Hanukkah begins Nov. 28 and continues until the evening of Dec. 6. Here s what you need to know about the holiday, and how to celebrate it in S.F. and beyond.
Union Square menorah lighting goes virtual during COVID-19
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Chabad of San Francisco Rabbi Yosef Langer, right, speaks after lighting the menorah in Union Square while Brian Webster holds a cellphone with a light to broadcast the event online, in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2020. It is the 45th consecutive year the menorah has been lit in Union Square.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEShow MoreShow Less
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People gather to to take photos in front of the Macy s holiday tree and the Bill Graham Menorah in Union Square in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2020.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEShow MoreShow Less
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Chabad of San Francisco Rabbi Yosef Langer, center, speaks to the few people before the the Bill Graham Menorah lighting in Union Square in San Francisco on Dec. 16, 2020, while Brian Webster, left, holds a cellphone to broadcast the event online. It is the 45th consecutive year the menorah has been lit in Union Square.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGATEShow MoreShow Less
Celebrations will be different this year as stay-at-home orders restrict activities in the Bay Area.
Happy Chanukah! Please join us, virtually, starting tonight at 5pm - and for the entire eight nights of Chanukah- as we illuminate the Bill Graham Menorah in Union Square at this Facebook Live Event Link:https://t.co/vrDXcirQMi@Chabadpic.twitter.com/VOTAjdJu7h Union Square, SF (@UnionSquareSF) December 10, 2020
Instead of the community gathering to light the menorah in Union Square each night and enjoying traditional oil-fried foods like latkes, Bay Area chabads are asking people to stay home. The city actually told us that they put a lot of restrictions and guidelines on us and we re respecting that and we re asking everybody to stay home. and light their menorah s in their home, said Rabbi Moshe Langer, Yousef s son.