Editor’s note: Video was from the first night of Hanukkah on Wednesday, Dec. 25.
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A West El Paso synagogue will have a public celebration of Hanukkah on Sunday, Dec. 29.
Chabad Lubavitch Center for Jewish Life, 6516 Escondido Dr., will host a Hanukkah Playground at 2 p.m. Sunday and then a grand menorah lighting at 4:30 p.m.
El Paso Mayor-Elect Renard Johnson is scheduled to light the tallest candle known as the Shamash.
The celebration marks the fifth night of the eight-day holiday which began on Dec. 25 and lasts through Jan. 2.
The Hanukkah Playland will include inflatable rides, holiday-themed arts and crafts, face painting and doughnut making.
You can RSVP for the Hanukkah Playland by clicking here.
“The message of Chanukah is the message of light,” Rabbi Levi Greenberg, of Chabad Lubavitch, said. “The nature of light is that it is always victorious over darkness. A small amount of light dispels a lot of darkness. Another act of goodness and kindness, another act of light, can make all the difference.”
There are more than a half dozen public menorah displays throughout El Paso, according to Chabad Lubavitch.
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