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Hanukkiah
Candle Lighting with the Clergy
Tue / Dec 20 / 6:05 pm / 87th Street Lobby
Join PAS clergy for a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony immediately following services. Refreshments will be provided!
Introducing Virtual Dreidel by Rabbi Zauzmer
Rabbi Zauzmer and her husband Ben Zauzmer have created a new way to enjoy Hanukkah from home! Their website is designed for everyone who loves Hanukkah as much as we do and wants to keep the dreidel spinning even with those afar! So, grab your laptop or phone, get on a Zoom call, or text chain with some friends and family, and start playing!
To play Virtual Dreidel, each person begins with a pile of five pieces of gelt, and the pot in the middle will begin with four pieces of gelt. You'll go around in a circle taking turns spinning the dreidel, hoping to score more gelt for your pile.
If you spin a gimel, everything in the pot. Hooray! Then, everyone will ante up to replenish the pot. If you spin a hey, you'll take half of what's in the pot (and don't worry, we round up). If you spin a nun, nothing happens. And sadly, if you spin a shin (or pey in the Israeli version), you'll put one piece of gelt back in the pot.
When a player's gelt pile is empty and they're required to put a piece of gelt in the pot, they will be eliminated. The last player remaining is the winner. Mazel tov!
Hanukkah High-lights
Schedule of Services.
| Sun / Dec 18 | |
| 7:00 am | Morning minyan |
| 5:45 pm | Evening minyan followed by virtual Hanukkah candle-lighting service. |
| Mon / Dec 19 | |
| 7:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| 5:45 pm | Evening minyan followed by virtual Hanukkah candle-lighting service. |
| Tue / Dec 20 | |
| 7:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| 5:45 pm | Evening minyan in the third-floor chapel. |
| 6:00 pm | Join PAS clergy for a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony immediately following services in the lobby. Refreshments will be provided |
| Wed / Dec 21 | |
| 7:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| 5:45 pm | Evening minyan followed by virtual Hanukkah candle-lighting service. |
| Thu / Dec 22 | |
| 7:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| 5:45 pm | Evening minyan followed by virtual Hanukkah candle-lighting service. |
| Fri / Dec 23 | |
| 7:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| 5:45 pm | Kabbalat Shabbat. |
| Sat / Dec 24 | |
| 9:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| Sun / Dec 25 | |
| 9:00 am | Morning minyan with hallel, Torah reading, and musaf for Hanukkah and Rosh Chodesh. |
| Mon / Dec 26 | |
| 9:00 am | Morning minyan will include hallel and Torah reading for Hanukkah |
| 5:45 pm | Evening minyan |