Aviation security concerns probably prevent this giant menorah from flying to Jerusalem. So the world’s largest candleholder will once again celebrate the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah in New York, home to the second-largest concentration of Jews outside Israel. The menorah, also called a hannukiah, holds one candle for each of the eight days of Hanukkah and represents the Macabees’ thousands-year-old struggle. Over the years many have claimed to have built the world’s largest menorah — a 60-foot metallic version in Tel Aviv and a 30-foot aluminum one by Lubavitch, not to mention an unrelated but equally impressive 12-foot high pile of over 6,000 sufganiyot (holiday jelly doughnuts) in Afula. For now, this 32-foot gold-colored steel menorah (with glass chimneys to protect fire from wind), designed by internationally renowned Israeli artist Yaakov Agam, takes the latka. Celebrating its achievement will be a nightly lighting ceremony by prominent members of the Jewish community, piles of the aforementioned fatty food, dreidel spinning and gelt-giving. — Yon Motskin
Happy 3rd day of Hanukkah!
I celebrated Hanukkah this year for the first time with some friends.
Question: Why can you spell Hanukkah so many different ways? Hanukkah, Hannukah, Chanukkah, there is probably like 5 other ways too?