רכזת הגשמה בתנועה העולמית
Hanuca for me is a time of reflection as it falls at the end of the
"civilian year", at least in France, where I grew up.
One week during which I systematically ask myself what a miracle truly is, what
it represents in the story of Hanuca, and what it means today, in a world where
people are so pessimistic and disillusioned that it even became a phrasing
"we would need a miracle"... as if, to make a change and to fix the
world, we needed a miracle because we feel helpless... as if it all was out of
our hands.
For years now, my thoughts
around the concept of miracle and the warm feelings surrounding the time of
Hanuca are pretty much every year the same: it is not out of our hands.
And as a member of Hashomer Hatzair and an educator and madricha I am very
proud of having been raised and now educating a generation of young people who
will never think or say "We would need a miracle" or the israeli
version of it "Ein Ma Laasot".
Why not? Because we, as shomrot and shomrim, educate ourselves and others to
empower youth not only to believe they can fix themselves, their kvutza, their
community, their country and even the world, but we educate ourselves and
others to look critically at our society and at ourselves and act upon it to
better it, to fix it, to make it grow and shine.
My chanichot and chanichim are my light, from the kvutzot in
the underground ken of paris to the young leaders on Shnat Hachshara; those
people who constitute Hashomer Hatzair today and pave the way for the movement
of tomorrow are my light, our light, the light of the Jewish people and the
world as a whole.
The light in our movement is the flame of the torch that is
passed on from generations to generations, it's called "hemshechiut"
or transmission.
I see no greater light, pride or accomplishment than seeing
communities led by empowered youth caring for the future of our Nation and the
world.
These youngsters who are creating day after day a reality of autonomy,
leadership, community, shomeric identity, solidarity, respect and peace all
around the world, they are, to me, "the light at the end of the
tunnel", the reason why we don't need to wait for a godly miracle: because
the beauty of shomeric education and community is already happening for more
than 100 years, and it's not going away anytime soon!
May this always be our light.
Chazak VeEmatz