Keeping your faith while studying in college is one of the biggest difficulties of being away from home. Usually, my family would gather around the menorah, and we would light the menorah and sings our prayers. However, for the third year in a row, I will not be home to celebrate with my parents. Instead, I light my apartment menorah with my roommates while we all cram for finals.
It's a far stretch to try and compare apples to oranges. You simply can't. This is how I feel celebrating away from home; there is nothing like being home with family during the holidays. College students, over the past few nights, have lit the menorah solo while they study for exams. Fortunately for me, my apartment fully observed the Jewish holiday --- we made latkes and brisket, the closest thing to being home.
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