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Associated Press
》 BELIEFS
Chabad Center celebrates Hanukkah
BY COURTNEY HAGEN
Charles Goldberg, Buffalo Grove, Ill., sophomore, will have the chance to celebrate the eight days of Hamikhak early this year, thanks to the Chabad Jewish Center.
Though the first night of Hanukkah begins
Hanukkah Events
>> "Hanukahik on Wescoe"
Monday — 11 am to 2 pm
Wednesday — 10 am to 2 pm and holiday
kids (including a memorial) candles from
taxen and a booklet on Hanukkah)
"Midinidit Breakfast Hanukkah Bash" at the Chabad Jewish Center Monday — 9:30 p.m.
Judaism and Hebrew review for those studying for Hebrew and Jewish
Monday — 11:30 p.m.
Study — Late-night breakfast to take a break from finals
》 "Lawrence's Largest Menorah"
All week long outside of the Chabad Jewish Center, 1203 West 19th St.
Source: Chabad Jewish Center
just as finals at the University of Kansas, Chabad has planned a whole week of events to bring the joy of the holiday to students and faculty.
"This is the first time Hamukkah will have a real presence on campus," Goldberg said. "It is great to experience this on campus before we leave for break. We will be able to go home and share this. This celebration will blossom from here across the United States as we each return home."
Chabad will exhibit a Jewish presence in a big way this year with Lavernères largest public memorial. The six foot tall memorial will be dislodged early on Friday, 8th April, until the end of the holiday on Dec. 23.
Rabbi Zalman Tischler will be on Wesco Beach from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Monday to hand out free menorah kits (which include a menorah, candles and a booklet on Hanukkah) to students. That night, Chabad also will host a Jewish review at 9:30 p.m., followed by a Hanukkah breakfast at 11:30 p.m. to offer students a break from the stress of finals.
Tcheelt hand Chabad's menorah display was part of a global initiative to put symbolic and public decorations of the holiday around the globe. Chabad centers around the world will place menorahs at various sites, including the White House lawn, Ground Zerim in New York City, and in continents such as Africa, Australia and Europe.
"We will have the meritoria in front of the center here in Lawrence because it is tradition to always light meritoria in windows so everyone sees it." This represents the concept of freedom and minority.
Tayya Johnson, Dallas senior, will return home for the majority of Hammackk but she said she was excited to take a break from her finals to play games in a public forum with her peers this week.
"I think, for any holiday, it is important to have activities to correspond to it because sometimes students get caught up with college" Johnson said. "Having activities that have to do with holidays or aspects of being Jewish is very important, anyone to keep in touch with their 'lewisness.'"
The history of Hamukkah is rooted in celebration of the Jewish culture. Teichelt said Hamukkah celebrated Jewish freedom of religion from a tyrannical Greek ruler in 140 B.C. For eight nights after the victory, a menora was lit in the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, which was ransacked by the Greeks. The menora stayed lit for eight days on only one night's supply of pure olive oil, thus the tradition of the menora was born.
"No matter how much persecution there was, they still staved strong." Teached "It is a form of cruelty."
Centuries later Hanukkah is now celebrated with the lightly lighting of the candle and the
nazo Zalman Tiechtal is the leader of the local Jewish center, which serves as an outlet for education about Judaism and as a gathering place for the Jewish community.
eating of oily foods, like donuts and potato lakes, to represent the oil that is used to light them.
More information on Hanukkah events can be found at www.lewiskuKU.com.
Kansan staff writer Courtney Hagen can be contacted at chagenkansan.com.
Edited by Jodi Ann Holopirek
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