Rabbi Yaacov “Yankey” Orimland says the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah is about bringing light to the world. “A little light can take away a lot of darkness,” he said. “Imagine a really dark room. Just strike a match and you’ll see all you need.”
A few dozen people gathered Tuesday night at the beginning of Chanukah to watch a block of ice be transformed into a giant Menorah in Mamaroneck, NY by sculptor Mark McKenzie. Village Mayor Norm Rosenblum later lit the candles at Chabad-Lubavitch of Mamaroneck.
Chanuka is Judaism’s most universal holiday with deep resonance for all Americans.
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Every now and than you get introduced to a song that just has “it..” A song that really moves, its lyrics are simple yet poignant, its message universal. These were my feelings when I heard this song for the first time. And as I looked over to the dance floor I realized I was not alone. The guests at this wedding, from all walks of life, were surging with energy as the first few bars of this song began. It was an awesome thing to behold.
Thousands of children around the world were set to partake in Tzivos Hashems live broadcast of the Chanukah Ralley in 770, technical issues almost made it not happen. Thanks to help of Yankee Teitelbaum and a CrownHeights.info photographer the near catastrophe was averted!
Chanukah on Ice NYC made history on Tuesday night, December 20, with over 1,300 Jewish people taking to the ice in Trump Wollman Rink in Central Park in what has been described as the “Biggest Chanukah Party in New York City”.
A special operations fire unit was involved in a serious accident while on their way to a nearby fire where a person was seriously injured. The incident occurred at the intersection of New York Avenue and Bergen Street and involved Squad 252.
A lawyer for the Borough Park madman accused of butchering a lost little boy said that Levi Aron‘s actions can be partially pinned on in-breeding.
Colorado’s governor John Hickenlooper, Denver’s mayor Michael B. Hancock and the Federation’s CEO were among the 300 people attending the Grand Menorah Lighting in Denver with Rabbi Yisroel Engel on the first night of Chanuka. A children’s choir sang Chanukah songs and a number of community leaders and dignitaries – including the governor and mayor spoke at the event.
Photographer Shmulik Sofer spotted a very curious object outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s residence in Jerusalem: what appears to be a replica of the Rebbe’s 770 Menorah. Although the Rebbe’s Menorah was intended to be a replica of the one in the Beis Hamikdosh, the same cannot be said about this one because the official position of the Israeli government is that the Beis Hamikdosh’s Menorah was round. Can anyone explain this?
This year, like every year, Rabbi Yoram Ulman of F.R.E.E. & Chabad of Bondi, together with Rabbi Menachem Dadon of Chabad for the Israeli Community in Sydney, celebrated with their communities Chanukah on Bondi beach.
Colel Chabad, the oldest continuously operating Tzedakah in Israel, celebrated its International Awards Dinner in the Grand Ballroom of the New York Hilton on Monday night.
The Broadwalk Shopping Centre was the first stop for many local Jews this Chanuka, with Lubavitch of Edgware’s public menorah lighting on Tuesday afternoon. Close to 300 people joined Rabbi Zalman Sudak in the lighting of the first candle, followed by singing Chanuka songs, and Eliyahu Gorman on the keyboard.
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