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Hanukkah 2020: Pandemic puts new twist on 2,000-year-old tradition


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Tom Beck, of Woodstock, Vt., lights the first candle of the Hanukkah menorah in the sanctuary of Congregation Shir Shalom while the Woodstock Area Jewish Community participates via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Dec. 10, 2020. An estimated 100 people were connected in years past, 100-125 usually attend in person for the Hanukkah service. Photo/Geoff Hansen, Valley News
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WOODSTOCK, NH The “Baruch Atah Adonai” blessing is said, and lights start to flicker across the screen.
People in more than 50 digital Zoom boxes light the candles on their menorahs and a moment of silence prevails among the Shir Shalom congregants during the second night of Hanukkah. The participants may be in 50 different locations, but they light their candles together in a tradition that has been carried out for more than 2,000 years. ....

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Hanukkah 2020: Pandemic puts new twist on 2,000-year-old tradition
Tom Beck, of Woodstock, Vt., lights the first candle of the Hanukkah menorah in the sanctuary of Congregation Shir Shalom while the Woodstock Area Jewish Community participates via Zoom due to the COVID-19 pandemic on Dec. 10, 2020. An estimated 100 people were connected in years past, 100-125 usually attend in person for the Hanukkah service. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected].
The Hanukkah menorah that Tom Beck, of Woodstock, Vt., has been lighting since he was a boy glows in the window of Congregation Shir Shalom in Woodstock on Dec. 10, 2020. The candle at right is the shamash, which is used to light the others during the eight days of Hanukkah. (Valley News - Geoff Hansen) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to [email protected]. ....

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