Community Menorah Lights Up Teaneck

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Community Menorah Lights Up Teaneck

Rebbetzin Nechamy Simon serves up the latkes, flanked by a table full of fresh sufganiyot. (Credit: Ellie Wolf)

Both the sky and the ground lit up with the glow of giant menorahs and colorful light displays last Thursday, celebrating the second night of Chanukah 5785.

Councilman Mark Schwartz passes the torchlight to Pedro Valdes who went up in the crane bucket to light the shamash.
(Credit: Ellie Wolf)

Spearheaded by Rabbi Ephraim and Rebbetizin Nechamy Simon of Chabad of Teaneck, with the assistance of coordinated municipal support, the celebration attracted about 200 people outside the Teaneck municipal complex. Councilwomen Hillary Goldberg and Karen Orgen spoke; Councilman Mark Schwartz handed the torch to Teaneck educator and administrator Pedro Valdes who lit the shamash.

Councilwoman Hillary Goldberg spoke of her grandfather Howard Reinert, whose vision and courage were behind the first community menorah lighting in Teaneck in 1989. (Credit: Ellie Wolf)

The Yavneh Academy Choir sang familiar and favorite Chanukah tunes, with sound and lighting engineered by Uri Abramov of Hillside. The chilly night was warmed by hot chocolate, potato latkes and sufganiyot.

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