#Light my menorah movie
#Light my menorah series

To commemorate and publicize these miracles, we light the Chanukah menorah (also known as a chanukiah) on each of the eight nights of Chanukah. Miraculously, the one-day supply of oil lasted eight days and nights, and the holiday of Chanukah was established. All that remained was one cruse of pure oil, enough to last one night-and it would take eight days to procure new, pure oil. When they reclaimed the Holy Temple, on the 25th of Kislev, they wished to light the Temple’s menorah (candelabrum), only to discover that the Greeks had contaminated virtually all the oil. He outlawed the study of Torah and the observance of its commands, and defiled the Holy Temple in Jerusalem with Greek idols.Ī small, vastly outnumbered band of Jews waged battle against the mighty Greek armies, and drove them out of the land.

#Light my menorah series

28 during sundown.Some 2100 years ago the Land of Israel came under the rule of the Syrian-Greek emperor Antiochus, who issued a series of decrees designed to force his Hellenistic ideology and rituals upon the Jewish people. Stay warm while watching the menorah light up on the West Haven Green on Sunday, Nov. 29 at 6 p.m and watch the first candle of the menorah be lit up. StratfordĬheck out the Stratford Town Hall on 2725 Main Street on Monday, Nov. Get your cars ready as the Chabad-HCW will light the menorah with a car parade to the Milford Green Sunday, Nov. The Jewish Federation of Great New Haven will be holding a menorah lighting at the Congregation Beth El–Keser Israel on 85 Harrison Street Monday, Nov. Crossing the CT River? Construction begins on new trail connection for pedestrians, bicyclists.Dolphin spotted swimming in Thames River in Norwich.How proximity to CT highways affects home values and divides communities.Teens killed in East Hartford home invasion each shot multiple times, medical examiner says.

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Peter Hvizdak/Hearst Connecticut Media New Haven 30 at 6:15 p.m New Haven, Connecticut - Tuesday, December 4, 2018: New Haven Mayor Toni helps celebrate the third night of Hanukkah Tuesday evening at Union Station in New Haven Menorah Lighting hosted by the Chabad of Downtown New Haven and Park New Haven. and at the Waterbury Green on Tuesday, Nov. The city of Waterbury will hold two menorah lightings this year at Columbia Boulevard on Monday, Nov. The Chabad Jewish Center of Shelton presents holiday music, latkes, raffles and more at the lighting of the 9-foot Shelton menorah on Tuesday, Nov. Darien residents are invited to attend any of the lightings from Nov. More than a dozen Jewish families in Darien will light a 6-foot-tall menorah in Grove Street Plaza over the eight nights of the holiday. Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show LessĮnjoy a cup of hot apple cider, donuts and latkes during the menorah lighting Nov. This is annual event brings the Jewish community together, as the candles are lit and songs are sung in an outdoor display of Jewish pride. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 4 of5 Rabbi Schneur Wilhelm, with Chabad Jewish Center of Milford-Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont, with microphone in center, celebrates with congragants and visitors at a Menorah Lighting for the 7th night of Chanukah on the Milford Green in Milford, Conn., on Saturday Dec. Christian Abraham Show More Show Less 3 of5 A large crowd make their way up the steps of the gazebo for refreshments following the Chanukah menorah lighting on Sherman Green in Fairfield, Conn.

A Menorah lighting will also be held Wednesday Dec. Sredzinski and Monroe First Selectman Steve Vavrek. This is the third annual lighting and was attended by State Representative elect J.P. Rabbi Joe Stock, of Mishkan Israel Day Camp, lights the Menorah in celebration of the start of Hanukkah on the Monroe Town Green in Monroe, Conn., on Tuesday Dec. Christian Abraham/Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 2 of5 1 of5 Rabbi Schneur Wilhelm, with Chabad Jewish Center of Milford-Hebrew Congregation of Woodmont, celebrates during a Menorah Lighting for the 7th night of Chanukah on the Milford Green in Milford, Conn., on Saturday Dec.