A menorah with a message is lit for the first night of Chanukah in Parque Juarez

Published November 30, 2021

by ROBERTJHAWKINS1

Happy Chanukah, my friends. Or Hanukkah.

Sunday night was the first night of Chanukah — the Festival of Lights — and the  lighting of the first candle of the menorah. The Chanukah celebration is  observed for eight nights and days, with a new candle being lit each evening.

I know all this because I was walking Moppit in Parque Juarez when I  happened upon members of Chabad San Miguel de Allende lighting the  community menorah in the park’s gazebo.

I missed most of the dedication, but I happened upon the gathering just as  Rabbi Daniel Huebner was explaining the significance of this year’s menorah,  created by artist Meila Penn.

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