History was made today in the suburb of Paddington in Sydney, Australia. Since its establishment in the mid-1800s, there has never been a public Menorah lighting in the suburb. Today, the first day of Chanukah, CBD-Chabad hosted Paddington’s first ever Public Menorah Lighting, with some 50 members of the Sydney Jewish community in attendance.
A visit from New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and a rocking concert by the Moshav band enthralled some 1,000 people who packed into the pedestrian area at Grand Army Plaza for the lighting of Brooklyn’s Largest Menorah.
A visit from New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio and a rocking concert by the Moshav band enthralled some 1,000 people who packed into the pedestrian area at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn.
As Chanukah quickly approaches, preparations are in full swing at the Baltimore City Hall. On Wednesday, December 21st, the Mayor of Baltimore, Catherine Pugh, together with City Council President Jack Young, City Comptroller Pratt, and members of the City council, welcomed City Hall’s 6-foot Menorah, which is proudly displayed in the heart of the building.
New York State Senator Jesse Hamilton hosted a pre-Chanukah celebration in the Brooklyn Artisan Bakehouse for the young professional community in Crown Heights.
The West Coast Tzeirei Hashluchim Winter Camp, in partnership with Merkos 302’s MyShliach, has gotten off to a great start! With over 100 boys flocking from throughout the western United States to the lush and spacious Glendale, California campgrounds, the sounds of davening, learning, and singing can be heard once again.
Over 300 people participated in Chicago’s annual Yud Tes Kislev farbrengen, which was held on Monday Night at The Bellows Center-F.R.E.E. of Chicago.
Thousands of members of the Jewish community of Paris, France, gathered together Monday night for a Farbrengen in honor of Yud Tes Kislev, led by Rabbi Mendel Azimov.
The Talmidim of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva celebrated Yud Tes Kislev, the Chag Hageula of the Alter Rebbe and Chassidus, each grade on their own level.
Hundreds came to join in the main Yud Tes Kislev Farbrengen that was held in the center of Moscow under the auspices of the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berl Lazar.
In honor of Yud Tes Kislev, JEM shared a fascinating collection of historical pictures with us, highlighting the Farbrengens on this day in Kfar Chabad, Israel.
Farbrengens, kinusim and rallies were held throughout the day of Yud Tes Kislev in all 8 divisions of the Mossad Chinuch Oholei Torah.
Well over a thousand Jews of all stripes gathered together in Boro Park on Motzei Shabbos to celebrate Yud Tes Kislev, the Yahrtzeit of the Mezritcher Maggid and Yom Hageulah of the Alter Rebbe.
A massive celebration took place Monday in Jerusalem’s Binyanei Ha’umah for Yud Tes kislev, beginning with a Seforim fair in which tens of thousands of books on Chassidus, as well as works of Chassidic art, were sold, and concluding with a Farbrengen with Reb Yoel Kahan.
On his visit to Moscow, Russia, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman, Rabbi of the city of Migdal Haemek and president of the Migdal Ohr educational system, visited the Shaarey Tzedek Chessed Center.
This past Motzei Shabbos, Parshas Vayishlach, the Rockland County Jewish Community once again celebrated Yud Tes Kislev with a gala Melava Malka, organized by Heichal Menachem of Monsey.
Hundreds gathered at Anshei Lubavitch of Miami for a Yud Tes Kislev celebration with renowned guest speaker and Chasid Rabbi Shmuel Lew, who has been a Chabad Shliach and educator in London, England, for over forty-eight years.
2
