Early on Thursday morning, Victoria Mayor Lisa HelpsB次元官网网址� office at City Hall was decorated with a silver menorah, some jelly donuts, and a dozen colourful dreidels.
For the fifth consecutive year, Rabbi Meir Kaplan of Chabad Vancouver Island lit the menorah in a symbolic gesture for the City to celebrate Hannukah.
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Usually the menorah is lit after sunset, which Rabbi Kaplan said carries importance.
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Rabbi Kaplan lit the central Shamash candle, and then four others while singing a blessing.
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Mayor and council then participated in a friendly round of dreidel, competing for chocolate coins, before feasting on Sufganiyot, or jelly donuts.
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