No More Petroleum Candles!

Chanukah is all about finding a way to make the oil last. As the Paris climate talks are underway, you can do that in a very concrete way. Light up your Chanukah using a renewable resource like beeswax or vegetable oil. Get non-petroleum candles to light in your menorah, or light an olive oil menorah, and keep more petroleum in the ground where it belongs.

The codes for the non-petroleum candles that they sell are: beeswax (ZJ-BC100, ZJ-BC200, ZJ-BC30, ZJ-BC31, C-KIT), vegetable oil-based (C-23-M), and olive oil (27071). Go to this page to order. You can also get "vegetable wax chanukah candles" from various stores on Amazon.

Let's plant seeds of light for a sustainable future! And remember, you can find more resources, liturgy, songs, and divrei Torah for Chanukkah (and for this week especially, prayers for the Earth) here.

Chag Urim Sameach!

Rabbi David Seidenberg