Boston Schedules 2 Hanukkah Menorah Lightings
BOSTON (AP) — Two Hanukkah menorah lightings have been scheduled in Boston to celebrate the start of the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights.
The city of Boston's menorah lighting is scheduled for 4:45 p.m. Sunday on Summer Street in Downtown Crossing.
Mayor Marty Walsh is scheduled to be joined at the lighting of the 15-foot menorah by the Israel Consul General, Yehuda Yaacov, and Rabbi Rachmiel Liberman of Congregation Lubavitch Synagogue.
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The lighting of an 18-foot menorah is scheduled to take place at the Statehouse at 4 p.m. on Monday.
Gov. Charlie Baker and House Speaker Robert DeLeo are among the state officials scheduled to attend with Rabbi Liberman.
The ceremony will include music by students from the Schechter Day School.
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