Menorah Lighting Celebration at Avalon
JEWISH TIME PODCAST JEWISH TIME PODCAST SUBSCRIBE TODAY SUBSCRIBE TODAY
search
home page
ChanukahCommunity

Menorah Lighting Celebration at Avalon

A giant menorah, inflatable Chanukah symbols and a dreidel guessing game were among the features of the second-annual Chanukah celebration at Avalon.

By AJT Staff December 5, 2018, 3:38 pm Edit
  • Friends and families of all ages gathered to enjoy holiday-inspired refreshments, exclusive giveaways and musical entertainment for this year’s menorah lighting at Avalon.
    Friends and families of all ages gathered to enjoy holiday-inspired refreshments, exclusive giveaways and musical entertainment for this year’s menorah lighting at Avalon.
  • Almost 500 members of North Fulton’s diverse celebrated the holidays with a traditional Chanukah event Dec. 2.
    Almost 500 members of North Fulton’s diverse celebrated the holidays with a traditional Chanukah event Dec. 2.
  • Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, director of Chabad of North Fulton, leads the second annual Chanukah celebration at Avalon.
    Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, director of Chabad of North Fulton, leads the second annual Chanukah celebration at Avalon.
  • Alla Umanskiy and Scott Scher light the shamash.
    Alla Umanskiy and Scott Scher light the shamash.
  • Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, director of Chabad of North Fulton, lights the menorah at Avalon’s second annual Chanukah celebration to kick off the eight-day wintertime festival of lights.
    Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz, director of Chabad of North Fulton, lights the menorah at Avalon’s second annual Chanukah celebration to kick off the eight-day wintertime festival of lights.
  • Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz lights the menorah.
    Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz lights the menorah.
  • Friends and families of all ages gathered to enjoy holiday-inspired refreshments, exclusive giveaways and musical entertainment for this year’s menorah lighting at Avalon.
    Friends and families of all ages gathered to enjoy holiday-inspired refreshments, exclusive giveaways and musical entertainment for this year’s menorah lighting at Avalon.
  • Judah The Juggler entertains the crowd.
    Judah The Juggler entertains the crowd.

A giant menorah, inflatable Chanukah symbols and a dreidel guessing game were among the features of the second-annual Chanukah celebration at Avalon in Alpharetta Sunday. North Fulton’s diverse community gathered in celebration of the first night of Chanukah Dec. 2. The partnership between Avalon, a mixed-use retail and residential development, and Chabad of North Fulton attracted nearly 500 guests.

A 9-foot menorah stood at one of the main spaces at Avalon near the Apple store. There was a life-size blow-up menorah and dreidels, where families could take photos, and the winner of the “guess how many dreidels are in the bucket” game (estimated 588) was awarded a gift certificate for use at any Avalon store.

Judah the Juggler performed tricks on stage for the children and Rabbi Hirshy Minkowicz lit the menorah while the crowd cheered.

Judah The Juggler entertains the crowd.

Those who attended savored jelly doughnuts, potato latkes and chocolate gelt as cheerful Chanukah music played.

“As I stood on the stage at the menorah lighting on the first night of Chanukah, grasping my torch, smiling at my husband who was taking photos, I did not know if I was worthy of the honor,” said Alla Umanskiy. “But I felt that if there was something that makes it acceptable for me to be on that stage, it was the fact that I held the torch in honor of others, in honor of my family’s past and future, in honor of grandparents and great-grand-children.”

read more:
comments