World’s Largest Menorah Lights Up Manhattan
The media brought the lighting of the World’s Largest Chanukah Menorah in New York City, on the first night of Chanukah, to the attention of hundreds of millions of people the world over.
Photos: Miracle of Chanukah in the Red Square
Rabbi Berel Lazar and thousands of spectators braved the freezing Russian winter to light a Menorah in Moscow’s Red Square, mere yards away from the Kremlin – whose occupants were once adamant about stomping out such open practices of faith.
Chanukah Lights Brighten Australia’s Capital
The holiday of Chanukah commenced in Australia with the National Menorah lighting in Canberra’s Parliament in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
New Engagement!
Gadol Zellamier (Monsey, NY) and Yocheved Reinitz (Boro Park, NY)
Video: Is This World One Big Dream?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha — Mikeitz. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: Is this world one big Dream? Plus: Bonus video for Chanukah on how we can invite miracles into our lives in the extended article.
Sydney Girls Present ‘In the Merit’
The Yeshiva College Girls School of Sydney, Australia, presented “In The Merit” — a musical of the Righteous Women in Egypt . A sold out crowd attended the matinee performance.
Four Decades of Car Menorahs Lighting the Way
You know them when you see them, and when you see them, you know it’s Chanukah. The car menorah is a uniquely American innovation—a marketing gimmick created by young yeshivah students in the early 1970s as a way to spread awareness and the message of the eight-day Jewish holiday. Today, they can be found across the globe and on all kinds of vehicles.
Video: Discovering the Best Doughnut in Town
It’s the season of joy, lights, family and… doughnuts! Meir Kalmenson teamed up once again this year with his good friend, Kosher Guru, to discover the best doughnut in town!
Friendship Circle Kids Build Menorahs at Home Depot
Last Sunday, the Friendship Circle of Brooklyn’s Menorah Building workshop at the Home Depot was filled to capacity, with over 120 in attendance.
Video: A Lesson from the Chanukah Lights
There’s an important lesson we can learn from the candles that we light each night of Chanukah.
Video: Reclaim Your Flame
Giant Menorahs are lit each Chanukah at iconic sites around the world, and in the most remote, unexpected, and breathtaking locations. Wherever there is a Jew, there is a message of light. Be that light. Light that flame.
4:00pm: National Menorah Lighting at the White House
Join the live broadcast of the lighting ceremony of the National Chanukah Menorah located on the Ellipse at the White House in Washington D.C. Featuring musical performances: popular chassidic rock band “8th Day”; Miri Ben Ari; the “United States Air Force Band”; and “The Three Cantors”.
Mivtzoim Outside Home of Subway Bomber
While law enforcement agents were searching the Kensington, Brooklyn, home of Akayed Ullah, the would-be suicide attacker who had detonated a pipe bomb in a Manhattan subway on Monday, Rabbi Yisrolik Langsam, who heads a Chabad outpost in the area with his wife Mushkie, arrived at the scene to pass out donuts and Chanukah menorahs and wrap tefillin with Jewish people present — from law enforcement, the media and passersby.
Picture of the Day: S. Paul, Minnesota
Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, vice Chairman of Merkos Linyonai Chinuch, traveled from New York to be Menachem Avel the Feller family, who are sitting shiva in Minnesota after the passing of their matriarch, Mrs. Mindelle Feller, OBM.
Start Chanuka with a Boom at Women’s Concert
The Levi Yitzchok Library in Crown Heights presents its fifth annual “Night of Lights” Chanukah concert for women. Held as a fundraiser evening, a limited number of 100 tickets are being sold for women to experience a unique celebration of the first night of Chanukah tonight, Tuesday, December 12th. Doors open at 7:30pm and the program begins at 8:00pm.
Free Menorah Companion Download
Menachem Benchemon of Visual-Torah.com created a Chanukah menorah companion and made it available to the community for free download.
Boys Schools Quietly Change Summer Vacation Days
Crown Heights’s two largest Jewish boys’ schools have been working in conjunction and together have modified their school calendars, making changes to when the summer break begins and ends.
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