by Steve Patterson, The Times-Union
Lighting of a giant menorah caps the sixth day of Hanukkah
Jewish men say their afternoon prayers Sunday before the menorah lighting during the Hanukkah celebration at the Landing. (WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union)
With a stiff breeze feeding a torch carried past them Sunday evening, scores of people lit candles outside The Jacksonville Landing to observe the sixth night of Hanukkah.
“Light is meant to be spread. Light begets light,” Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, executive director of Chabad of Northeast Florida, told about 125 people gathered to mark the Jewish festival. “The soul of man is the candle of God. So let's light up our candles.”
‘LIGHT BEGETS LIGHT’
by Steve Patterson, The Times-Union
Lighting of a giant menorah caps the sixth day of Hanukkah
Jewish men say their afternoon prayers Sunday before the menorah lighting during the Hanukkah celebration at the Landing. (WILL DICKEY/The Times-Union)
With a stiff breeze feeding a torch carried past them Sunday evening, scores of people lit candles outside The Jacksonville Landing to observe the sixth night of Hanukkah.
“Light is meant to be spread. Light begets light,” Rabbi Yoseph Kahanov, executive director of Chabad of Northeast Florida, told about 125 people gathered to mark the Jewish festival. “The soul of man is the candle of God. So let’s light up our candles.”
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