A menorah measuring over six-foot in height has been installed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City ahead of Chanukah, which begins on Sunday evening.
The bronze menorah, which measures 6.5 feet in both height and at its widest point, will be lit every evening during the eight-day holiday, which runs until December 22, the Western Wall Heritage Foundation said.
This year, the Chanukah festivities at Judaism’s second-holiest site will be held under the banner of “And the redeemed of the Lord shall return, and they shall come to Zion with song” (Isaiah 51:11), in a reference to the return of the last remaining 20 living captives from Gaza on October 13.
Every evening, a candle-lighting ceremony will be held in the presence of survivors, public figures, injured Israeli soldiers, bereaved families and rabbis, the foundation said in a statement.
