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Saturday night December 16th 2006 the second night of Chanukah will always be remembered as a monumental Menroah lighting ceremony in the hearts of many Fair Lawn residents as it marked the first time in history that a Menorah was lit at Fair Lawn city hall.

In the presence of over a hundred people with children and most of Fair Lawn’s city council on a cold December night Rabbi Berel Zalrtzman the Community Development Director and spiritual leader of Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn - an affiliate of Chabad Lubavitch opened the ceremony with the traditional blessings of the Menorah.

Historic Menorah Lighting in Fair Lawn, NJ

Saturday night December 16th 2006 the second night of Chanukah will always be remembered as a monumental Menroah lighting ceremony in the hearts of many Fair Lawn residents as it marked the first time in history that a Menorah was lit at Fair Lawn city hall.

In the presence of over a hundred people with children and most of Fair Lawn’s city council on a cold December night Rabbi Berel Zalrtzman the Community Development Director and spiritual leader of Bris Avrohom of Fair Lawn – an affiliate of Chabad Lubavitch opened the ceremony with the traditional blessings of the Menorah.

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Third night of Chanukah at “Prince Gong’s Palace” Beijing, China

Chabad Beijing together with the Israeli Embassy organized tonight a public community Chanukah lighting for the third night of Chanukah. This special event took place in a beautiful pagoda along the banks of a lake at the Palace of Prince Gong in Beijing, China.

The Israeli Ambassador, Dr. Yehoyada Chaim said the brachot and words of greeting. Rabbi Shimon Freundlich, head shliach in Beijing, China lit the Chanukah menorah and thanked the Israeli Ambassador for his efforts in organizing this unique venue. Rabbi Shimon led the crowd in singing “Hanerot Halalu” and many other traditional Chanukah songs. The children of Ganeinu International school, the Chabad school in Beijing, helped Rabbi Shimon lead the community in singing their favorite Chanukah songs.

More in the Extended Article!

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2nd Candle in Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan

Since last year this menorah became known as the largest kosher menorah in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. It is lit every night with a respectable presence in Grand Army Plaza on 59th Street and 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

Last night the Menorah was lit by Sheldon Silver, 64th Assembly District and is the house Speaker.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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A Parade of Light!

The second night of Chanukah a parade of 21 ‘Tanks’ and around 80 cars topped with Menorahs made their way from 770 to Manhattan with escort by the NYPD’s Highway Division. The parade made its way over the Manhattan Bridge on to Houston St. then up 6th Av. Where hundreds of thousands of people were witness to the parade, the parade then passed ‘Grand Army Plaza’ where the worlds largest kosher Menorah stands proudly, then back down 5th Av. To 23rd St. where the tanks then spread out across the city doing Mivtzoim, spreading to message of Chanukah and distributing menorahs to the masses!

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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Greenwich Time
Lori Winthrop of Greenwich helps her daughter Jennifer, 5, light the first candle on a menorah last night during the celebration of the first night of Hanukkah at the Chabad Center. At right is Jennifer’s twin, Sydney.

Greenwich, CT — Standing on a plastic chair, Chabad Rabbi Yossi Deren exhorted children to dance while he checked the light bulbs atop a giant menorah set up for Hanukkah.

“One more song and we'll light the Shabbat candles!” he shouted through a microphone.

Chabad Center of Greenwich mark the start of Hanukka

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Lori Winthrop of Greenwich helps her daughter Jennifer, 5, light the first candle on a menorah last night during the celebration of the first night of Hanukkah at the Chabad Center. At right is Jennifer’s twin, Sydney.

Greenwich, CT — Standing on a plastic chair, Chabad Rabbi Yossi Deren exhorted children to dance while he checked the light bulbs atop a giant menorah set up for Hanukkah.

“One more song and we’ll light the Shabbat candles!” he shouted through a microphone.

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Yanky Tauber - Chabad.org

One thing I've come to realize is that many of us have an innate, enduring loyalty to our preconceptions. We'll stick with them through thick and thin, no matter what reality sends our way.

