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From YouTube: Menorah Lighting and Brighter Revealed Art
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Happy
hanukkah
everyone
happy
hanukkah,
happy
hanukkah,
welcome.
It
is
so
good
to
see
all
of
your
smiling
faces
again
here
in
person
for
what
is
the
fifth
annual
chelsea
community
menorah
lighting,
and
I
say
fifth
annual
because
last
year,
although
we
weren't
standing
here
in
person,
we
did
like
the
menorah
and
we
did
stream.
It
live
on
zoom,
which
just
makes
it
all
the
more
joyous
to
be
back
here
together
in
person.
A
A
I
also
want
to
mention
that
this
event
is
in
collaboration
with
the
jewish
arts
collaborative
and
we
have
a
beautiful
art
display
at
the
other
side
of
the
plaza,
which
I
encourage
you
to
go
and
check
out
after
the
menorah
lighting,
that's
the
exhibit
is
called
brighter
revealed
and
I
believe
we
have
the
artist
with
us
here
tonight
here.
She
is
hello.
A
The
artist
and
the
builder
wow,
thank
you
so
much
for
bringing
your
your
creation,
your
bright
art
to
our
community
to
brighten
our
community
and
brighten
our
holiday
season.
A
I'll
speak
briefly
about
what
we're
doing
here
tonight.
What
exactly
are
we
celebrating
and,
of
course,
we're
celebrating
chanukah,
which
is
a
jewish
holiday,
a
jewish
celebration
of
very
universal
values
and
I'll
explain
a
little
bit
of
the
history
that
brought
about
the
miracle
of
chanukah
and
what
that
means
to
us
today.
So
3334
years
ago,
the
jewish
people
living
in
the
land
of
israel
were
under
the
rule
of
the
syrian
greeks
and
a
king
called
king
antiochus,
who
implemented
decrees
specifically
outlawing
many
aspects
of
jewish
tradition,
jewish
ritual
and
jewish
belief.
A
Okay,
the
assyrian
greek
army
was
much
more
numerous,
much
better
equipped
and
but
this
small
band
of
warriors
what
they
had
was
faith
and
belief
in
in
the
rightness,
the
justness
of
their
cause,
and
they
succeeded
in
driving
the
greeks
from
the
land,
which
is
what
we
call
the
miracle
of
the
battle.
There
was
a
military
victory
and
then,
when
the
jewish
people
reclaimed
the
temple
grounds,
they
wanted
to
kindle
the
menorah,
the
candelabra
that
stood
in
the
temple
courtyard,
but
the
greeks
had
purposefully
destroyed
all
of
the
special
oil.
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A
A
A
Most
of
us
would
say
why
bother
why
bother
lighting
the
menorah?
It's
not
going
to
last.
You
know
long
enough.
We're
not
going
to
be
able
to
keep
doing
this.
Commandment
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
keep
doing
this
mitzvah.
The
light
that
we're
going
to
bring
into
the
world
is
going
to
be
extinguished
tomorrow.
A
So
why
even
bother?
Why
even
try
the
miracle
of
the
first
night
of
hanukkah
is
the
faith
that
the
maccabees
had
to
go
ahead
and
light
the
menorah
they
didn't
know
what
the
next
day
would
bring.
They
weren't
assured
that
a
miracle
would
happen,
but
they
had
faith
and
they
had
belief
that
we
as
human
beings.
A
We
do
our
part
to
bring
light.
We
do
our
part
to
bring
goodness
into
the
world,
and
we
have
faith
that
ultimately
light
and
goodness
and
kindness
will
prevail
and
that's
the
message
of
the
first
night
of
hanukkah.
We
look
around
us
at
the
world
at
the
state
of
current
events,
and
sometimes
it
looks
dark,
and
sometimes
we
can
give
up
hope.
We
could
say
why
even
bother
trying
to
change
the
world
when
my
impact
is
going
to
be
so
limited.
A
Why
even
try
and
the
message
of
hanukkah
is
what
we
all
need
to
do
is
make
that
first
effort
light
that
first,
candle
do
what
you
can
in
the
in
the
ways
of
goodness
and
kindness
spreading
light
and
joy
in
your
surroundings.
It's
not
up
to
you
to
finish
the
job.
It's
just
up
to
you
to
start
and
when
we
start
when
we
have
that
faith,
that
is
when
miracles
happen.
A
Mr
ambrosino
you've
been
with
us
for
all
the
past
four
years:
fifth
annual.
We
brought
this
this
tradition
to
the
community
together
with
you,
and
it
is
so
very
special
to
have
the
city
manager,
mr
tom
ambrosino,
together
here
with
us,
and
he's
going
to
share
a
few
words.
So
please
put
your
hands
together
for
our
city
manager,.
D
Well,
thank
you.
I'm
not
sure
I
could
talk
that
wonderful
message.
Rabbi.
I
think
that
really
hit
the
mark.
I'm
I'm
just
thrilled
to
be
with
you
to
celebrate
this
feast
in
the
jewish
calendar.
I
I
I
do
think
it's
important
for
municipalities
for
chelsea
and
any
miss
power
to
join
together
in
these
important
cultural
celebrations.
I
think
that
helps
to
bind
and
bring
together
members
of
the
community.
It
creates
cohesion
in
a
community
and
it's
particularly
important
in
times
of
difficulty
times
of
darkness.
D
I
think
we
all
saw
that
during
coven,
when
this
community
rallied
together
to
help
the
most
vulnerable
in
an
incredible
way
and
the
jewish
community
was
such
an
important
part
of
that
effort.
Here
in
chelsea
I
mean
the
jewish
community
has
had
a
long
and
distinguished
history
here
in
chelsea,
but
it
continues,
and
I
can
tell
you
that
the
temples
in
this
community
were
an
enormous
important
part
of
our
response
to
coving.
