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World's Largest Chanukah Menorah on Fifth Avenue by Central Park

Menorah Parade of 300 Menorah vehicles.

Hot "Latkes" on Fifth Avenue.


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Jewish News Agency

Dec 08, 2014, 10:07 ET

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NEW YORK, Dec. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The World's Largest Chanukah Menorah will be proudly standing at New York's most fashionable plaza, Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, by Central Park, between the Plaza and the Pierre Hotels. The first candle will be lighted on Tuesday evening December 16, and the full Menorah will be lighted on Tuesday evening December 23. All weekday lightings are at 5:30 PM. Over the years the World's Largest Menorah was lighted by New York City Mayors, Abraham Beame, Ed Koch, David Dinkins, Rudolph Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg, Governors Mario Cuomo, George Pataki and David Paterson, United States Senators Jacob Javits and Charles Schumer, as well as many other dignitaries.

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World's Largest Chanukah Menorah on Fifth Avenue by Central Park. Menorah Parade of 300 Menorah vehicles. Hot "Latkes" on Fifth Avenue. World's Largest Chanukah Menorah Lighted in 2013 by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg with Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, Director Lubavitch Youth Organization.
World's Largest Chanukah Menorah on Fifth Avenue by Central Park. Menorah Parade of 300 Menorah vehicles. Hot "Latkes" on Fifth Avenue. World's Largest Chanukah Menorah Lighted in 2013 by New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg with Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, Director Lubavitch Youth Organization.

"The Menorah stands as a symbol of freedom and democracy, strength and inspiration, delivering a timely and poignant message to each person on an individual basis," said Rabbi Shmuel M. Butman, Director Lubavitch Youth Organization.

DESIGNED BY WORLD RENOWNED ARTIST YAACOV AGAM AND CERTIFIED BY GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS

The Menorah was certified by Guinness World Records as the World's Largest. It was specially designed by world renowned artist Yaacov Agam who lighted the Menorah many times. It was inspired by a hand drawing by the Rambam (Maimonides) of the original Menorah in the Holy Temple of Jerusalem.

REBBE PERSONALLY APPROVED MENORAH

The Menorah stood in miniature on the desk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe who personally approved its form. The Rebbe wanted this Menorah to be the world's largest and when there was talk about making a large Menorah in another city the Rebbe asked for that city's Menorah to be smaller.

The 32-foot high, gold colored, 4,000 pound steel structure will be lighted nightly with genuine oil lamps. Specially designed glass chimneys will protect the Chanukah lights from the Central Park winds.

Due to the height of the Menorah, it will be lit nightly with the help of a Con Edison "cherry-picker" crane as well as two lifts that lift the lighters to the "Menorah Heights."

"REBBE LIKED THIS MENORAH"

"The Rebbe liked this Menorah," said Yaacov Agam. "The Rebbe sent me a special letter thanking me, emphasizing that 'where ever there is light there is shadow.'"

HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO VIEW MENORAH

The lighting of the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah is always the central event of Chanukah for the millions of residents of New York and visitors to the Big Apple. It is also a favorite with the International media who put the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah in the center of their "Chanukah story," bringing the World's Largest Menorah into the homes of hundreds of millions of people throughout the world.

GRAND MENORAH PARADE

On Shabbos (Saturday) evening, December 20th, the Grand Menorah Parade of over 300 Menorah vehicles will take place. The Parade will leave Lubavitch World Headquarters at 7:00 PM and will pass by the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah at 8:30 PM.

HOT "LATKES" ON FIFTH AVENUE

Sunday evening, December 21st, a special Chanukah celebration will take place at the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah. The celebration will include live music, singing and dancing, "Chanukah Gelt" for the children and hot "Latkes" (potato pancakes), the traditional food of Chanukah, will be distributed to everyone. "We want people to 'taste' the tradition," said Rabbi Butman.

A CAMPAIGN FOR MILLIONS

New York's most popular radio stations, WCBS and WINS, will carry a steady Chanukah call to millions of people to "Come light the Menorah." The message by Rabbi Butman is for everyone to light the Menorah in their own home, "It's exciting, it's triumphant. It's many voices as one cheering light over darkness, joy over sorrow, freedom over oppression."

"The prominence of the Menorah carries an additional message," adds Rabbi Butman. "The Rebbe teaches that soon there will be another light, an eternal light, the eternal light of Moshiach, the eternal light of the Great Redemption."

The lighting schedule for the World's Largest Chanukah Menorah is as follows:

Tuesday, December 16 - 5:30 PM
Wednesday, December 17 - 5:30 PM
Thursday, December 18 - 5:30 PM
Friday, December 19 - 3:51 PM
Shabbos (Saturday) evening, December 20 - 8:30 PM
Sunday, December 21 - 5:30 PM
Monday, December 22 – 5:30 PM
Tuesday, December 23 - 5:30 PM

Media Contact: Morris Jacobs, 917-287-7770

This release was issued through The Xpress Press News Service, merging e-mail and satellite distribution technologies to reach business analysts and media outlets worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.XpressPress.com.

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SOURCE Jewish News Agency

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