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GJC Celebrates! Hanukah Virtual Candlelighting & Stefan Presser Memorial Program
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Come add YOUR light to each night of Hanukah with GJC! Come as you are to GJC’s pandemic version of putting your candles in the window. Making or sitting down to dinner? In your PJs? Settling in or still have your coat on? It all works. Each night we will gather as a community to sing songs, share stories, and light our individual Hanukiyot together.
VIRTUAL HANUKAH CANDLELIGHTING
Come light your candles with us each night of Hanukah. We will start with a song, read the names of those honored or remembered with a sponsored candle, light our hanukiyot, and sing blessings. Each night has a theme with a question to think about, and during the candlelighting, you will have the opportunity to share your thoughts. We will end with singing a favorite Hanukah song together. On every night except Friday, there will be a short program after the candlelighting, should you choose to stay on to watch, listen, or participate.
DOWNLOAD THE HANUKAH SONGSHEET HERE!
SATURDAY, DEC. 12: “HOPE IS AN ETHICAL IMPERATIVE”
6:00 PM: Virtual Havdalah & Candle Lighting led by Dorshei Derekh
6:30 PM: “Hope as an Ethical Imperative: An Exploration for the 3rd Night of Hanukkah” Stefan Presser Memorial Program with Dr. Barbara Breitman – Bobbi Breitman will be leading us in an exploration and discussion of the idea of hope as an ethical imperative at this historic moment. Our one-hour gathering will include time for small group discussions. This program is sponsored by the Stefan Presser Memorial Committee of Minyan Dorshei Derekh.
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The lawn in front of GJC has been home to the Dancing Children Hanukiyah since 2000, with Men’s Club volunteers assembling the structure every year. This menorah is an integral part of the GJC community, bringing light to the Holiday and the whole neighborhood. Although the Hanukiyah cannot be physically assembled this year, GJC is bringing the Dancing Children into your homes with a virtual candle lighting each night of Hanukah.
Please join Men’s Club in sponsoring a candle in honor or memory of someone special in your life. Each night we will light our individual Hanukiyot as a community (via Zoom), and the names of those honored or remembered will be read. Lightings are at 6:00 PM on December 10 and 12-17 and at 4:00 PM on Friday, December 11. To sponsor a candle, please download this form and send it with payment where specified. Candles are $36/candle (checks made payable to GJC Men’s Club.) Funds collected support numerous GJC activities. Thank you for helping to light the night!
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