Cleveland: Chabad of Chagrin Falls Celebrates Chanukah for The First Time
Despite cold temperatures, Riverside Park was packed with community members ready to celebrate the first night of Chanukah with the Chabad Jewish Center of Chagrin Falls, run by the shluchim Rabbi Shneur and Simi Itzinger. The event was the first grand menorah lighting hosted by the Chabad House, which opened at the end of August • Full Story, Photos
By Becky Raspe, Cleavland Jewish News
Despite cold temperatures, Riverside Park in Chagrin Falls was packed with community members ready to celebrate the first night of Chanukah with the Chabad Jewish Center of Chagrin Falls on Dec. 18.
The event was the first grand menorah lighting hosted by the Chabad, which opened at the end of August. Run by Rabbi Shneur and Simi Itzinger, the event included a 9-foot-tall menorah lighting and a fire show by Flower Entertainment’s Matthew Edick, who goes by stage name Major Scales. Following the lighting and show, attendees enjoyed refreshments at Chagrin Falls Township Hall, including latkes and doughnuts, along with children’s crafts, activities, a photobooth and music.
At the event, Rabbi Itzinger explained the symbolism behind lighting the menorah and why it is important for Jews everywhere to partake in the custom.
“We don’t light the menorah when it’s already light outside, we light the menorah when it is dark outside because we believe in the power of the light that is inside our souls and the power of our connection to God, which is unbroken, the Torah that we study and God’s commandments that we keep,” he said. “We take that light and we illuminate first ourselves and then we illuminate our homes. So confident we are in the power of that light that we come out here and light the menorah event outside despite what may seem like darkness. We know light will always prevail and always win.”
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