"Hanukkah is a time where we celebrate the ability of how a little light can really illuminate a lot of darkness. Illness is darkness. Death is darkness. And when you bring a sparkle of light ... it creates such a warmth and such an illumination that it's really life-changing for a child," says Rabbi Simcha Scholar, CEO of Chai Lifeline, which works nationwide to provide support and care to those who can use a dose of holiday cheer.
"They probably knew what it meant to be brave before they knew what it meant to be happy because they always said, 'Chai Lifeline is proud of us, that we're brave,'" says Perry Binet, a mother of three from Staten Island.
"When you feel so loved, it's a little hard to, you know, be in a bad mood," says Binet.
"We have volunteers, hundreds of high school students that come here every single night after school till about 1:00 in the morning, packing the boxes," says Bracha Mandel, Program Director.
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