After losing his husband to cancer, Louis is figuring out what life looks now, with their son, Shiloh. Then, he meets Harry at a local community Hanukkah event, lighting a new path for each of them over the course of a year.
One story told in four installments covering the Jewish festivals of Hanukkah, Pesach, Shavuot, and the autumn holidays.
Told in the gentile perspective of Louis, Find the light is for anyone who might find peace in the warmth and light of Jewish wisdom.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Part 1: Find a light, hold tight
73k • Hanukkah • 🕎
Perhaps one of the most familiar festivals to the gentile world due to its proximity to Christmas, Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday. Meet Louis, Shiloh and Harry as they celebrate the miracle of The Festival of Lights.
Part 2: Become the strangest days
40.9k • Passover • 🍷🦴🥚🥬
Passover brings families and communities together over a time-honoured tradition of re-telling the story of the Jews leaving Egypt over what’s called a seder dinner. Uncover small miracles with Harry, Louis, Shiloh, and the Rowland-Joneses.
Part 3: Through walls of trees
16.7k • Shavuot • ⛰️🌾🧀
Semi-epistolary, this installment follows Louis and Shiloh over a half-term holiday in the Lake District during the festival of Shavuot, which celebrates the giving of the 10 commandments.
Part 4: Surrounded by lights
56k • Rosh Hashanah, Days of Awe, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Simchat Torah • 🍎🍯🍋🍂
The High Holidays of autumn are some of the holiest days in the Jewish festival cycle. It’s a time to reflect and reorient ourselves. Join Harry, Louis, Shiloh, Thierry, Izzy, and the Rowland Joneses as they set foot in the direction of their futures.
