
Warsaw Mayor Joins Chabad For Public Menorah Lighting
The mayor of Poland’s capital, that once homed the largest Nazi ghetto in Europe, lit the Hanukkah candles during a Chabad-organized ceremony.
The mayor of Poland’s capital, that once homed the largest Nazi ghetto in Europe, lit the Hanukkah candles during a Chabad-organized ceremony.
Usually a robust event featuring thousands in attendants, the lighting of the public Menorah at the Eifel Tower in Paris took place despite the increased hardship of COVID-19, with the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo and other community leaders in attendance.
As the congregants of Chabad of Bluegrass in Lexington, Kentucky prepared to light the public Menorah Motzei Shabbos, one of its members was assaulted in an anti-Semitic attack.
Tens of Shluchim across the world are using this Chanukah to formally launch their own Tzivos Hashem CKids brigade, and children are downloading the new “Chabad Plus” app to mark off their missions, and win prizes. Over 10,000 boys and girls have recently enrolled and now is the time to get them started on their missions.
Moscow’s public Menorah was lit by Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar, in a live broadcast outside the Kremlin. The broadcast was seen by millions across Russia.
To celebrate the Chanukkah season, The Cairns Jewish Community lit up a giant boomerang menorah at the Cairns Esplanade. The life size menorah, was constructed entirely of boomerangs and provided Cairns’ Jewish and wider community with a safe way to celebrate Hanukkah amid the pandemic.
Paris gave new meaning to the City of Lights Motzei Shabbos with a car Menorah Parade that brought the light of Chanukah to the streets of the city.
In a Chanukah season unlike any other in recent history, several new JEM productions have helped ignite the spirits of thousands across the globe.
V’Yikara Shmo B’Yisroel “Shmuel Munkus.” The eye raising name with deep meaning in Lubavitch was giving to a newborn Lubavitch boy this past week at his bris.
This holiday season, Rabbi Pesach and Chana Burston of Chabad of Orange County found innovative ways to bring the Chanukah spirit to children despite pandemic challenges. Chanukah creativity came in bright colors at the Chanukah Art Fest, held at the Chabad Center in Chester.
Over 20,000 people watched the lighting of the first virtual Hanukkah light at the Brandenburg Gate live on the evening of December 10th.
In honor of Chanukah, an incredible Maamar from the Tzemach Tzedek with remarkable notes of Reb Hillel Paritcher, has been published for the very first time. This amazing Maamar is being published for the first time from manuscript.
or the first time in history, a giant public menorah has been raised in the United Arab Emirates. The 12-foot metal menorah was designed and constructed locally and stands at the foot of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, for all eight nights of Hanukkah.
At a Farbrengen for his birthday on the 14th of Cheshvan 5781, Reb Avrohom Gerlitzky, Magid Shiur in Oholei Torah and head of Kovetz Haoros U’Biurim, regaled his students how as Bochurim the Rebbe once saw them having a snowball fight and smiled.
The 10th annual Menorah in the D will be taking place virtually this year and will be a beautiful 1.5 hour broadcast, including a concert by 8th Day band and a beautiful program lead by Rabbi Kasriel Shemtov with commentary by Rabbi Yisroel Pinson and Bruce Schwartz knows as the “Detroit Ambassador”, the program will include the lighting of the 26 foot “Detroit Menorah”, greetings by many Detroit and Michigan politicians, a game show and much more.
On the last sitting day of the Australian Parliament for 2020, Chabad ACT hosted the traditional “Chanukah on the Hill” ceremony in the Great Hall of Parliament House in the presence of tens of Members of Parliament and Senators including multiple Government Ministers and Shadow Ministers. Jewish parliamentary staffers and community leaders were also in attendance.
Join Live at 12:00pm: Join hundreds from home as they watch the lighting of the Public Chanukah Menorah at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.