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The first night of Chanukah was Sunday, December 6th. The candle lighting was held in the foyer with
the traditional potato latkes passed accompanied by sour cream or apple sauce toppings.
Ruth Stavisky gave a brief summary of the story of the miracle of the eight days– as Chanukah is also
referred to as the Festival of Lights. Eight candles are lit on the menorah starting with one on the first
night and proceeding to add another candle each successive evening. There is always an extra candle
called the ‘SHAMAS” which lights the other candles.
This year, Rabbi David Paskin, of Temple Beth David added to the beauty of the candle lighting with
his guitar, singing some of the traditional songs of Chanukah and making up a small clever stanza to
the old familiar” I had a little Dreidel.”