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VOLUME 58 • NO. 49

Lighting the way Congregation Beth Evergreen’s menorah candle-lighting ceremony hopes to spark gratitude and joy BY BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Miracles. Gratitude. Joy. As families at Congregation Beth Evergreen celebrated Hanukkah this week, they also celebrated the miracle of family, talked about their gratitude for the blessings in their lives, and they were joyful that technology allowed them to congregate virtually to celebrate the menorah candle-lighting traditions. Hanukkah, sometimes called the Festival of Lights, began at sundown on Dec. 10 and runs through sundown on Dec. 18, and Rabbi Jamie Arnold conducted a virtual

ceremony with 30 families Thursday to light the first candle. They sang songs and talked about what they were grateful for. Marilyn and Irv Saltzman of Conifer would normally have celebrated the first night of Hanukkah with a large group of family with gifts, food and decorations, but this year, it was much simpler with only their grandchildren to help them light the candle. “I ordered a beeswax candlemaking kit — a fundraiser for Beth Evergreen — and we made our own candles and painted our own dreidels,” Marilyn Saltzman said. She said when the family held an abbreviated Passover Seder dinner in April, she thought COVID-19 would be a distant memory by Hanukkah. “Here we are at Hanukkah,” she said, “and not being able to see family and friends. Yet, we feel so fortunate for what we do have living in this community and in this beautiful mountain area.”

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Conifer resident Irv Saltzman lights the first candle of the menorah with his grandchildren, Selam and Dian Dusharm. COURTESY PHOTO

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