Soldiers at an IDF base celebrate the first night of Chanukah along with Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis and student volunteers. Photo: Chabad Youth Organization
From North to South, IDF Soldiers at War Celebrate Chanukah
On the first night of Chanukah, 5784 (2023), tens of thousands of young Jewish men and women in the Israel Defense Forces gathered to kindle Chanukah menorahs on the frontlines of the war in Gaza—and like 300,000 of their peers at bases and outposts from Metula to Eilat—prayed from the depth of their hearts for the victory of light over darkness, of good over evil, and for the same miraculous providence that G‑d showed their ancestors more than 2,000 years ago.
