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Celebrating the First Night of Hanukkah in Ridgewood

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photos courtesy of the Village Manager Keith Kazmark

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Ridgewood NJ, celebrating the first night of Hanukkah in Van Neste Square .

Hanukkah is celebrated, in part, by the lighting of a menorah each night. Doing so represents the eight nights a small supply of oil miraculously lasted for a small group of Jewish people in 165 B.C. fighting to defeat the Greek army.

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Hanukkah, the annual Jewish Festival of Lights.

Celebrants also often mark the occasion by eating fried foods like latkes, playing children’s games, including the dreidel, and exchanging gifts.

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8 thoughts on “Celebrating the First Night of Hanukkah in Ridgewood

  1. Was Josh Gottheimer there?

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  2. Not a political event.

  3. You mean the first night of Holiday..

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  4. Honest question: those who celebrate Hannukah, do they support the term Christmas or simply Holidays?

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    1. Don’t be a shmeckel. Just chill with the antisemitism for like a minute please.

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      1. Just chill with the Anti-Catholic Hatred.

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  5. Why can’t people just be able to celebrate their holidays/beliefs without stupid ignorant comments?

    1. …because the media, schools and government are hellbent on wiping out certain religions and holidays.

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