Hanukkah 5785/2024
Light Up Peace: 8 Nights of Virtual Light with Lab/Shul.
This Hanukkah, we invite you to join us as we add light, spread love, extend rays of healing and prayers for peace – from each heart and home out into the world.
Gather with us online on each of the eight nights to light the candles – Lab/Shul style. Each night will feature songs and blessings, with unique voices and special guests from our community, co-creating a global glow.
Get your menorah, Gather around your Zoom screens with us, let’s Spark Hope Now and Light Up Peace.
All ages. God-Optional. Everybody Friendly.
Join us every night to Spark Hope Now: Light Up Peace
December 25 – January 1 @7pm EST
Now/Next
FAMILYLAB: This Little Light
Sunday, December 15th @4pm ET // Brooklyn
Recollect Seasonal Kaddish Gathering
Tuesday, December 17th @6:30pm ET // NYC
Hanukkah Virtual Candle Lighting
Nightly from December 25th - January 1st @7pm ET // Online
Candle Lighting Schedule
Wednesday, December 25th – DEDICATE
Led by Spiritual Leader Shira Kline & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team
Join Lab/Shul’s Ritual Team for the first night of Hanukkah to co-create a global glow and illuminate a season of Hope. In this shared eve of winter festivals Christmas day and Hanukkah sweetly overlap to dedicate love and care in this age.
Thursday, December 26th – RESIST
Led by Rabbi Amichai along with Palestinian & Israeli peacemakers
Live from the Woodstock Peace Festival in Israel – join Rabbi Amichai along with Palestinian and Israeli peacemakers to illuminate hope, resist despair, commit to repair, hand in hand for healing and the miracle of peace in our lifetime.
Friday, December 27th – CELEBRATE
Led by Spiritual Leader Shira Kline & the Lab/Shul Ritual Team
Welcome Shabbat & the Angels of Peace celebrating the gifts of light and sacred time for your entire family. Shabbat Shalom and Happy 3rd Night of Hanukkah with Lab/Shul’s Ritual Team.
Saturday, December 28th – RELEASE
Led by GENerate leaders Ben Freeman & Sam Hipschman, along with GENerate cohorts past & present
Join members of current and past members of GENerate, a year-long rite of passage exploring different ways to age wisely, generative, and soulfully together. As we light candles together, looking at life with a long view, how can we release what’s no longer needed and embrace what matters?
Sunday, December 29th – TRUST
Led by Naomi Less, Co-Founder, Associate Director & Ritual Leader
It’s the 5th night – we’re over the Hanukkah half-way mark. We trust in light returning. In times of change and impermanence, we’ll ground in where we find trust through music and meditation led by Naomi Less.
Led by Stephanie Kane & families from Raising the Bar cohort
Hanukkah asks us to imagine MIRACLES – a radical act in today’s world! Join Stephanie Kane and teens and families from the Raising the Bar B Mitzvah Cohort as we imagine together how a world of more light and community can be made manifest.
Tuesday, December 31st – RISE
Led by Lab/Shul’s Racial Equity & Action Delegation (READ) team
Hanukkah on New Year’s Eve? What better night to rise up and light up with mindful transformation for the collective holding and healing of humanity. Join Lab/Shul’s Racial Equity and Action Delegation (READ) team for the 7th night together.
Led by Sarah Sokolic, Lab/Shul Co-Founder & Executive Director
Bask in the beauty of a fully lit menorah with Lab/Shul Co-Founder & Executive Director, Sarah Sokolic, and her entire family on the final night of Hanukkah. This luminous evening will be filled with warmth, connection, and the collective glow of our gathered lights, symbolizing hope and resilience.
News
Hannah Arendt’s Holiday Message for These Turbulent Times // Spark Hope Now – Light Up Peace – Repeat x8
Dear Lab/Shul, Holiday Greetings to you all from Jerusalem, where I arrived just over a week ago to celebrate Hanukkah and this sacred season with family and friends. I’m excited to be with many [...]
Can we count on you? // WATCH our 2024 recap video
Today’s newsletter is written by Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie and Sarah Sokolic As we head into the longest nights of the year, we invite you to help us bring light — today and every day — as [...]
Step Into a Season of Remembrance // Join us for ReCollect on 12/17
I’m doing something non-traditional before Hanukkah (go figure, I’m a Lab/Shul co-founder!). I’m going to light the Shamash - the Hanukkah candle that ignites all the others a week early. I’ll explain: The darkest [...]
Hanukkah 5785 Night 8 // HOPE
Bask in the beauty of a fully lit menorah with Lab/Shul Co-Founder & Executive Director, Sarah Sokolic, and her entire family on the final night of Hanukkah. This luminous evening will be filled with warmth, connection, and the collective glow of our gathered lights, symbolizing hope and resilience.
Register through the CALENDAR LINK in our bio or at: https://www.labshul.org/event/eight-nights-of-hanukkah-with-lab-shul/2024-12-25/
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🥳 Happy New Year from Lab/Shul!
… and see you tonight online for Night #8 candle lighting 🕎
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Hanukkah 5785 Night 7 // RISE
Hanukkah on New Year’s Eve? What better night to rise up and light up with mindful transformation for the collective holding and healing of humanity. Join Lab/Shul’s Racial Equity and Action Delegation (READ) team to celebrate the 7th night together.
Register through the CALENDAR LINK in our bio or at: https://www.labshul.org/event/eight-nights-of-hanukkah-with-lab-shul/2024-12-25/
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Hanukkah 5785 Night 6 // IMAGINE
Hanukkah asks us to imagine MIRACLES – a radical act in today’s world! Join Stephanie Kane and teens and families from the Raising the Bar B Mitzvah Cohort as we imagine together how a world of more light and community can be made manifest.
Register through the CALENDAR LINK in our bio or at: https://www.labshul.org/event/eight-nights-of-hanukkah-with-lab-shul/2024-12-25/
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