Daniela Avrekh is a ten-year-old poetry and fiction writer. She loves reading fantasy, science fiction, and realistic fiction. Her favorite book is Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Avrekh currently lives in Brooklyn, New York, traveling between her two parents' houses. She has a dog, two cats, and a little brother named Eliot. Avrekh also enjoys spending time with her stepmom, Emily. You can find her at her desk, typing furiously away at this or that project.
“I say the blessing and take the shamash./
I light from right to left until all the candles glow.”
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam,
Asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tsivanu l’hadlik
Ner shel Hanukkah.
I say the blessing and take the shamash.
I light from right to left until all the candles glow.
I breathe in the soothing aroma as I pick through
The packaging of my gift, the suspense radiating
Through me all crazy-like. I see the gift!
It is exactly what I hoped for!
Then I hand my gift, bouncing on my toes
As my gift is unwrapped slowly…
Will they like it? Will they?
Finally, they see it.
I smile at the grin spreading on their face.
It is Hanukkah.
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