Miketz opens with Joseph rising from the darkness of prison to great light, while Hanukkah celebrates the end of darkness with the Maccabean rise to power.
Harvard President Claudine Gay took part in a lighting of the hanukkiah on campus this week.
As Jewish communities around the US celebrated Hanukkah over the past week, stories of vandalism and destruction circulated as public menorahs were targeted.
The ceremony was attended by Knesset members and representatives from Israeli security forces.
In order to break the record all 1,200 menorahs had to be lit within five minutes.
One of the protesters climbed a menorah on the New Haven Green and put a Palestinian flag between the candle holders.
IDF soldiers in Gaza received boxes of sweets and letters from children from northern and southern Israel for Hanukkah.
The commenter accused Pink of being "tone deaf" for her menorah picture and wishes for global peace.
"I am excited and happy to stand here tonight on the first candle-lighting night of Hanukkah, here on Israeli soil," 16-year-old Amit Shani said while lighting the first candle.
"The sacred Hanukkah lights, lit these days, remind us once again that light always prevails over evil," wrote Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on X.
JPOST Digital Library
