Celebrate the restoration, the renewal of customs, 
the freedom to worship,
when we hardly dared hope for it-the Festival of Lights.

after Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Chapter 12 (1 Century CE)

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Karen Siegel (b. 1980), "Festival of Lights", copyright © 2017 [ mixed chorus ], Chestnut Oak press [sung text not yet checked]

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