From left, rabbis Gidon Isaacs, Carmit Harari and Ellen Dreyfus sing Hanukkah songs following remarks about the history and spiritual meaning of the fourth night of the holiday. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
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Hanukkah Night 4: Divine compassion and a history lesson

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Three local rabbis helped the Flossmoor community celebrate the fourth night of Hanukkah on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

Rabbi Carmit Harari of the Shir Tikvah congregation in Homewood started the event with a brief history of the events commemorated by the holiday.

From left, rabbis Gidon Isaacs, Carmit Harari and Ellen Dreyfus sing Hanukkah songs following remarks about the history and spiritual meaning of the fourth night of the holiday. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)
From left, rabbis Gidon Isaacs, Carmit Harari and Ellen Dreyfus sing Hanukkah songs following remarks about the history and spiritual meaning of the fourth night of the holiday. (Eric Crump/H-F Chronicle)

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Eric Crump started his first newspaper with his best friend when he was 9. It was four pages and folded after one issue. Possibly as many as two or three people read it. In 2014, about 46 years later, he started another paper, the H-F Chronicle, which is still going and has a few more readers.

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