Dreidl Drop: Hoboken Will Hold Menorah Lighting For Hanukkah Sunday

HOBOKEN, NJ — Hanukkah begins at sundown Sunday, and Hoboken's preparing for the annual menorah lighting.

(See the information about Santa's visit and holiday banding here.)

The lighting will take place at Hoboken City Hall, 94 Washington St., on Sunday, Dec. 18. at 5 p.m.

The event, hosted with Chabad, will feature "a gelt and parachute dreidel drop from a firetruck. Latkes, donuts, and more! Free and open to the community."

Hanukkah is the Hebrew word for dedication. The eight-day observance commemorates the Jews rising up against their Greek-Syrian oppressors, who wanted to suppress their religion and worship. The Jewish Maccabean Revolt took place in Second Century B.C.

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