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Hanukkah process gets underway as part of celebration, Viera festival

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December 31, 2024

Hanukkah process gets underway as part of celebration, Viera festival

SATELLITE BEACH — Brevard County residents might even see some slight delays this afternoon because the annual Hanukkah Parade — with automobiles adorned with the eight-branch menorah connected to autos — winds its means from Satellite tv for pc Seaside to Viera with a 100-car procession.

The general public occasion, a part of the most important celebration of the eight-day Hanukkah competition, will finish on the Chabad Viera on Lake Andrew Drive, with The Snow Competition, meals, acrobats, and the lighting of a large menorah.

The Chabad of the Area and Treasure Coasts, primarily based in Satellite tv for pc Seaside, is sponsoring the occasion. It has expanded its public menorah shows in a number of main Brevard cities, from Melbourne to Indialantic and Satellite tv for pc Seaside, in commemoration of the vacation.

“The menorah is a common image of freedom and variety. Its message is to take delight in a single’s personal tradition and ethnicity and enlighten the world with one’s distinctive items,” stated Rabbi Mendel Osdoba of the Chabad, one of many parade organizers. “Having a menorah show brings much-needed pleasure and inspiration to many individuals of all ethnicities.”

The car procession with the adorned automobiles will depart the Satellite tv for pc Seaside location of Chabad on State Street A1A after which make its technique to U.S. 1. The automobiles will arrive on the Chabad Viera about 4:30 p.m. the place the Snow Competition will then get underway. The menorah will then be lit simply earlier than sunset, at about 5:30 p.m.