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Debbie Rosenberg’s Kindergarten class
Ben Cole’s 5th grade class

Monte Schloss’ 6th Grade class (the winners) with judges Rabbi 
Mark Miller, Itay Nussbaum and Nicole Jahr.

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DEBBIE MOROSOHK DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION 

Chanukah 
Candemonium

For Chanukah at Temple 
Beth El this year, our Masa 
(Religious School) students 
in grades K-6 had a blast at 
our Chanukah Candemonium 
event. This was an opportunity 
to both create Chanukah fun 
for our students and fulfill the 
mitzvah of feeding the hungry. 
It began weeks before 
Chanukah as the classes started 
bringing in cans of food and 
grew their collections leading 
up to the holiday. They made 
their plans and created their 
designs. Then, on Sunday, 
Dec.10, each class got a table in 
the foyer to build and decorate 
their Chanukah menorah using 
all those cans. Students, mad-

richim and teachers worked 
together to make their designs 
creative, some wild, some 
whacky, and all big and beau-
tiful. 
At the end of the day, each 
class presented their Chanukiah 
to an esteemed panel of judges 
and a winner was chosen. 
However, it was clear that 
everyone was a winner as all 
had fun, and every class was 
rightfully proud of their cre-
ation. 
And, most importantly, we 
donated 684 cans of food to 
Yad Ezra to help them in their 
mission to provide food for 
those who are in need at this 
holiday season.