Community members celebrated Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, at downtown New Braunfels’ Main Plaza on Monday with music, jelly donuts, chocolate gelt, games and a menorah lighting ceremony. The event was hosted by the Rohr Chabad Jewish Center of San Marcos and of Texas State University. It was the second year for the event. Jewish and non-Jewish residents alike gathered for the traditional ceremony representing goodness and light. People sang traditional songs, such as “Maoz Tzur,” “I Have A Little Dreidel,” and “Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah” and shared kinship with other Jewish community members while children chomped on gelt,...
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