From the proverbial goisha guy, tonight is the 7th night of Chanukah and the lighting of the 7th candle of the Menorah. I wish all my Jewish friends a happy Chanukah. For all my Christian friends who don't know about the Menorah, the following is a little article I wrote for my Harborwalk Publication a couple of years ago that kind of explains it. The menorah symbolizes the burning light in the temple, as well as marking the eight days of the Chanukah festival. Some say it also celebrates the light of freedom won by the Maccabees for the Jewish people. About 2200 years ago, Greek kings, who reigned from Damascus, ruled over the land of Judea and the Jews living there. One Greco-Syrian King, Antiochus Epiphanes, forbade the Jewish people from praying to their God, practicing their customs, and studying their Torah. Antiochus forced the Jews to worship the Greek gods. In response to this persecution, Judah Maccabee and his four brothers organized a group of resistan