Great Falls Tribune
Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., left, leads Aaron Weissman and his daughter, Sarah, in lighting the fourth light of a Jewish Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center on Monday evening. The lights are lit one by one on each of the eight days of Hanukkah. The center light represents the shamash, a candle used to light the other candles in a traditional Menorah. (TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER)
Amid bitterly cold temperatures, two young Jewish rabbis lit a Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center Monday evening, marking the start of the fourth day of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., told eight hardy Jewish souls that the ceremony in Great Falls, at 9 degrees below zero, marked the coldest lighting of a Menorah in the United States on Monday.
Traveling Rabbis Light Menorah Display at Civic Center
Great Falls Tribune
Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., left, leads Aaron Weissman and his daughter, Sarah, in lighting the fourth light of a Jewish Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center on Monday evening. The lights are lit one by one on each of the eight days of Hanukkah. The center light represents the shamash, a candle used to light the other candles in a traditional Menorah. (TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER)
Amid bitterly cold temperatures, two young Jewish rabbis lit a Menorah in front of the Great Falls Civic Center Monday evening, marking the start of the fourth day of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Yankie Shemtov of Tucson, Ariz., told eight hardy Jewish souls that the ceremony in Great Falls, at 9 degrees below zero, marked the coldest lighting of a Menorah in the United States on Monday.
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