The first day of Hanukkah was celebrated last night in Stuart Park.
Around 100 people gathered for the annual lighting of the public menorah, with Mayor Colin Basran and 91大黄鸭-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick in attendance. Letnick鈥檚 father is Jewish.
91大黄鸭鈥檚 menorah is one of thousands of large public menorahs throughout the world, including in front of the White House, which attracts some 4,000 people, and near the Eiffel Tower in central Paris, which has attracted as many as 20,000 French Jews, according to a press release.
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鈥淥ne of the beautiful things about Hanukkah is there鈥檚 so many different things about it. Hanukkah in Hebrew means dedication, education. It also has the word in it that means 鈥榯hey rested,鈥� said organizer Rabbi Shmuly Hecht of Chabad Okanagan.
鈥淚t鈥檚 all over the world鈥� Hanukkah is a universal message; light, power of quality over quantity, the power of goodness over the opposite.鈥�
Children sang a few traditional songs before the menorah was lit.
Hect think it鈥檚 great the community is supportive of the holiday and that we live in a country that celebrates religious freedom.
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