KITCHENER Members of Waterloo Region s Jewish community marked the start of Hanukkah in a ceremony that had to be modified this year due to the pandemic. Instead of the usual lighting of the giant menorah in Uptown Waterloo, vehicles mounted with smaller menorahs paraded from Waterloo to downtown Kitchener on Thursday evening. The first night we light one candle and then tomorrow night the second candle and then so on for eight days until we light eight candles,” said Rabbi Moshe Goldman of The Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life The vehicles parked in the Kitchener farmer’s market parking lot where everyone watched a short lighting of the menorah from their cars.
Waterloo region celebrates Hanukkah with car menorah parade
Waterloo region s Jewish community is celebrating the start of Hanukkah Thursday at sundown, when the first candle of the menorah will be lit.
Social Sharing
CBC News ·
Posted: Dec 10, 2020 11:58 AM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
Rabbi Moshe Goldman is with the Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life. The centre is hosting a car menorah parade. (Hala Ghoanim/CBC)
Waterloo region s Jewish community is celebrating the start of Hanukkah at sundown Thursday, when the first candle of the menorah will be lit.
There won t be a public celebration to light a menorah in uptown Waterloo this year, but the Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life has come up with a creative way to honour the festival of lights.