Chanukah 2024/5785 December 25th - January 2nd
SPECIAL EVENTS | YOUTH | CHESED
First Candle, Wednesday evening December 25th after 4:34pm
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 22 • 8:00pm • zoom.us/j/6136133703
Join Rav Steven and social worker Adam Huttel for a one-hour virtual pre-Chanukah bereavement gathering to remember loved ones who have passed. Learn more at thebayit.org/jbfcs.
Beth Aharon Chanukah Celebration • Motzaei Shabbat, December 28 • 6:30pm
Join Beth Aharon for lighting of the 4th candle of Chanukah in the Right Hand Social Hall. Featuring: Arts & Crafts for kids, Driedel Competition, Trivia, Sign-Along, Sufganiyot, Latkes, Light Good Eats. Cost: $20/adult; $10/child (ages 4-17); $50/family. Pay at the door. To learn more email bethaharon@gmail.com.
Youth Chanukah Celebrations
Mini-Carnival of Lights • Thursday, December 12 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm
A pre-Chanukah Children's celebration! Join Laura Levine-Pinedo, founder of the 4Bronx Project and KRVC** Executive Director and friend for a fund filled afternoon! Thank you to KRVC for their partnership. Featuring: Face Paiting, Carnival Games & Art Activities, Story Time and Driedel Games and more. To RSVP and sponsor, please click here.
Youth Families Chanukah Melave Malka • Motzaei Shabbat, December 28 • 5:45pm - 7:30pm
Families with children in Kindergarten and younger are invited to a musical Havdalah and menorah lighting in the Main Lobby. Includes arts & crafts, games, story time, and a light dinner. Musical Instruments will be provided. To RSVP and sponsor, please click here.
Chesed Opportunities
Make Chanukah Cards at Riverdale Y's Sunday Market
Join the Bayit Social Action Committee at the Riverdale Y Sunday Market, 4545 Independence Ave., and make decorative Chanukah 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 socialaction@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.