Chabad Lubavitch of Ulster County is proud to host the first solar powered Menorah in the world. It is standing in the Center of Woodstock, NY. “We are very excited about this,” said Rabbi A. B. Itkin, who came up with the idea, “and hope to be able to duplicate this in other Menorahs around the wold.”
In what has become a tradition for the Jewish community of Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will once again attend Chabad of the Valley’s Chanukah @ Citywalk celebration and concert. In addition to the Mayor, many other local and state dignitaries will take part in the celebration of 10 years of this landmark event that has become known as Southern California’s largest Chanuka celebration.
Perfectly Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside and oozing with delicious jelly – i set out on a quest to find the perfect jelly doughnut – that greasy chanukah treat we look forward to an entire year. So, I took a stroll up Kingston Ave. and ate every type of jelly doughnut i saw, from every bake shop in Crown Heights. (On a side note, I think I’ll be sticking to the latkes over this year’s Chanukah.)
Rabbi Duato is sitting Shiva after the passing of his mother, Chana Leah, OBM, at 888 Montgomery St. [between Troy and Schenectady Ave.] Apt. #A9.
Shachris: 7:30
Mincha: 3:10
Maariv: 9:00
Hamakom Yenachem Eschem Besoch She’ar Aveilei Tzion VeYerushalayim
The Bochurim at Yeshivas Ohr Elchonon Chabad in Los Angeles, California have been gearing up for this year’s annual Chanuka campaign: packing thousands of menoras to hand out, building car menorahs, and coordinating the various logistic arrangements in anticipation of this week’s full force campaign of light accross the boulevards of Los Angeles.
Rafi and Chaya (Smoller) Andrusier (Crown Heights)
Florida Shliach Rabbi Shalom Loeub of Chabad of Tallahassee was on Florida’s WCTV this morning and showed viewers how to make Potato Latkes all while telling of the miracle of Chanukah.
Chanukah begins Tuesday evening, December 20, but visitors to Home Depot’s St. Louis store got an early start on the Festival of Lights last Sunday building their own, usable, take-home wood menorahs.
The following is a clipping from today’s New York Times sent to us by one of our readers. In a section titled “Dear Diary,” a Jewish woman writes about her encounter with a Lubavitcher Bochur doing Chanukah Mivtzoim.
SACRAMENTO, CA [CHI] — California Governor Jerry Brown joined Chabad today for the 18th Annual Capitol Menorah Lighting on the West Steps of the California State Capitol in Sacramento, CA.
Srulie (ben Mendel) Hershkop (Crown Heights) and Mushkie (bas Mottel) Bronstein (Crown Heights)
L’Chaim Tuesday at Bais Rivkah
310 Crown St [between New York and Nostrand Ave]
When borough council denied a request for a menorah at the borough building, some members of Chabad Fox Chapel were disappointed.
Excerpts from a broadcast on channel 2 news during Chanukah 5752 (1991-1992) of the Chanukah Live satellite hook-up connecting communities all over the world with 770.
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