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U-Ephreli kungaba inyanga enonya kakhulu, kodwa uDisemba, omnyama kakhulu, ungazizwa ungenamusa futhi. Nokho, iNew York inikeza ukukhanya kwayo phakathi nalezi zinsuku ezinde nezinobudlova, hhayi nje kuphela ukukhanya kwesizini kweRockefeller Center. Nasi umhlahlandlela wezinye zezibuko zokukhanya ezinhle kulo lonke idolobha, kufaka phakathi izithombe ezikhazimulayo nezinde, isibani sesitayela saseShayinaimibukiso nama-menorah amakhulu. Ngokuvamile uzothola ukudla, ukuzijabulisa kanye nemisebenzi yomndeni lapha, kanye nezinto ezikhazimulayo ze-LED: izigodlo zezinganekwane, amaswidi akhangayo, ama-dinosaur abhongayo— kanye nama-panda amaningi.
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Le ndawo engamahektha ayi-10 iyakhazimula, hhayi nje ngenxa yezibani zayo ezinkulu ezingaphezu kuka-1,200. Njengoba ngangihamba emibukisweni egcwele umculo, ngathola ukuthi isiShayina esiyinganekwanei-phoenix inobuso benkonjane nomsila wenhlanzi, nokuthi ama-panda achitha amahora angu-14 kuya kwangu-16 ngosuku edla uqalo. Ngaphezu kokuhlola izindawo ezimele lezi kanyeEzinye izidalwa, izivakashi zingahamba nge-Dinosaur Path, ehlanganisa izibani ze-Tyrannosaurus rex kanye ne-velociraptor enezimpaphe.
Lo mkhosi, ofinyeleleka kalula ngebhasi yamahhala elisuka esiteshini saseStaten Island Ferry, nawo uyathandeka ngenxa yendawo yawo eSnug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical.Ingadi. NgoLwesihlanu lweLantern Fest ngoDisemba, iStaten Island Museum eseduze, iNewhouse Center for Contemporary Art kanye neNoble Maritime Collection zihlala zivuliwe kuze kube ngu-8 ntambama.ntambama Lo mkhosi ubuye ube netende elifudumele, imibukiso ebukhoma yangaphandle, indawo yokuskeyitha kanye ne-Starry Alley ekhazimulayo, lapho kwenziwa khona izicelo zomshado eziyisishiyagalombili ngonyaka odlule.I-Hanukkah, eqala ekushoneni kwelanga ngeSonto, uMkhosi WamaJuda Wezibani. Kodwa ngenkathi iningi lama-menorah likhanyisa izindlu kancane, lawa amabili - eGrand Army Plaza, eBrooklyn,kanye neGrand Army Plaza, eManhattan — kuzokhanyisa isibhakabhaka. Ukukhumbula isimangaliso sasendulo seHanukkah, lapho isitsha esincane samafutha sasetshenziswa ukunikezela kabusha iJerusalemaithempeli lahlala izinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, ama-menorah amakhulu nawo ashisa uwoyela, anezitsha zokushisa zengilazi ukuvikela amalangabi. Ukukhanyisa izibani, ngasinye esingamamitha angaphezu kwangu-12 ubude, kuyinto emangalisayo, edingaamakhreyini nama-lifti.
NgeSonto ngo-4 ntambama, izixuku zizohlangana eBrooklyn noChabad wasePark Slope ukuze kuqhutshwe ama-latkes kanye nekhonsathi yomculi wamaHasidic uYehuda Green, kulandelwe ukukhanyiswa kokuqalaikhandlela. Ngo-5:30 ntambama, uSenator Chuck Schumer uzohamba noRabi Shmuel M. Butman, umqondisi weLubavitch Youth Organisation, ukuyokwenza imiklomelo eManhattan, laphoAbantu abazojabulela ubumnandi bazojabulela nokudla okumnandi kanye nomculo kaDovid Haziza. Nakuba wonke amakhandlela e-menorah engeke avuthe kuze kube usuku lwesishiyagalombili lomkhosi - kunemikhosi yasebusuku - lokhuUnyaka wonke isibani saseManhattan, esihlotshiswe ngezibani zezintambo ezikhazimulayo, sizoba isibani esihle kakhulu isonto lonke. Kuze kube nguDisemba 29; 646-298-9909, largestmenorah.com; 917-287-7770,chabad.org/5thavemenorah.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Disemba-19-2019
