A Report on the Lego Menorah

A Report on the Lego Menorah

By Chaya    We had an amazing Menorah lighting in Palo Alto this past Sunday in front of City Hall, featuring our Lego Menorah. It was quite an amazing sight! As an introduction, we must thank G-d for our very own Chanuka miracle. Simcha, Chabad's program director checked the weather multiple times daily the week before the event – and there was a grim forecast. Rain. Showers. Storms. Not the ideal weather for an outdoor Menorah lighting. With a failed attempt to get tents and tarps etc… we knew that our fate was in G-d's hands. We prayed and prayed and G-d heard our prayers! Sunday morning we awoke to the sunniest day in weeks! The weather was clear and we could breathe again and go forth with the preparations! People started arriving early just to take part in building Palo Alto's first ever Lego Menorah. Kids from all over Palo Alto pitched in to build it, under Yossi Raphaelson's expert guidance.     The crowd was growing and excitement was mounting with anticipation of the completion of the Menorah. By 5:00 o'clock it was ready to be lit. By this time the more than 300 participants were happily supplied with piping hot cider, freshly made latkes, and super sweet cotton candy.   Aryeh Ioffe sang the blessings over the Menorah beautifully and Rabbi Levin lit Palo Alto's masterpiece. Face painting, balloons and a raffle were all exciting features of this program… and we can safely say that every one had a good time. Thank you to all the wonderful volunteers who worked hard and helped to make this happen! And thank you to every one who participated and made this the best Chanuka event ever! Happy Chanuka!

Chanukah 2006 photographs can be purchased online at http://www.bayareasimchas.com/, click on "Events" and then on "Chanukah 2006"