This year’s lighting of the Hanukkah candles in the Glass Courtyard will be a special celebration – international musicians from the “Neukölln Shtetl” festival will accompany the approx. 15-minute ceremony with joyful, festive sounds.
Past event
Where
Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
Hanukkah, the festival of lights, celebrates the restoration of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. In 164 BCE, a group of Jewish rebel fighters called the Maccabees regained control of the Temple from its previous Hellenistic rulers. According to an account in the Talmud, a single container of oil was found in the ravaged Temple, which should have only sufficed to light the Temple’s candelabrum (or menorah) for one day but miraculously kept it burning for eight days and nights.
Ever since, in the winter holiday of Hanukkah, the Hanukkah candles are lit on eight consecutive nights. Over the centuries, the triumph of a small band of resistance fighters against a mighty army grew into a legend that bolstered a common identity, praised bravery, and gave reason to believe in miracles.
Café Schmus offers a selection of tasty Hanukkah treats:
| Latkes with apple compote and sour cream | 7.50 euros |
| Latkes with smoked salmon and sour cream | 11.50 euros |
| Sufganiyot with plum puree or currant filling | 2.00 euros |
| 3 Mini Sufganiyotsk | 2.50 euros |
Hanukkiah in the Glass Courtyard; JMB, photo: Yves Sucksdorff
