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Ottawa’s Hanukkah celebrations began across the city Tuesday, including the lighting of a 12-foot Menorah in front of City Hall.
High up on a scissor lift, Mayor Jim Watson lit the Menorah with some help from rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, Reuven Bulka and David Hayes.
Prior to the ceremony, Boyarsky addressed the ceremony, talking about the significance of Hanukkah. The ceremony also featured music, hot latkes, fresh doughnuts, hot coffee and chocolate Hanukkah Gelt, with take-home kits consisting of menorah, candles and literature. The event concluded with skating on the iconic Rink of Dreams.
Mayor Jim Watson, second from right, lights a 12-foot Menorah with some help from Rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, Reuven Bulka and Rabbi David Hayes.
Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky poses for a photo before the lighting of a 12-foot Menorah outside City Hall.
Mayor Jim Watson gets set to light a 12-foot Menorah with some help from Rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, left, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, centre, and Rabbi David Hayes.
Rabbi Reuven Bulka, far left, high up on a scissor lift, lights a large 12-foot Menorah as Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky, Mayor Jim Watson and Rabbi David Hayes watch.
Mayor Jim Watson lights a 12-foot Menorah with some help from Rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, Reuven Bulka and Rabbi David Hayes.
Jonah Blatt, left, and his friend Reba Breault take a short breather while skating on the Sens Rink of Dreams.
At the Ottawa Torah Centre in Barrhaven, another Menorah lighting took place.
Susan Bloomfield’s father, Bernie, was 20 years old when he came to Canada in search of a better and more prosperous life in 1925. He left behind his parents and his three brothers, including Gerard, in Den Haag in the Netherlands.
In 1940, the Germans invaded Holland and Bernie’s family members were terrified. Gerard had a good friend who was Jewish and he told them to come with his family and hide in the attic of his house. Gerard hid this Jewish family in the attic of his home until the end of the war. The door to the attic was in Gerard’s son’s bedroom. This little boy was very sick and spent the majority of his time in bed. Although the Germans searched Gerard’s home regularly, they never found the family. Whenever they would enter the boy’s bedroom and saw how sick he was they didn’t bother searching further.
When the war ended, the Jewish family was so grateful to Gerard for having saved their lives that they gave Gerard a Menorah which was the only thing they had. They said their faith was something that the German soldiers could never take away from them.
Susan Bloomfield lights the Menorah at the Ottawa Torah Centre for the first day of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Menachem M. Blum of Ottawa Torah Centre lights the Menorah for the for the first day of Hanukkah.
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Ottawa’s Hanukkah celebrations began across the city Tuesday, including the lighting of a 12-foot Menorah in front of City Hall.
High up on a scissor lift, Mayor Jim Watson lit the Menorah with some help from rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, Reuven Bulka and David Hayes.
Prior to the ceremony, Boyarsky addressed the ceremony, talking about the significance of Hanukkah. The ceremony also featured music, hot latkes, fresh doughnuts, hot coffee and chocolate Hanukkah Gelt, with take-home kits consisting of menorah, candles and literature. The event concluded with skating on the iconic Rink of Dreams.
Mayor Jim Watson, second from right, lights a 12-foot Menorah with some help from Rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, Reuven Bulka and Rabbi David Hayes.
Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky poses for a photo before the lighting of a 12-foot Menorah outside City Hall.
Mayor Jim Watson gets set to light a 12-foot Menorah with some help from Rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, left, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, centre, and Rabbi David Hayes.
Rabbi Reuven Bulka, far left, high up on a scissor lift, lights a large 12-foot Menorah as Rabbi Chaim Boyarsky, Mayor Jim Watson and Rabbi David Hayes watch.
Mayor Jim Watson lights a 12-foot Menorah with some help from Rabbis Chaim Boyarsky, Reuven Bulka and Rabbi David Hayes.
Jonah Blatt, left, and his friend Reba Breault take a short breather while skating on the Sens Rink of Dreams.
At the Ottawa Torah Centre in Barrhaven, another Menorah lighting took place.
Susan Bloomfield’s father, Bernie, was 20 years old when he came to Canada in search of a better and more prosperous life in 1925. He left behind his parents and his three brothers, including Gerard, in Den Haag in the Netherlands.
In 1940, the Germans invaded Holland and Bernie’s family members were terrified. Gerard had a good friend who was Jewish and he told them to come with his family and hide in the attic of his house. Gerard hid this Jewish family in the attic of his home until the end of the war. The door to the attic was in Gerard’s son’s bedroom. This little boy was very sick and spent the majority of his time in bed. Although the Germans searched Gerard’s home regularly, they never found the family. Whenever they would enter the boy’s bedroom and saw how sick he was they didn’t bother searching further.
When the war ended, the Jewish family was so grateful to Gerard for having saved their lives that they gave Gerard a Menorah which was the only thing they had. They said their faith was something that the German soldiers could never take away from them.
Susan Bloomfield lights the Menorah at the Ottawa Torah Centre for the first day of Hanukkah.
Rabbi Menachem M. Blum of Ottawa Torah Centre lights the Menorah for the for the first day of Hanukkah.
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