HAC Chanukah Delights, 12/27
Make Sure Your Chanukah Events are on the Community Calendar!
Send your Chanukah events information to us so we can post them on the Cleveland Jewish community calendar.
Make sure to include event name, date, time, location, and any other important information. Email calendar@localjewishnews.com.
Nshei Oil Available in Your Local Neighborhood
Join the Second Annual Cleveland Menorah Parade!
Chef Dave’s Chanukah Dinner Buffet
Join Chef Dave’s for our annual Chanukah All-You-Can-Eat Dinner Buffet on Sunday, December 25th.
Download a menu, and then make your reservations online.
Friendship Circle “Light Up the Night” Family & Volunteer Chanukah Party, 12/25
Join the Second Annual Cleveland Menorah Parade!
Chef Dave’s Chanukah Dinner Buffet
Join Chef Dave’s for our annual Chanukah All-You-Can-Eat Dinner Buffet on Sunday, December 25th.
Download a menu, and then make your reservations online.
Join the Second Annual Cleveland Menorah Parade!
Chef Dave’s Chanukah Dinner Buffet – Reserve Early, Save $$
Join Chef Dave’s for our annual Chanukah All-You-Can-Eat Dinner Buffet on Sunday, December 25th. Make your reservations by 12/15 and save over 25% with our early-bird rates.
Download a menu, and then make your reservations online.
Join the Second Annual Cleveland Menorah Parade!
Gift Wrapping Services!
Get 7 gift wrapped and get the 8th one free – Any size you like!
Friendship Circle “Light Up the Night” Family & Volunteer Chanukah Party, 12/25
Chaverim Safety Tips for Chanukah
When lighting the Menorah:
• Never leave Chanukah candles unattended and never go to sleep while Chanukah candles are burning
• Place the menorah on a sturdy heat resistant surface away from anything that can catch fire including walls, curtains, cabinets, wooden and plastic tables, tablecloths, etc
[Read more…]
Chaverim Safety Tips for Chanukah
When lighting the Menorah:
• Never leave Chanukah candles unattended and never go to sleep while Chanukah candles are burning
• Place the menorah on a sturdy heat resistant surface away from anything that can catch fire including walls, curtains, cabinets, wooden and plastic tables, tablecloths, etc
[Read more…]
Chabad of Downtown Cleveland Annual Chanukah Grand Menorah Lighting
Giving Gifts on Chanukah
(Ed: This is brought as an interesting idea and would be a good starting point for discussion and consultation with your LOR. Source: Hakhel reader)
Other Poskim discuss this and conclude that it is not a problem of chukas akum, as in all likelihood the akum’s minhag of giving gifts on their holidays was taken from us and not vice versa. (See Emes L’Yaakov from Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, Z’tl, Siman 670 in the footnote who says this.) The Ponovezer Rav, Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman, Z’tl, said that after the Greeks forbade the Jewish children from learning Torah, their parents had to ‘bribe’ them with gifts to get them to learn once again.
Chanukah With Chabad Cleveland Local Events
Wednesday 11/27 6:00 pm – Indoor Program before LightingWaterstone Medical Center, 14100 Cedar Road (corner of Cedar & Mirimar)
Monday 12/2 – Eton Chagrin (outside Tiffany’s)
Thanksgiving + Chanukah = Thanksgivikuh
(Cleveland Jewish News)
By Rabbi Howard Kutner
This year, in a most unusual occurrence, the first day of Chanukah coincides with Thanksgiving. This has not happened since 1861, or at least not since Thanksgiving was declared a federal holiday by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, according to The Associated Press.
Some “Light” Chanukah Questions By Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Question #1: My sister invited our family for Shabbos Chanukah, and we will be sleeping at her neighbor’s house. Where do we set up the menorahs, particularly since I do not even know the neighbor?
Question #2: My husband has a late meeting at work tonight and will not be home until very late. What should we do about kindling Chanukah lights?
Question #3: I will be attending a wedding during Chanukah that requires me to leave my house well before lighting time, and I will not return until very late. Can I kindle at the wedding, just like the lighting that takes place in shul?
Question #4: I will be spending part of Chanukah in a hotel. Where should I kindle my menorah?
Chabad of Cleveland Public Menorah Lighting and Chanukah Celebration – Fire on Ice
Chabad of Downtown Cleveland Annual Chanukah Grand Menorah Lighting