Photos: Menorah Lighting ceremony at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids

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Nov. 29, 2021 8:04 pm

A large crowd gathered for the first Menorah Lighting ceremony in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids on Monday night.

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Rabbi Aron Schimmel gives talks about the history of Hanukah and why the Menorah is lit during the first Menorah Lighting in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Pastor Jeff Frohner of Cedar Rapids picks up a Menorah and jewish snacks including a latke and donut using oil after the lighting of the Menorah at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Mayor Brad G. Hart lights the Menorah during the first lighting ceremony in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A large crowd gathers for the first Menorah Lighting ceremony in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Yaakov Goldberg of Postville, Iowa sings a traditional Jewish song during the Menorah lighting event at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

President of Temple Judah Robert Becker lights the Menorah during the first public lighting ceremony in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Six-year-old Mia Hoose eats a latke during the first Menorah Lighting event in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A group of Jewish boys dance together before the lighting of the Menorah event at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Rabbi Aron Schimmel talks about why each candle is lit on the Menorah during the first lighting ceremony in Cedar Rapids at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Melody Simone of Cedar Rapids, left, laughs with her family Geoffrey Morehead, middle, nine-year-old Steven Morehead and three-year-old Katrina Moenlow as they dance to traditional Jewish music before the lighting of the Menorah event at Ginsberg Jewelers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)