Virtual Hanukkah Candle Lighting
December 7, 2023 @ 7:00 pm EST
This Hanukkah, we invite you to join us as we add light, spread love, extend rays of healing and prayers for peace – from each heart and home out into the world.
Gather with us online on each of the eight nights to light the candles – Lab/Shul style. Each night will feature songs and blessings, with unique voices and special guests from our community, co-creating a global glow.
Get your menorah, Gather around your Zoom screens with us, let’s Spark Wonder Now and Light Up Peace.
All ages. God-Optional. Everybody Friendly.
Zoom link sent upon registration.
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CANDLELIGHTING SCHEDULE:
12/7 – Rededicating our Light – To Life
Join Rabbi Amichai, Shira, Naomi & Ben on this first night of Hanukkah as we jumpstart the festival of lights with all three blessings, illuminating our intentions for peace, healing and hope.
On this night we mark two months since 10/7 and will light additional soul candles to honor the memory of every victim of violence and innocent soul who perished on that terrible day and in the difficult days since.
12/8 – Welcome Shabbat & the Angels of Peace
Welcome Shabbat and the Angels of Peace of ALL AGES as we light up the second candle of Hanukkah, highlighting the gifts of light and sacred time for your entire family.
Shabbat Shalom!
LIVE from the Lab/Shul Winter Weekend Retreat!
12/9 – Three Stars on the Third Night
Count to three and light up the third night of Hanukkah as three stars shine in the sky to indicate the end of Shabbat and celebrate the start of a better week. We’ll include a taste of havdalah and inhale the aroma of fresh latkes.
Shavua Tov.
LIVE from the Lab/Shul Winter Weekend Retreat!
12/10 – Join our READ* Team
Join Shira Kline, Sam Hipschman, and Luis Burgos to light up the fourth night with our READ (Racial, Equity, and Action Delegation) community.
*Want to know more about our READ Team? Special info session with READ after the candle lighting. All are welcome.
12/11 – Heirloom of Hope
What IS the history of the Menorah?
Join Rabbi Amichai to light the fifth night with a focus on Judaism’s oldest symbol of pride, and then stay on as our guest and engage in interactive learning exploring the history and meaning of the Menorah as Judaism’s oldest heirloom of hope.
For more information about the Heirlooms Series, click here.
12/12 – Bring Them Home
Rabbi Amichai, Sarah Sokolic & Lab/Shul Board Of Directors light up the 6th night of Hanukkah at City Winery with special guests – representatives of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum NY, who will share updates on the campaign to release the Israeli hostages in Gaza and offer relief efforts to families.
Learn more here.
12/13 – Teen Spirit!
Raise the bar with us on the 7th Night with our B Mitzvah families, led by Naomi Less, Stephanie Kane and Ben Freeman.
Get #lit.
12/14 – That’s a Wrap!
Join Rabbi Amichai at his home to celebrate all eight nights, honoring our GENerate group of leaders and elders, as we celebrate life and empower the next generations.