Chanukah 2025/5786 December 14th - 22nd
SPECIAL EVENTS | YOUTH | CHESED
First Candle, Sunday evening December 14th after 4:28pm
Chanukah Laws & Customs available here.
Questions? Please email Rabbanit Bracha: rabbanitbracha@thebayit.org
Special Events:
Lights in the Darkness - A Virtual Bereavement Gathering • Sunday, December 7 • 8:00pm • zoom.us/j/6136133703
Join Rav Steven and social worker Rabbi Adam Huttel for a one-hour virtual pre-Chanukah bereavement gathering to remember loved ones who have passed. Learn more at thebayit.org/jbfcs.
Bayit Connections Presents: NITI MINKOVE as She Spins a Story About Her Dreidel Collection! • Wednesday, December 17 • 2:00pm
Join Bayit Connections knitting volunteers for a Meet & Knit at 1pm followed by a Chanukah Celebration and Talk with Niti Minkove at 2pm. Niti will talk about her unique dreidel collection.
Tent with Kulanu Chaverim • Friday, December 19 • 5:30pm
Join us for a special Kulanu Chaverim Shabbat Dinner with Abraham & Sarah's Tent. Chanukah gelt, dreidels and donuts. Cost: $15/person. Register at thebayit.org/kc.
Beth Aharon Chanukah Celebration • Motzaei Shabbat, December 20 • 6:15pm
Join Beth Aharon for lighting of the 7th candle of Chanukah in the Right Hand Social Hall. Featuring: Arts & Crafts for kids, Dreidel Competition, Trivia, Sing-Along, Good Eats - some oily and some healthy. Cost: $20/adult; $10/child (ages 4-17); $60/family. Click here to pay, or pay at the door. To learn more email bethaharon@gmail.com.
Chanukah Kumzits • Motzaei Shabbat, December 20 • 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Gather with us under the glow of the chanukiah to enjoy soulful music and song led by Rav Steven and Bayit musicians. Feel free to bring an instrument and add your voice to the music. To help us plan and to receive the door access code, please register and sponsor at thebayit.org/kumzits.
Youth Chanukah Celebrations
Bring in the Light! - Youth Chanukah Candle Lighting • Monday, December 15 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Join Rav Steven and Rabbi Yali for a festive Chanukah Candle Lighting in the Main Lobby. Featuring: Face Painting with Alisha Diamond, Spin art with Rebecca Kristol, Bracelet Making for Soroka Medical Center Staff in Israel with the Israel Committee (sponsored by Art for Aid), Special Chanukah treats and music. Space is limited to RSVP and sponsor, please click here.
Songs & Sweetness | A Shabbat Chanukah Visit to the Atria • Shabbat, December 20 • 10am - 11am
Let's bring the light of Chanukah to our neighbors! Bayit Youth, parents, and youth leaders will visit the Atria residence next door. Our intergenerational Shabbat Chanukah celebration together will include Chanukah songs and gelt. Space is limited to 30 participants. To register and sponsor, please click here.
Youth Families Chanukah Melave Malka • Motzaei Shabbat, December 20 • 5:30pm - 7:15pm
Families with children 8 years old and younger are invited to a musical Havdalah and menorah lighting followed by arts & crafts, games, story time, and a light dinner. Musical Instruments will be provided. $40/family. Register and sponsor at thebayit.org/cmm.
Israeli Community Chanukah Party • Sunday, December 14 • 5:00pm - 7:00pm
The Israeli community invites the greater Bayit community to a Chanukah celebration! Featuring The Magic of Alexo magic show, arts & crafts for children, pizza dinner and more! Cost: $30/household. Registration required. This event is geared towards those who are comfortable socializing in Hebrew. More details to follow.
Chesed Opportunities
Make Holiday Cards at Riverdale Y's Sunday Market • December 14th
Join the Bridge to Better Committee at the Riverdale Y Sunday Market, 5625 Arlington Ave., and make decorative holiday cards for people currently detained in Rikers Island. These cards will go to people who have been sentenced for a short-term or are being detained pre-trial. These decorative cards are a small but meaningful gesture of support. Questions? Please email yael@thebayit.org.
Don't Light Chanukah Candles Alone! Your Bayit Family Wants to Join You.
Reach out to helpinghands@thebayit.org and we will send you a new friend to light with you. Neighbors and families - please reach out to helpinghands@thebayit.org if you would like to participate in this wonderful event. A marvelous teaching moment for your family as well. Let's share the light and the warmth of our Bayit with all.