not fail!<\/div>\n<div data-mh=\"124\" data-mhc=\"1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"xpdxpnd\" data-mh=\"46\" data-mhc=\"1\">Don&#8217;t let the light go out!<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let the light go out!<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t let the light go out!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video features the American folk group Peter, Paul and Mary performing their popular Hannukah song, &#8220;Light One Candle.&#8221; Written in 1982 in response to the First Lebanon War between Israel and Lebanon, the lyrics, provided below, celebrate the victory of the Maccabees, while encouraging us to pursue peace and justice and be sensitive to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":6630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[3769],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=6629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13684,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6629\/revisions\/13684\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6630\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=6629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=6629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=6629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}