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SARANAC LAKE — Rabbi Shmuel Lesches and rabbinical student Mendel Laufer traveled around the north country last week to deliver hand-rolled matzah to local Jewish people preparing for Passover, which
SARANAC LAKE — Rabbi Shmuel Lesches and rabbinical student Mendel Laufer traveled around the North Country this week to deliver hand-rolled matzah to local J
Kindness is catchy: Gifts distributed to essential workers, first responders to celebrate Purim Updated Mar 06, 2021; Posted Mar 06, 2021 Rabbi Yaakov Rapoport and students from Chabad House delivered mugs filled with treats to first responders and essential workers in honor of Purim. Facebook Share Inspired by his wife, Chanie, he organized an initiative to spread kindness throughout the Syracuse community. Members of Chabad House - a Jewish student organization at Syracuse University - have spent recent weeks packaging and delivering gifts to healthcare workers, fire and police department...
Menorah lighting in Syracuse marks the start of Hanukkah Updated Dec 10, 2020; Posted Dec 10, 2020 The first light burns on the menorah in Clinton Square in Syracuse, N.Y., Thursday December 10, 2020. Scott Schild | sschild@syracuse.comScott Schild | sschild@syracuse. Facebook Share By Syracuse.com | The Post-Standard SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Jewish people in Central New York and around the world started celebrating Hanukkah Thursday night. On the first night of Hanukkah special prayers are recited, and one candle is lit on the menorah. Each night another candle is lit. The eight-day commemoratio...