Chanukah Menorah Lighting at South Plains Mall This Chanukah, Lubbock to Shine Brighter Than Ever

Chanukah Menorah Lighting at South Plains Mall
This Chanukah, Lubbock to Shine Brighter Than Ever 

• What: Chanukah Menorah Lighting
• Where: Grand Court adjacent to GameStop, enter via the East Main Entrance next to Barnes & Noble
• When: Sunday, December 21, 5:30pm




ABOUT CHANUKAH
Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year on the evening of Wednesday, December 25 and concludes the evening of Thursday, January 2. It recalls the victory of a militarily weak but spiritually strong Jewish people, who defeated the Syrian-Greeks who had overrun ancient Israel and sought to impose restrictions on the Jewish way of life and practice. They desecrated and defiled the Holy Temple and the oil prepared for the lighting of the menorah–part of the daily service. Upon defeating their enemies and recapturing the Temple only one jar of undefiled oil was found, enough to burn for one day, but it lasted miraculously for eight. In commemoration, Jews celebrate Chanukah for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabrum known as a menorah, adding another candle each night. Today, the holiday carries a universal message of the triumph of freedom over oppression, of spirit over matter, of light over darkness.    


Additional information about the Chanukah holiday is available at Chabadlubbock.com/Chanukah
 
 
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