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Photos courtesy of Shul by the Shore.<\/em><\/p>\n Lend a hand in lighting Shul by the Shore\u2019s giant Chanukah Menorah at the 2nd annual public Chanukah Menorah Candle Lighting, which will take place in Belmont Shore on Sunday, December 21 at 4:00PM outside Citibank at 5354 E. 2nd St.<\/p>\n \u201cLast year was the first public menorah lighting ever in Belmont Shore \u2013 and now we\u2019re excited and proud to The event, which is called \u201cLight Up The Night,\u201d is co-sponsored by the Belmont Shore Business Association, which Perelmuter calls \u201cthe hub of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThere is always a lot of foot traffic, people walking along 2nd St. shopping, dining, walking and being entertained in a variety of ways. It is a busy, vibrant, exciting area,\u201d he said in an earlier statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThis special public event would not be possible without the help and support of the Shul by the Shore, its members, CitiBank, and the Belmont Shore business community,\u201d the Rabbi added.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Chanukah Menorah Lighting falls on the fifth night of the celebrated Jewish holiday, also known as Festival of the Lights; an eight-day commemoration of the Maccabean revolt against its oppressors in the 2nd century.<\/p>\n Shul by the Shore, which has serviced the community for 21 years, holds its services at the Seaport Marina Hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lend a hand in lighting Shul by the Shore\u2019s giant Chanukah Menorah at the 2nd annual public Chanukah Menorah Candle Lighting, which will take place in Belmont Shore on Sunday, December 21 at 4:00PM outside Citibank at 5354 E. 2nd St.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":68218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","pmpro_default_level":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","footnotes":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[228],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=2923"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Girls](\"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Girls_Chanukah_crafts_900x675.jpg\")
The menorah will be among the largest ever constructed locally, at a towering height of 12 feet and a width of eight feet.<\/p>\n![\"IMG](\"https:\/\/staging-live.lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_0426_668x900.jpg\")
make this an annual Chanukah event,\u201d said Rabbi Abba Perelmuter of The Shul by the Shore in a statement.<\/p>\n