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Hanukkah Celebration Planned for Sunday

Lighting of the eight-foot menorah will be followed by music, latkes, donuts and chocolate coins for all.

The following was submitted by the Jewish Learning Center: 

Chanukah -The Festival of Lights- for many of us brings back fond memories of childhood years and serves to renew our sense of identity. The Chanukah lights provide us with warmth, joy, strength and inspiration. Such is the purpose of a community-wide celebration to be held at the Jewish Learning Center at 810 South Springfield Ave, Springfield, NJ.

The Jewish Learning Center of Springfield invites the entire community to celebrate the Festival of Lights at a Public Menorah Lighting Ceremony. The grand Chanukah celebration will begin at 4:30 pm on Sunday @ 810 South Springfield Ave (Corner of Hillside Ave) with the lighting of the eight-foot menorah followed by  music, latkes, donuts & chocolate coins for all!  People of all ages will enjoy singing traditional Chanukah songs like “Maoz Tzur” and “The Dreidel Song,”

Local dignitaries will attend the ceremony and will assist in kindling the giant “Menorah of Freedom.”

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Chanukah, a celebration for all time is highlighted by the kindling of the Menorah each night of the holiday. "It is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light of tradition" said Rabbi Mendy Blesfosky, director of the Jewish Learning Center. "In ancient times our ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem with the Menorah. Today, we rededicate ourselves to making this world a better and brighter place."

Chanukah also propagates the universal message that ultimately good will prevail over evil, freedom over oppression and light over darkness.

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In its Chanukah outreach campaign, we will join thousands of Jewish communities across the globe that are staging similar public displays of the Menorah and its symbolic lights. From Australia to Africa, Columbia to Hong Kong, New York City’s Central Park to the White House lawn, hundreds of thousands will experience the joy of Chanukah with Chabad.

Join the Springfield community at a public display of unity at this exciting Menorah Lighting Ceremony. Bring the kids and make this your special Chanukah celebration.

For more information, contact the Jewish Learning Center (973) 218-6963 or email Mendy@ChabadUC.com


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