Showing posts with label Riverdale Menorah Lighting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Riverdale Menorah Lighting. Show all posts

Sunday, December 2, 2018

Riverdale Menorah Lighting



  Rabbi Levi Shemtov welcomes everyone who came out on this rainy night before going up to light the first candle on the largest menorah in the Bronx. 



Above - Rabbi Shemtov lights the middle candle which is used to light the other candles of the traditional Jewish menorah. 
Below - Rabbi Shemtov lights the first candle for the first night of Chanukah.




Above - After saying the Chanukah prayer, Rabbi Shemtov invites everyone to dance by the menorah, and have traditional Chanukah food of Jelly Donuts and Potato Latkes. 
Below - People begin to dance in the street under watch of members of the NYPD. Over one-hundred people came out to see the Riverdale menorah lighting, even in the wet weather.




Above - The new commanding officer of the 50th Precinct Captain Emilio Melendez picks up from last years menorah lighting when Deputy Inspector O'Toole was in charge of the 50th precinct. 
Below - Rabbi Shemtov and Captain Melendez smile for this photo, as a great show of police and community friendship.




Special thanks goes out to the Tree Army Tree Removers and Trim Experts, and it's CEO-CFO former U.S. Army Veteran Joelle for providing the truck and lift bucket for Rabbi Shemtov to light the Riverdale menorah.