I first realized this some twenty years ago when a friend and I, as two young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, spent our summers canvassing the state of Montana looking for Jews. We'd drive from town to town--some of which only had one or two Jewish families--and try to do our bit to encourage Jewish identity and observance.

We were quite a curiosity, and were often featured in the local newspaper. The publicity proved useful in both drawing local Jews out of the woodwork and gaining us a welcome response when we called on people.

Fight or Light? -Controversy and Irony at SeaTac Airport

Yanky Tauber – Chabad.org

One thing I’ve come to realize is that many of us have an innate, enduring loyalty to our preconceptions. We’ll stick with them through thick and thin, no matter what reality sends our way.

I first realized this some twenty years ago when a friend and I, as two young Chabad-Lubavitch rabbinical students, spent our summers canvassing the state of Montana looking for Jews. We’d drive from town to town–some of which only had one or two Jewish families–and try to do our bit to encourage Jewish identity and observance.

We were quite a curiosity, and were often featured in the local newspaper. The publicity proved useful in both drawing local Jews out of the woodwork and gaining us a welcome response when we called on people.

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Chanala Kornfeld inserts some jelly into one of the sufganiyot, filled yeasty cake doughnuts favored by Israelis at Hanukkah. Kornfeld invited a dozen women to prepare them and latkes over a discussion of Jewish culture. 'God entrusted the continuity of people to women,' she told her guests.

Like all the best Jewish traditions, a latke is a savory bite of history, tradition and memory. Its seeds are found in the story of Judith and the Maccabees, who triumphed against overwhelming odds.

“Food is very serious,” said David Gitlitz, a scholar of Jewish food history. “It's a kind of glue that holds the culture together.”

That puts the Jewish woman and her kitchen squarely at the center of the culture, and of Hanukkah, which begins at sundown today.

Women, latkes bind culture

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Chanala Kornfeld inserts some jelly into one of the sufganiyot, filled yeasty cake doughnuts favored by Israelis at Hanukkah. Kornfeld invited a dozen women to prepare them and latkes over a discussion of Jewish culture. ‘God entrusted the continuity of people to women,’ she told her guests.

Like all the best Jewish traditions, a latke is a savory bite of history, tradition and memory. Its seeds are found in the story of Judith and the Maccabees, who triumphed against overwhelming odds.

“Food is very serious,” said David Gitlitz, a scholar of Jewish food history. “It’s a kind of glue that holds the culture together.”

That puts the Jewish woman and her kitchen squarely at the center of the culture, and of Hanukkah, which begins at sundown today.

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Jews all over the world begin the celebration of Hanukkah Friday night at sundown. At the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, the story of the holiday is being told in a new interactive musical show. NY1’s Stephane Simon filed the following report.

The Macabee Show tells the story of Judah Macabee and the small Jewish army that defeated the mighty Syrian Greek forces 2,000 years ago in a fight for religious freedom. Visitors travel back in time, and even hide in the caves, before finding their way to the destroyed temple.

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Jews Celebrate The “Festival Of Lights” At Sundown

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Jews all over the world begin the celebration of Hanukkah Friday night at sundown. At the Jewish Children’s Museum in Crown Heights, the story of the holiday is being told in a new interactive musical show. NY1’s Stephane Simon filed the following report.

The Macabee Show tells the story of Judah Macabee and the small Jewish army that defeated the mighty Syrian Greek forces 2,000 years ago in a fight for religious freedom. Visitors travel back in time, and even hide in the caves, before finding their way to the destroyed temple.

More in the Extended Article!

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I send greetings to all those celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights.

During Hanukkah, Jewish people everywhere honor the liberation of Jerusalem and the great miracle witnessed in the Holy Temple more than 2,000 years ago. After Jerusalem was conquered by an oppressive king and the Jews lost their right to worship in freedom, Judah Maccabee and his followers courageously set out to reclaim Jerusalem from foreign rule. Though their numbers were small, the Maccabees' dedication to their faith was strong, and they emerged victorious. When they returned to their Holy Temple for its rededication, the Maccabees discovered enough oil to burn for only one day. Yet the oil lit the Holy Temple for eight days, and the light of hope still shines bright in Jewish homes and synagogues throughout the world.

