Tucson menorah lighting set for Wednesday evening
Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin cleans the menorah Monday prior to its installation at El Presidio Park for the 41st annual lighting ceremony. The menorah, which stands at 13-feet tall, was commissioned in 1983 by Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, of Chabad Tucson, a Jewish education and outreach organization. It will be lit on the first night of Hanukkah which falls on Christmas Day. The ceremony starts at 5:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
Jacob Hintze, of Tucson Electric Power, guides the menorah to a stand in El Presidio Park downtown in preparation for its lighting ceremony. The 13-foot menorah will be lit on Wednesday, the first night of Hanukah.
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