Governor Participates in Menorah Lighting Ceremony
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Governor Deval Patrick (far right), State Senate President Therese Murray (lighting candle), House Speaker Robert DeLeo (second from right) and Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman of the Congregation Lubavitch Jewish Educational Center participated in the event.
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.
State Senate President Therese Murray, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman of the Congregation Lubavitch Jewish Educational Center participated in the event.
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Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman has been a beacon of light in the greater Boston area for many years. May Hashem continue to give him strength to keep on spreading the light of true Judaism.