Community Corner
Chanukah Begins in Norcross
Ten-foot menorah lit at Norcross Community Center on Tuesday.
Members of the Chabad Enrichment Center entertained close to 200 people as they came to the Norcross Community Center to celebrate the first day of Chanukah.
Festivities included singing, dancing, raffles, traditional Jewish food such as potato latkas and the highlight, the lighting of the first candle on a 10-foot menorah.
Led by Rabbi Yossi Lerman, the lighting of the menorah was met with cheers as the first night of the sacred Jewish holiday got underway.
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Chanukah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Chanukah is observed for eight nights and days, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which this year began Tuesday.
