On Wednesday December 16th 2009, in honor of the sixth night of Chanukah, over 300 people got together at the Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School in Chicago for a very special event: The lighting of the World’s Largest Toy Menorah! Rabbi Avraham Varnai and his fourth grade class wanted to help children that are ill to experience the joy of Chanukah. They started collecting brand new toys and built a beautiful menorah.
Slideshow – World’s Largest Toy Menorah at Chicago Yeshiva
On Wednesday December 16th 2009, in honor of the sixth night of Chanukah, over 300 people got together at the Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School in Chicago for a very special event: The lighting of the World’s Largest Toy Menorah! Rabbi Avraham Varnai and his fourth grade class wanted to help children that are ill to experience the joy of Chanukah. They started collecting brand new toys and built a beautiful menorah.
The toys that were collected will later be distributed to sick children through Chai Life and other children’s hospitals. The students in the class collected toys and money, and with the help of two local companies they received far more toys than anyone could have ever imagined.
This Menorah is built out of 3,770 toys! It is a majestic Menorah that stands at over 6 feet tall and 20 feet wide.
During the lighting Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf, Dean of the school spoke as well as Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz, regional director of Chabad-Lubavitch. Representative Mr. Lou Lang honored the crowd with his presence and spoke of how this menorah was the most meaningful Menorah he has seen in his 22 years as a public official.
A special thank you to Mr. Jordan Kagan of Smart Jewelers, the Leon Korol Company, and Sports Line Distributor for all their help.
Congratulations to Rabbi Varnai and the entire fourth grade class on a job well done!
Mendel
Rabbi Varnai is the bomb
montrealetr
beautiful
Loewenthal
Unbelievable!!
We are in awe of that awesome Menorah! Missing you in London.
The Loewenthals
shlucha
What a beautiful & inspirational project; making giving to others so fun and hands-on, instilling the proper values in young children. The fourth graders (and the rest of the school)are very fortunate to have such a dedicated and creative Rebbe. What a kiddush Hashem! Keep up your good work!