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Mythology
The golem was animated by a written word
In Jewish legend, a rabbi of Prague shaped a man from river clay and brought him to life with a holy name. Erasing one letter from the word emet, truth, left met, death, and the golem crumbled.
Hanukkah
Hanukkah adds one candle each night
The menorah is lit progressively — one flame on the first night, eight by the last — commemorating oil that was meant to last a day and burned for eight.