timer 4 min. read The 25-foot menorah that goes up outside Richmond Cultural Centre annually serves as a beacon of light and togetherness. Part of the Jewish Hanukkah celebration, the menorah has nine branches with a candle on each. The centre candle is the shamash, meaning “helper” or “attendant,” which is used to light the other eight candles. On each of the eight nights of the celebration, one additional candle is lit until they are all illuminated on the final night. On the first night of this year’s celebration Sunday (Nov. 28), Shalom (né Imre) Lichtmann, an 81-year-old Holocaust survivor,...