Photo Gallery: Lighting the 8th Candle in 770

Chanukah Celebration Features Doughnut Menorah

Eight-year-old Aliza and 6-year-old Nochi Zeines drizzled chocolate on a pair of doughnuts, plopped on a dab of whipped cream and finished them off with a handful of sprinkles.

Chanukah in Kensington and Chelsea, London

It was the shortest day of the year, but when the fourth Chanukah light was kindled on Thursday, 22nd of December outside the Gloucester Road underground station, there was light.

Army Truck Spreads Light of Chanukah in Manchester

On Wednesday december 21 – the 2nd night of chanukah Rabbi Peretz and Chavi Chein of Chabad of Cheadle, UK organised their annual chanukah lighting in the Sainsbury’s and John Lewis Mall.

Celebrating Chanukah – Hawaiian Style!

Over 100 Yidden (both local and visitors) gathered to watch a beautiful ‘Hawaiian style’ tiki menorah being lit on the 1st night of Chanukah. The event was organized by “Gani” – Chabad-Lubavitch of Kauai.

400 Attend ‘Hip Hop Chanukah’ in Marlboro, NJ

‘Hip Hop Chanukah’ attracted approximately 400 participants to Chabad of Western Monmouth County’s Annual Menorah lighting in Marlboro, NJ on Sunday, December 25th.

Photos: 8th Day Brings Down the House in Boca

Fortunate is the eye who beheld the scene at Sanborn Square in Boca Raton, FL on Sunday – the 6th night of Chanukah. In unprecedented fashion, thousands of men women and children joined together to celebrate the Festival of Lights amidst a palpable sensation of unity and joy. Carnival rides and food stalls were the initial order of the day for the throngs who began pouring upon the square in the early afternoon.

Photos: Community Joins New Shluchim for Chanukah

Rabbi Avremi and Channy Lapine, who just recently arrived in Columbia, Missouri on shlichus, celebrated the sixth night of Chanukah Sunday at an event in their Chabad House.

Utah Governor Lights Menorah with Shliach

Utah’s Governor Gary R. Herbert and his wife Jeanette hosted Rabbi Benny Zippel, along with 150 guests from Chabad Lubavitch of Utah for a Menorah Lighting Ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, December 20, 2011.

Picture of Day: Spreading Light on the UK’s Highways

This Chanukah, Lubavitcher truck driver Moshe Rothstein spread the Chanukah light while driving his truck across the UK highways. “If the other truck drivers put an x-mas tree in their cabs, I can put my menorah and show everyone it’s Chanukah” he said.

Photos: Chanukah Celebrations in Curitiba, Brazil

The weather was gorgeous, and hundreds of people joined, as a giant Menorah carefully erected in a pool of water – by the office of the Mayor in Curitiba, Brazil.

13,000 Fill Arena in Largest Chanukah Festival Ever

The 32nd annual South Florida Chassidic Chanukah took place on the 7th Night of Chanukah , it was bigger and better than ever – and that’s saying a lot, since more than 10,000 people have participated each year since the event was moved to Gulfstream Park in 2007. Police estimated the crowd at anywhere between 12,000-13,000, with 10,000 people on the main level, and 2-3,000 people on the second and third mezzanine levels. It was a Who’s Who of Community Leaders who participated in the Chanukah Festival and Giant Menorah Lighting.

‘Menorah Wars’ Return to Brooklyn

Oy-vey-izmir, here we go again. Park Slope and downtown Brooklyn was a bissel verklempt when it kicked off Hanukkah on Tuesday with twin menorah lightings that celebrated an ancient miracle — but also re-ignited one of the fiercest feuds since Nimrod and Abraham. And it all boils down to size — what else?

Las Vegas Mayor Lights Menorah with Young Shliach

On the 3rd day of Chanukah, Chabad of Southern Nevada led a Chanukah celebration with the recently elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Carolyn Goodman. It continued a tradition that began with her husband, former Mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar Goodman. During the celebration, the Mayor was presented with a Menorah as a Menorah of Freedom Award.