D
For
that,
the
city
is
incredibly
grateful,
and
I
think
it
just
demonstrates
these
events,
this
community,
that
chelsea
really
is
a
welcoming
place,
a
place
of
light
and
a
place
where
all
peoples
of
whatever
race,
whatever
nationality,
whatever
religious
background,
do,
come
together
and
help
each
other,
and
so
I'm
just
glad
that
this
jewish
community
is
an
important
part
of
that
mix
here
in
chelsea,
and
I
expect
will
continue
to
be
so
long
into
the
future.
So
I
just
would
say
a
thanks
for
inviting
me
rabbi
and
happy
hanukkah
tour.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
We
also
have
with
us
representatives
of
both
the
walnut
street
synagogue
of
chelsea
and
temple
emanuel
of
chelsea,
starting
with
mr
ed
medros
from
the
walnut
street,
synagogue,
come
and
share.
Some
greetings.
E
Thank
you.
Rabbi
have
the
hanukkah
to
everybody
who
came
out
tonight.
Thank
you,
tom,
leo
mimi,
for
helping
put
this
together.
I
don't
think
I
could
say
any
different
than
what
these
two
gentlemen
have,
and
so
I
would
be
brief.
I
guess
I
used
to
say
anacostia
to
public
speaking.
E
A
And
representing
temple
emanuel,
this
is
carol
brown
and
esther
berkowitz.
F
So,
whether
you
celebrate
thanksgiving
or
christmas
or
new
year's
talk,
samaya
we're
at
temple
emmanuel
we've
been
a
synagogue
here
in
chelsea
for
many
many
years,
probably
since
1930,
and
we
have
historically
collected
pictures
of
the
members
of
temple
emanuel
and
it's
incredible
to
see
how
we
represented
the
citizens
of
chelsea,
and
I
think
we
became
very
important
to
everybody
here
in
chelsea.
F
We
have
an
exhibit
in
our
temple
that
we're
in
the
midst
of
setting
up,
and
we
welcome
anyone
who
would
like
to
come
to
our
temple
to
see
all
these
pictures
of
many
years
ago.
A
lot
of
families
who
used
to
live
in
chelsea
and
even
those
who've
left
chelsea
have
come
back
to
temple
emanuel
because
there's
such
a
strong
identity
for
people
who
grew
up
here
and
we're
a
wonderful
temple.
F
G
To
say
it's,
I'm
just
really
grateful
for
this
sense
of
community
here
tonight
and
I
wanted
to
wish
everybody
happy
holidays.
You
know,
however,
you
celebrate
it's
it's
wonderful
to
be
here.
Thank
you.
A
That
would
obviously
be
a
menorah
that
is
kindled
with
candles
or
or
oil,
where
you
would
first
light
the
shamash
and
then
literally
carry
the
center
flame
over
to
light
the
first
flame
and.
A
To
light
the
shamash,
we
would
like
to
honor
our
public
servants,
those
who
are
in
public
service
to
our
city,
so
I'd
like
to
invite
back
city
manager,
mr
tom
ambrosino,
counselor
at
large,
leo
robinson
and
any
other
city
council
members
who
are
here
present
tonight.
Mimi,
please
come
on
up.
A
Abbott
as
well
come
together
up
here,
our
entire
community
owes
you
a
debt
of
gratitude
for
your
leadership
and
guidance
throughout
the
past
year
and
a
half
and
and
hopefully
for
many
years
to
come.
A
Okay
and
now
I'll
sing
the
blessing
on
the
menorah
three
blessings
tonight,
including
you're,
welcome
to
stand
up
here.
A
A
H
A
A
For
hanukkah,
please
make
your
way
across
the
plaza
to
the
brighter
revealed
exhibit
from
the
jewish
arts
collaborative
meet
the
artist
and
the
builder
of
this
beautiful
work
of
art,
and
now
is
the
moment.
We've
all
been
waiting
for,
or
at
least
my
boys
have
been
waiting
for.
They
want
to
wish
you
all
a
happy
hanukkah.
So
hazy
and
mandy
come
on
up
and
wish
everyone
a
happy
hanukkah.
G
I
You
know
the
the
multitude
of
possibilities
that
can
come
from
that,
and
so
I
worked
with
over
300
participants
along
with
my
partner
artist,
emily
barga,
and
we
engage
them
in
thinking
about
their
source
of
inner
strength
and
they
captured
that
in
artistic
imagery
and
we
captured
their
recorded
audio.
So
you
can
walk
around
and
see
the
artwork
and
hear
their
voices
sharing
their
source
of
inner
strength,
and
it
was
you
know,
conceived
by
us,
but
then
the
actual
building
and
construction
came
from
this
guy
right
here.
Yeah.
J
So
tovah
reached
out
to
me
in
the
summer
and
asked
me
if
I
was
interested
in
helping
out-
and
I
was
super
excited
right
away
and
we
designed
the
the
project
and
I
threw
it
in
sketchup
and
then
showed
it
to
tova.
And
we
went
on
with
the
project.
I
And
just
to
point
out,
manny
is
a
newton
north
high
school
senior
and
he
is
capable
of
such
a
magnificent
work.
It's
super
inspiring
to
me
to
collaborate
with
with
such
a
talented
student
and
all
of
the
people
who
who
really
contributed
to
this
to
this
project,
and
so
this
is
its
debut
here
in
chelsea.
The
first
night
of
hanukkah.
First
stop
it's
very
exciting
that
it's
finally
here
and
sharing
its
light,
happy
hanukkah
and
it's
going
to
continue
to
share
its
light
throughout
all
of
hanukkah.