Tag: Hanukkah
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Chabad of Monroe’s annual public menorah celebration
The Chabad of Monroe hosted its annual public menorah celebration with the lighting of a 32-foot tall menorah at State Park on Perrineville Road, at the corner of Prospect Plains Road in Monroe. The menorah in Monroe is a replica of the National Menorah lit across the street from the White House in Washington D.C.…
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Metuchen Menorah Lighting Ceremony
The Metuchen Menorah Lighting Ceremony was held Dec. 18 on the Metuchen Town Plaza to celebrate the start of Hanukkah. People were able to enjoy donuts, hot chocolate, chocolate coins, dreidels with some music, and song. The Hanukkah Jewish Festival of Lights is celebrated for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabrum known as a…
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The state’s largest menorah lit with boost from Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1
MONROE – The state’s largest menorah was lit with a little boost from Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1. Rabbi Eliezer Zaklikovsky welcomed the large crowd that came out to State Park on Perrineville Road, at the corner of Prospect Plains Road, to celebrate the first day of the Hanukkah Festival of Lights on…
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Chabad of Monroe spreads light during Hanukkah season, pays tribute to essential workers
MONROE – The community of the Chabad of Monroe came together to spread light during what has been “an extremely difficult year, a year of pain, challenges and hardships” due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. “This is why when a holiday like Hanukkah comes we need to jump on the opportunity to spread light, to…
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Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick invites residents to menorah lightings
The Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick will be hosting several Chanukah events. The lighting of the giant menorah will take place at 4 p.m. Dec. 10 in front of the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick, 1 Riva Ave., North Brunswick. Enjoy warm latkes, donuts and chocolate gelt. Then, a grand Hanukkah celebration will…
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Chanukahpalooza will be held virtually Dec. 11
Temple Emanu-El in Edison will hold Chanukahpalooza at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 via Zoom. There will be Shabbat, Hanukkah festivities, consecration, participation by students in grades K-2, birthday and anniversary blessings, the reciting of the brachot, the lighting of the chanukiot and Zoom Oneg after the service. For details, visit www.edisontemple.org/
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Ice menorah, parachutes filled with chocolate highlight menorah lighting in North Brunswick
PHOTOS COURTESY OF RABBI LEVI AZIMOV Members of the North Brunswick Fire Department dropped parachutes with dreidels and chocolate coins for all who attended the lighting of the menorah on Dec. 29 by the Chabad Jewish Center of South Brunswick at the Shoppes at North Brunswick. There was live music by the Baker Brothers, donut…
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Chabad House of South and North Brunswick, Township of North Brunswick hold menorah lighting
Rabbi Mendy Carlebach of the Chabad House of South and North Brunswick led a menorah lighting in front of the North Brunswick Municipal Building on Dec. 23.
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Menorah lighting set for 6 p.m. in North Brunswick
The North Brunswick Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Services will hold its annual menorah lighting at 6 p.m. on Dec. 23 at the municipal building, 710 Hermann Road, North Brunswick. Bring a donation of food items or gift cards to local food stores for the North Brunswick Food Bank. For more information, call 732-247-0922,…
