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Lincoln Shopping Center
GREENFIELD and 10½ MILE
24
November 22 • 2018
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Chanukah
Wonderland
Chassidic rapper
Nissim Black
highlights fi nale
this year.
C
hanukah Wonderland, now
in its 10th year, will open
to the public from Sunday-
Thursday, Dec. 2-6 at Orchard Mall
in West Bloomfield, bringing fun-
filled crafts, activities, holiday foods
and pure Chanukah joy to young and
old alike.
The Wonderland will include
familiar crowd-favorites such as
the world’s biggest Dreidel-shaped
moon-bounce, a hands-on olive
making demonstration, doughnut
and latke making, and a Chanukah
Tot Town. New this year are oppor-
tunities to design a pair of socks
to keep and a pair to give away to
Yad Ezra, a LEGO fidget spinning
dreidel, sand wax candles, race tracks
and plenty more. In total, there are
some 30 entertaining and fun-filled
activities and crafts to enjoy.
Highlights include a Home Depot
workshop where children will receive
tools and learn to build their own
wooden craft, Chef Cari’s food
truck on Monday afternoon, and a
women’s “Caffeine for the Soul” on
Sunday morning.
The grand finale will take place at
5 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, highlight-
ed by Jewish rapper/singer Nissim
Black. Nissim, an American-born,
Orthodox Jewish convert, is on tour
from Israel and will perform in
Detroit for the first time at the event.
Also on Dec. 6, the kindling of
a 12-foot Lego menorah, as well as
latkes, doughnuts and soup and the
announcement of the winners of the
JN Art Contest.
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“Our goal at the Chanukah
Wonderland is for people to celebrate
and share in the joys of their Jewish
heritage and traditions,” said Rabbi
Shneur Silberberg, outreach director
at the Sara and Morris Tugman Bais
Chabad Torah Center, who co-directs
this event along with his wife, Zeesy.
“Sadly, there’s been a whole lot
of hate going around recently, and
the tragedy in Pittsburgh was a sad
reminder of the horrific impact
hate can lead to. Chanukah and the
Wonderland provide an opportunity
to enjoy a holiday that celebrates the
victory of good over evil and empha-
sizes our ability to work together to
bring light to the darkness,” he said.
Chanukah Wonderland also offers
a fascinating educational experience.
Every half hour during Wonderland
hours, there is an olive press demon-
stration at which children see olives
pressed into oil while hearing the
Chanukah story that culminated in
the kindling of the olive oil-filled
menorah in the Temple.
Cost for Chanukah Wonderland
is $5 per child. Cost for the Thursday
concert is $10 in advance and $15 at
the door. Tickets can be purchased at
chanukahwonderlandmi.com.
Chanukah Wonderland is present-
ed by the Sara Tugman Bais Chabad
Torah Center in partnership with the
Orchard Mall and with the help of
numerous sponsors and donors.
For info, visit www.
Chanukah-WonderlandMI.com or
contact Rabbi Shneur Silberberg at
rabbishneur@baischabad.com or
(248) 207-5513. ■