Menorah Lightings and Chanukah Celebrations in Northeast Queens

Chanukah begins this year on Nov. 27 and lasts through Dec. 5.

One of the holiday’s traditions is the lighting of the Menorah, a nine-branched candelabrum that celebrates the “Feast of Lights.” It commemorates the miracle of the oil in which one day’s supply lasted eight days.

Patch has provided a list of local Menorah lightings and Chanukah services that will be taking place in your community during the next few weeks.

Bayside Hills Civic Association – The group will hold its annual Christmas and Chanukah lighting ceremony at 5 p.m. at the corner of Bell Boulevard and 53rd Avenue, where attendees will light a Christmas tree and menorah. A bevy of elected officials and community groups will attend.

Bayside Village Business Improvement District- On Dec. 2, the BID will hold its annual Christmas tree, Chanukah Menorah and nativity scene holiday lighting ceremony. The event, which begins at 6 p.m., will be held next to Bayside’s Long Island Rail Road station. During the event, local clergy, elected officials and residents will sing along with choirs to kick off the holiday season.

Samuel Field Y (58-20 Little Neck Parkway)- The Y will host a Chanukah festival from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Dec. 8. The event will include lights, latkes and a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, during which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.

Bay Terrace Jewish Center (13-00 209th St.)- The center will offer Chanukah candles on Nov. 27, 28 and 29 as well as a special candle lighting at 4:12 p.m. on Nov. 29. For more information, visit the center’s website.

Bayside Jewish Center (203-05 52nd Ave.)- Chanukah candles on Nov. 27, 28 and 29. For more information, visit the center’s website.

Chabad of Little Neck- The chabad will hold a service at Temple Torah, located at 54-27 Little Neck Parkway, at 7 p.m. on Nov. 29. A candle lighting will take place at 4:11 p.m.