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To celebrate Hanukkah in all Jewish homes and communities, a candle will be lit each night in a traditional nine-pointed Hanukkah chandelier.
By lighting the Hanukkah candles, the Jewish community will send a message of light and unity to all Lithuanian national communities and Jewish communities around the world.
The solemn and solemn ritual of lighting the first candle will be accompanied by lights and music: the Jewish community building will be illuminated by a 3D audiovisual projection that will give an unexpected dimension to the historical building, which before 1940. The Jewish Gymnasium of Tarbut worked.
Due to quarantine restrictions, the first candle lighting community is invited to monitor online on the official website Y On the Facebook account of the Lithuanian Jewish community.
Personal file photo / Hanukkah
Hanukkah is a celebration of light. The Lithuanian Jewish community strives to get as much light as possible, to be together and for the common good that surrounds us. Lithuanian Jews are part of Lithuania, we strive to create a country and celebrate together with all the communities in the country. Therefore, by lighting the Hanukkah candles, we will send a message of light not only to Jewish communities around the world, but also to all national communities in Lithuania. We invite everyone to be part of the Hanukkah light, and at the end of our celebration we will welcome our fellow citizens to the next St. On the occasion of Christmas, ”said Faina Kukliansky, President of the Lithuanian Jewish Community (Litvak).
According to F. Kukliansky, it is customary for everyone to get together during this holiday, to have fun and enjoy the traditional Hanukkah dishes baked in oil: donuts and lats, but this year Hanukkah will be different: “We avoid the big gatherings, but Hanukkah is a one of our most important holidays to celebrate with families, and the community will share the spirit of the celebration by sending traditional food to other national communities and Lithuanian institutions ”.
Photo by Marius Vizbaras / 15min / Faina Kukliansky
During the Hanukkah period, the gifts will also reach the children of the Jewish community. Not only the traditional symbols of the holiday, the chocolate wallets, but also books on Jewish wisdom and history will arrive in your homes.
The tradition of lighting a candle for Hanukkah dates back to Biblical times. During Hanukkah, the 2nd century. pr. events: the Jewish uprising against the Seleucid conquerors and the miracle in the Jerusalem Temple when Jehuda Maccabi and his Jewish brothers returned to the Jerusalem Temple and found no ritually suitable oil there, except for a jug that contained only one day’s worth of oil.
But the Hanukkah miracle happened and the oil burned for eight days. Recalling this miracle, the sages decided that, according to the Jewish calendar, the Hanukkah Festival would be celebrated for eight days starting on the 25th of the month of Kislev (usually the month of December).
The main Hanukkah ritual is lighting a candle in a chandelier called Hanukkah every night, when the sun goes down, immediately after the Maariv prayer. A candle is lit each day of the holiday. To commemorate the Hanukkah miracle, it is customary to eat oily food, play with wolves or dreadlocks, and light chandeliers at night.
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Hanukkahs are lit all over the world not only in homes or community spaces, but also in public places or government institutions. Hanukkah candles starting December 10. will light up in the regional Jewish communities: Kaunas, Klaipėda, Panevėžys, Šiauliai, Ukmergė, Švenčionys.
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