Chanukah Car Parade will roll from Morris Township, Dec. 19

The Chanukah Car Parade. Photo courtesy of the Rabbinical College of America.
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From the Rabbinical College of America:

To celebrate the 2022 Chanukah season, The Rabbinical College of America will be having a Car Menorah Parade departing from the Rabbinical College in Morris Township, traveling to Chabad in West Orange, culminating in great holiday festivities.

The parade route will travel via the main thoroughfares of Morristown, Livingston and West Orange, including Whippany Road, Route 10 and Pleasant Valley Way, in a unique Chanukah celebration promoting holiday awareness. The parade will end at the Friendship Circle- LifeTown – Livingston in West Orange for a joyous holiday celebration with donuts, etc.

The Car Menorah Parade is part of the worldwide Chanukah campaign, an initiative launched by the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, in 1973. The campaign highlights and encourages the central theme of the holiday — publicizing the story of the Chanukah miracle.

Today, the unprecedented public display of Chanukah has become a staple of Jewish cultural and religious life, forever altering the American practice and awareness of the festival.

This year, Chabad-Lubavitch will set up more than 15,000 large public menorahs in more than 100 countries around the world, including in front of landmarks such as the White House, the Eiffel Tower, and the Kremlin.

WHAT: Chanukah Menorah Parade

WHERE: Rabbinical College of America, 226 Sussex Ave., Morris Township, and along Route 10 to West Orange, NJ

WHEN: Monday, Dec. 19, 2022 at 4:45pm

ABOUT CHANUKAH:

Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, begins this year on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 18, and
ends Monday, Dec. 26. 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 oil 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 Chanukah for eight days by lighting an eight-branched candelabra 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 Chanukah holiday is available here.

But this year there will be a special celebration at the end in the spirit of *Hakhel

What is Hakhel?

Every seven years is a Hakhel year. In ancient times, during a Hakhel year, Jews would stream to Jerusalem to unite in the Holy Temple, and hear Torah from the king.

Hakhel today:

Today, you are the king. You have the power to unite.
Gather together for a lunch class, social evening, or book club meeting. Just gather members of the tribe to be together, learn Torah, and inspire each other!
For more info go here.

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