Chanukah, 2020, during the second Covid surge here in Massachusetts. A menorah is standing upright on a desolate beach, conveying that sense of isolation all of us have felt at some point during the pandemic, to varying extents. The Shamash candle, which is typically placed above the others on the menorah, is used to light the other candles. Here, the brightest part of the sky is over the Shamash.
