{"id":251,"date":"2015-12-17T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=251"},"modified":"2015-12-17T14:18:23","modified_gmt":"2015-12-17T19:18:23","slug":"chanukah-glows-in-nocatee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/chanukah-glows-in-nocatee\/","title":{"rendered":"Chanukah Glows in Nocatee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0Chabad of St. Johns hosts annual celebration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By NewsLine Staff<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 10, 2015, Chabad of St. Johns held their annual Menorah lighting to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Chanukah (the Festival of Lights) which began on\u00a0Dec. 6 and ended\u00a0Dec. 14. This year&#8217;s ceremony was held at the Nocatee Splash Park featuring the first ever\u00a0Chanukah Light Show<strong>.<\/strong> An estimated 300 people attended the event.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The high point and centerpiece of the event was the lighting of a 7 ft. glow-in-the-dark Menorah, the eight\u00a0branched candelabra lit to celebrate the miracle of light and religious freedom. As a part of the festivities, local families munched on glow-in-the-dark doughnuts, painted glow-in-the-dark faces and created glow-in-the-dark crafts with their children.<\/p>\n<p>Chabad&#8217;s Jewish Life Center Rabbi Mendel and Dini Sharfstein organized the event. Prior to the lighting of the Menorah, two children from the Grow After School Enrichment Program, which takes place every\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0at Durbin Creek Elementary, sang &#8220;Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel.&#8221; The lighting was performed by Rabbi Mendel Sharfstein with guests David Ray, Nocatee community manager and Dr. Todd Rasner and his young son, Avi.<\/p>\n<p>Chabad&#8217;s Jewish Life Center Rabbi Mendel Sharfstein said, &#8220;This year\u2019s Chanukah celebrations bring added significance as Jewish communities worldwide celebrate the year of Hakhel, a once-every-seven-years opportunity to celebrate Jewish unity and learning. We want to make sure that the true message of Chanukah makes a lasting impression on everyone who comes for the festivities. And that message is that light always overpowers and vanquishes darkness, good triumphs over evil, freedom over oppression \u2013 an eternal message for all people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Chabad\u2019s events and programming for all ages, call 904-701-4422 or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishsjohnscounty.com\/\">www.JewishSJohnsCounty.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo courtesy Dini Sharfstein<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Chabad of St. Johns hosts annual celebration By NewsLine Staff On Dec. 10, 2015, Chabad of St. Johns held their annual Menorah lighting to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Chanukah (the Festival of Lights) which began on\u00a0Dec. 6 and ended\u00a0Dec. 14. 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