"Once in a far-off village there nearly was a year without Chanukah...."In a time of drought, the withering olive trees produced no olives for oil. Without oil there would be no lights for the menorahs. Hayim, the poorest man in the village, said to himself, "We cannot have a year without Chanukah. I will ask the Almighty for help." Despite mockery from the villagers, Hayim asks the local scribe to write a letter to the Almighty. Hayim takes his letter...