COLUMBUS, OH– The start of Hanukkah on Saturday night had special meaning for a Holocaust survivor in Ohio who turns 100 next week. Abe Weinrib was selected to light the first candle on a 13-foot public menorah at Easton Town Center in Columbus on Saturday evening.
Mendel and Devorah Leah (nee Kasowitz) Heidingsfeld (Manchester, UK)
Avrohom Boruch and Binie (nee Hecht) Itkin (Kingston, NY)
Yehuda Zaltzman (Toronto, Ontario) and Chaya Mushka (bas Sholom Mordechai) Rubashkin (Postville, IA/Monsey, NY)
Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida under the Leadership of Shluchim Rabbi Yitzchok and Nechamie Minkowicz had a Huge Chanukah Celebration at the Bell Tower Shops in Fort Myers, FL.
In anticipation of the upcoming Festival for Sefarim – Hei Teves, a huge shipment of Seforim and books are now arriving at the Kehot Publication Society warehouses.
It was a menorah nearly 10 times her size. Menucha Muchnik watched wide-eyed as her father, Rabbi Dov Muchnik, and Ventura County Sheriff Geoff Dean ascended in a cherry picker Sunday afternoon to light a 20-foot menorah at the Ventura Harbor.
WESTCHESTER, NY [CHI] — A Menorah lighting in Westchester took a turn for the dramatic when Rabbi Velvel Butman who, along with a ConEd worker, got stuck 20-feet in the air in the bucket of a ‘cherry-picker’ truck after it malfunctioned.
CROWN HEIGHTS [CHI] — Three masked muggers robbed a Jewish man late Sunday night, and made off with his cellphone.
The second light of Chnukah was lit in the Champ de Mars park in Paris, underneath the Eiffel Tower, with a large crowed in attendance. The event was organized by Beit Lubavitch drictged by Rabbi Shmuel Azimov.
MONROE TWP, NJ — Despite rainy weather, hundreds came out to witness New Jersey’s largest Menorah being lit in Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Monroe Township.
LOS ANGELES, CA — Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa joined West Coast Chabad, city officials and community leaders on Friday to usher in the Festival of Lights by illuminating the historic Katowitz Menorah at LA City Hall.
The flames of Chanukah have been kindled on the campus of McGill University once more! This time, on the first night of the eight day festival of lights 2012, Mayor Michael Appelbaum, the first Jewish mayor of Montreal, joined Chabad at McGill to light the “Official Canned Menorah” on the lower field. The Canned Menorah was built from cans of food raised through a student led food drive.
Despite the vast amount of recovery and relief still ahead of us post-Hurricane Sandy, Chanukah could not come at a more opportune time. The whole purpose of Chanukah is to introduce the notion that where things are naturally dark, G-d introduces a miraculous light to illuminate that darkness.
Chanukah medley played and vocalized by Cantor Rabbi Eli Lipsker in Brookyn, New York on the first night of Chanukah 5773.
For many people, Chanukah is their most favorite holiday. Families gather around the menorah, the beautiful glow of the candles shine on their faces, delicious latkes and donuts melt in their mouths, dreidel games go on for hours, children have a vacation from school.
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