WHAT:
Stew Leonard's Yonkers store invites the Westchester community to celebrate the first night of Chanukah on Sunday, December 21.

The celebration begins with Cantor Chanin Becker of Scarsdale Synogogue-Temples Tremont and Emanu-El leading traditional Chanukah song-singing, followed by the lighting of a 21-foot menorah. After the lighting ceremony, all are invited upstairs to the conference room for potato pancakes (latkes) and apple sauce, hot cocoa and juice.

In Hebrew, the word Chanukah means dedication or consecration, as the holiday commemorates the rededication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. It was thought there was only enough oil to light the eternal flame in the temple for one day. Miraculously, the oil burned for eight days, and so the holiday is also referred to as the Festival of Lights.

The eight-day celebration is observed by lighting a special candelabrum, the menorah, each night. The menorah has nine candleholders, one to commemorate each night of Chanukah plus the shamash, which holds an additional candle used to light the other eight.

WHO
Scarsdale Synogogue-Temples Tremont and Emanu-El is a Reform Jewish community serving all of Westchester County. For more information, visit www.sstt.org.

Stew Leonard's is a family-owned and operated fresh food store with locations in Norwalk, Danbury, and Newington, Conn. and Yonkers, N.Y. For more information, visit Stew Leonard's website at www.stewleonards.com.

The program is being implemented to encourage consumers to think green year-round and continue using reusable bags long after Earth Month has come and gone.

WHEN:
Sunday, December 21st, starting at 5:30 P.M.

WHERE
Stew Leonard's
One Stew Leonard Drive
Yonkers, NY 10710
Store phone for customer questions: 914.375.4700

CONTACT:
Cantor Becker, 914.725.5175 cantorbecker@aol.com
Rachel Begun, 203.750.6141, rbegun@stewleonards.com