Menorah Lighting

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Happy Hanukkah! This year Hanukkah is celebrated from sundown on Thursday, December 7 – Friday, December 15. We will light the menorah in the Sales Gallery on the first night at 5:30 p.m.

If you would like, bring your menorah and candles (2) to light and a story or poem to share.

Chanukah (also spelled Hanukkah) is an 8-day Jewish festival marking the miraculous victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers in the year 139 BCE. After recapturing Jerusalem’s Holy Temple, which had been converted into a place of idol worship, they searched for pure oil with which to light the Temple menorah. They found just enough to burn for one day, but miraculously it burned for eight days until more oil could be brought.

Contact your Lifestyle Team if you would like to share your Hanukkah tradition or learn more about the Festival of Lights.