This man, as he neared death, needed to connect with the light, and he knew somewhere in the depths of his being that he would have to hold out until Chanukah to do so. He died in peace. In a hospital everything is scientific. And it's good that it is. Science helps a lot of people, but everyone who works in the hospital knows that sometimes there is a magic in the healing process that science can't explain.
Supernatural things occur that defy scientific understanding.
Patients awaken from comas despite their physicians' most dire prognoses. Cancers mysteriously disappear, and those told they have a year left to live somehow manage to survive ten. And if you connect with it, you can transform yourself and others. For a start, we might begin by allowing ourselves to be more open. We can admit our vulnerabilities to those we love and be less guarded and more honest in our intimate conversations.