Historic Chanukah on Island of Tasmania
Chabad of Tasmania, Australia’s Island State, hosted two public Menorah lightings this year.
For the first time ever, there was a public Menorah lighting outside the oldest Shul in the Southern Hemisphere – in Hobart, and outside the second oldest Shul – in Launceston.
With over 100 in attendance, the lighting in Launceston included doughnuts, music, dancing and a raffle. The lighting was attended by the city’s mayor, Albert Van Zetten, and other local dignitaries.
A children’s carnival preceded the lighting, run by Shaindel Gordon and Yaffa Travitz, who flew in from Melbourne. The children had a fun-filled couple of hours with games, crafts, face painting and more.
Hatzlacha
Great Job Yochanan!
awesome!
Way to go Gordons! love your cousins stateside
Your biggest admirer
Rabbi Yochanan and Rochel Gordon do tremendous work down there. Keep it up.
Kol Hakavod
Rabbi Yochonon and Rochel and Sholom,
Amazing shlichus that you are doing with such mesiros nefesh. You should have continued HATZLACHA
Gordun!
Nice job! We wish you hatzlacha on your shlichus.
-your home away from home peeps ;)
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It’s amazing what you do off on a small island in middle of nowhere. …hatzlacha keep it up.. post a place where people can make an online donation