Presidential Message: Hanukkah 2006

I send greetings to all those celebrating Hanukkah, the festival of lights.

During Hanukkah, Jewish people everywhere honor the liberation of Jerusalem and the great miracle witnessed in the Holy Temple more than 2,000 years ago. After Jerusalem was conquered by an oppressive king and the Jews lost their right to worship in freedom, Judah Maccabee and his followers courageously set out to reclaim Jerusalem from foreign rule. Though their numbers were small, the Maccabees’ dedication to their faith was strong, and they emerged victorious. When they returned to their Holy Temple for its rededication, the Maccabees discovered enough oil to burn for only one day. Yet the oil lit the Holy Temple for eight days, and the light of hope still shines bright in Jewish homes and synagogues throughout the world.

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For the first time ever the AmTrak railroad station in Philadelphia will support a Menorah!

The Menorah is sponsored by Lubavitch House at Penn and was erected by members of the Alpha Epsion Pi fraternity.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

AmTrak Station in Philadelphia gets a Menorah

For the first time ever the AmTrak railroad station in Philadelphia will support a Menorah!

The Menorah is sponsored by Lubavitch House at Penn and was erected by members of the Alpha Epsion Pi fraternity.

More pictures in the Extended Article!

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This year Chanukah begins Friday evening December 15th, the 25th of Kislev.

The Rebbe says:

1. The lights of the Chanukah Menorah are different than any other lights. Even the lights of Shabbos (which women light before Shabbos begins) or the lights that the Priests lit in the Beis Hamikdash (the Temple) are not like the lights of the Chanukah Menorah!

The reason the Chanukah Menorah's lights are different than other lights is that they are not a means to an end. The only reason we light the Chanukah Menorah is for it to be lit. However the other lights are supposed to do something.

Chanukah

This year Chanukah begins Friday evening December 15th, the 25th of Kislev.

The Rebbe says:

1. The lights of the Chanukah Menorah are different than any other lights. Even the lights of Shabbos (which women light before Shabbos begins) or the lights that the Priests lit in the Beis Hamikdash (the Temple) are not like the lights of the Chanukah Menorah!

The reason the Chanukah Menorah’s lights are different than other lights is that they are not a means to an end. The only reason we light the Chanukah Menorah is for it to be lit. However the other lights are supposed to do something.

Something Jewish
“The March of Lights Parade”


On Saturday night, December 16th at 7:00pm a historic parade will take place commemorating 30 years of the world’s first largest menorah at independence national historical park.

30 years ago the Lubavitch movement was the first to introduced for the first time in the united states a display of the world’s largest menorah to the public.

30th Annual Chanukah Menorah Lighting

“The March of Lights Parade”

On Saturday night, December 16th at 7:00pm a historic parade will take place commemorating 30 years of the world’s first largest menorah at independence national historical park.

30 years ago the Lubavitch movement was the first to introduced for the first time in the united states a display of the world’s largest menorah to the public.

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The Jewish Daily Forward
Yehoshua Bedrick a Lubavitcher who was recently elected to the New Hampshire state legislature with Rudy Giuliani (Photo: shmais.com)

Twenty-three-year-old Chabadnik Jason Bedrick has recently made history as the first Orthodox Jew to be elected to the New Hampshire state legislature.

An interesting tidbit in the story is that Bedrick – who won a recount by a mere six votes – received crucial support from the Salem Women’s Club after he wrote to them explaining the religious basis for his habit of not shaking women’s hands.

By Six Votes, N.H. Gets First Orthodox Lawmaker

The Jewish Daily Forward
Yehoshua Bedrick a Lubavitcher who was recently elected to the New Hampshire state legislature with Rudy Giuliani (Photo: shmais.com)

Twenty-three-year-old Chabadnik Jason Bedrick has recently made history as the first Orthodox Jew to be elected to the New Hampshire state legislature.

An interesting tidbit in the story is that Bedrick – who won a recount by a mere six votes – received crucial support from the Salem Women’s Club after he wrote to them explaining the religious basis for his habit of not shaking women’s hands.

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