Celebrating Hanukkah with Chabad of the Five Towns

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A car parade highlighted the Chabad of the Five Towns third night of Hanukkah celebration after the  Grand Menorah was lit at Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park on Dec. 20.

Different people lit the Grande Menorah every night, including Cedarhurst Mayor Benjamin Weinstock. 

The Jewish Festival of Lights commemorates the rededication of the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the second century B.C.

In the Maccabean revolt, the Jewish people defeated Greek-Syrian oppressors. A small amount of oil was found to light the temple for eight days.