What: Chanukah Celebration & Menorah Lighting
Where: Wells Fargo on Beachland Blvd. | 500 Beachland Blvd., Vero Beach, FL 32963
When: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | 5:30 PM
ABOUT HANUKKAH
Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year on the evening of Sunday, November 28 and concludes the evening of Monday, December 6. It recalls the victory of a militarily weak Jewish people who defeated the Syrian Greeks who had overrun ancient Israel and sought to impose restrictions on the Jewish way of life and prohibit religious freedom. They also desecrated and defiled the Temple and the oils prepared for the lighting of the menorah, which was part of the daily service. Upon recapturing the Temple only one jar of undefiled oil was found, enough to burn only one day, but it lasted miraculously for eight. In commemoration, Jews celebrate Hanukkah for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabrum known as a menorah. Today, people of all faiths consider the holiday a symbol and message of the triumph of freedom over oppression, of spirit over matter, of light over darkness. Additional information about the Hanukkah holiday is available at
www.JewishVero.com/Hanukkah.
ABOUT THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATION
Chabad of Vero Beach offers Jewish education, outreach and social service programming for families and individuals of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations. For more information, contact Rabbi Motty Rosenfeld, Chabad of Vero Beach, at 772-245-6712 and
[email protected] or visit
www.jewishvero.com.
