Chanukah
Join CBST for Chanukah candle lighting each night of the festival of lights! Each night a different CBST community group will host the candle lighting. All are welcome every night of Chanukah!
First Night
Friday, December 4, 6:30pm | In-person and CBST Livestream
Part of Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Second Night
Saturday, December 5 | 6:00pm | Zoom
Hosted by Hosted by Shabbat Shalem
Third Night
Sunday, December 6 | 5:30pm | Zoom
Hosted by Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Tzvi Silver
Fourth Night
Monday, December 7 | 5:30pm | Zoom
Hosted by Mishpachah Monday
Fifth Night
Tuesday, December 8, 6:00pm | In person and on Zoom
Hosted by the Board of Directors & the CBST Clergy Team
Join us in person for candle lighting and Chanukah nosh in the lobby.
Sixth Night
Wednesday, December 9 | 5:30pm | Zoom
Hosted by Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern Leo Linder
Seventh Night
Thursday, December 10, 6:30pm | Union Square | Register
Hosted by Downtown Jewish Life (DJL)
Join Cantor Sam Rosen and 14th Street Y for our third annual Chanukah in Union Square! Together, we’ll light the menorah, enjoy special music performances by Broadway star Ari Stachel and acclaimed singer Daphna Mor, and create a true New York Chanukah moment filled with community, warmth, and light.
This event will be held in Union Square Northern Plaza. There will be live ASL interpretation.
This event is cosponsored by members of the Downtown Jewish Life Network including Brotherhood Synagogue, Central Synagogue, CBST, Conservative Synagogue of Fifth Avenue, East End Temple, Emanu-El Downtown, Lab/Shul, Town and Village Synagogue, and the Village Temple.
Eighth Night
Friday, December 11 | 6:30pm | In-person and CBST Livestream
Part of Kabbalat Shabbat Services
Chanukah Teaching
Special Chanukah literary reading: Perhaps you’ve heard of Megillat Esther that Jewish communities read on Purim. But how about Megillat Antiochus? Many Jewish communities throughout history read this apocryphal scroll on Chanukah, but the custom has fallen out of practice in modern times—until now! Join Cooperberg-Rittmaster Rabbinical Intern David in exploring what this ancient text has to say about the Chanukah story and the Jewish people.