The Largest Chanukah Menorah Parade Yet!
Over 200 Menorah topped cars and Mitzvah Tanks joined in the annual Chanukah parade this past Motzai Shabbos, parading through Brooklyn and Manhattan spreading the light and joy of Chanukah.
Over 200 Menorah topped cars and Mitzvah Tanks joined in the annual Chanukah parade this past Motzai Shabbos, parading through Brooklyn and Manhattan spreading the light and joy of Chanukah.
Magen Boys Presents Hip Hop Chanukah with Chabad Flamingo!
A specialist in the art of designing unusual Menorahs, Rabbi Mendel Kastel has lit the candles on his latest creation, a Menorah made from doughnuts.
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty kindled the Shamash and Senator Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN, 1979-1991) Chairman of Friends of Chabad Lubavitch of Minnesota chanted the brachos and lit the first Chanukah candle on Wednesday night, on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol.
DEPTFORD TWP. — In what has become a yearly tradition, the start of the Chanukah holiday was celebrated Wednesday evening at the Deptford Mall. The event, sponsored jointly by the Chabad Jewish Center and the Mall, featured crafts for the children, a real live Judah the Maccabee, delicious Chanukah foods, and a giant Menorah lit by state Sen. Fred Madden.
Drive by the Jacksonville Beach City Hall this week and you’ll see a X-mas tree display, wreaths, bows and other holiday decorations. What you won’t see is a menorah, despite the efforts of a local rabbi.
Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign met today with Rabbis Chaim and Yosef Cunin from Chabad of Nevada to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah. Together they recited a Brachah, a traditional Jewish blessing said before the lighting of each candle on the menorah.
Today students in Darchai Menachem participated in their annual Menorah competition. Menorahs were made out of toys, cake and candy.
BROOKLYN [CHI] — Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz took part in Chabad of Brooklyn Heights’s Menorah lighting last night, followed by a borough sponsored Chanukah Party!
Chabad of the Valley had another smashing success at its annual Chanuka extravaganza at Universal Studios Citywalk. Hundreds of Jewish men, woman and children joined in the celebration in included amazing entertainment.
A group of bochurim from Yeshivas Lubavitch of Detroit, Meir Shemtov, Shmulik Levin, Sruli Baron and Yehuda Glaser came to help Southside’s Shliach, Rabbi Shmuly Novak for Chanukah. One of the members of the community, made it his “Chanukah Project” to go “dumpster-diving” looking for some old mufflers and make the world’s first muffler menorah!
Gov. Perry met with a delegation of Texas Jewish leaders Thursday to mark the first full day of Hanukkah, lighting the menorah in the governor’s public reception room, then singing and dancing along to traditional songs. The menorah holds one candle for each night of Hanukkah, with the ninth candle, the shamash, used to light the other candles.
When Jews at Congregation Chabad-Lubavitch west of Boynton Beach began their Hanukkah celebrations Wednesday, they were reveling in a miracle that might seem to some as wondrous as a candle that burned for eight days.
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have convened a Hanukkah celebration at the White House on the second night of the Jewish festival of lights.
Boys and Girls from all schools in Crown Heights gathered in 770 for a Chanukah Rally, which was brodcasted live to over 5,000 Jewish children around the world, all of whom participated in the Rally.
A song in Hebrew rang out from a crowd gathered in a Harford County park at sundown Wednesday. Throughout the joyful salute to Hanukkah, Peter Silton held a burning torch.
BOSTON, MA — Governor Deval Patrick and other dignitaries attended a menorah lighting ceremony at the State House this afternoon to mark the beginning of Hanukah, the eight-day celebration that commemorates the victory of a small army of Jews, known as the Maccabees, over the much larger Syrian Greek army in 139 B.C.