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Every Home in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Gets a Chanukah Menorah

The welcoming and bucolic city of Jackson Hole, Wyo., is home to about 600 Jewish residents. This Chanukah, in light of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel and the darkness that has filled the world since, a Wyoming rabbi decided to give every resident of the city, Jewish and non-Jewish, the gift of a menorah.

Watch: What Hei Teves Means To Us

In the fourth installment of a new series from Vaad Or Vechom Hahiskashrus to help Chassidim prepare and celebrate the day of Hei Teves through exploring the story of the trial and the timeless lessons we can learn from it, Rabbi Mendel Kaplan shares his personal experience and perspective as a young Bochur during the period of the trial, and speaks about this point stating, “Hei Teves is the Rebbe’s Yomtov, Hei Teves is our Yomtov.”