The Bay Space celebrated the fifth night time of Hanukkah with a number of colourful festivals on Sunday night time.
Chabad MidPen held their fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, whereas throughout the bay at almost the identical time Chabad Oakland celebrated with the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater.
Group members turned out to observe menorah’s being lit, performed video games and ate and drink at these free occasions.
Hanukkah, often known as the Pageant of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish vacation that celebrates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem. The vacation is widely known by lighting a menorah every night time, symbolizing the triumph of sunshine over darkness.
Avi Haimov, of Oakland, lights the 15-foot menorah in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Group members watch Rabbi Levi Potash mild the menorah at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) 5 candles are lit on the menorah at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Boyce Nichols, 3, and his sister Avery, 6, from Menlo Park, react to Foolish Ricky, aka Ricky Adams, not proven, as he performs at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Foolish Ricky, aka Ricky Adams, performs at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Christin New, far left, from Woodside, pictures her son Eugene Mittleman, 4, husband David Mittleman and daughter Hannah Mittleman, 2, in entrance of a giant inflatable dreidel at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. It was Eugene’s birthday and he was excited that it fell on a Hanukkah day. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi Levi Potash lights the menorah at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Hearth performer Brandon Quilici performs in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi Levi Potash, left, holds a torch as for Redwood Metropolis Mayor Elmer Martínez Saballos in order that he can mild the menorah at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi David Labkowski of Chabad Oakland, left, helps mild a candle held by Edwin Bennett, of Oakland, in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi Levi Potash, left, sings after lighting the menorah as his spouse Ella, proper, walks by, at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Edwin Bennett, of Oakland, joins the viewers and sings in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi Levi Potash smiles at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi Levi Potash lights the menorah at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Ella Potash speaks at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Attendees wait in line for matzo ball soup and latkes in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Foolish Ricky, aka Ricky Adams, performs at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi David Labkowski of Chabad Oakland speaks in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Rabbi Levi Potash lights the menorah at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group) Oakland interim mayor Nikki Fortunato Bas speaks in the course of the nineteenth annual Grand Hanukkah Celebration on the Lake held at Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. The occasion was offered by Chabad Oakland. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Space Information Group) Youngsters play video games at Chabad MidPen’s fifteenth Annual Chanukah Pageant in Courthouse Sq. in Redwood Metropolis, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Space Information Group)
