Public Chanukah menorah candle lighting at the Tomb of the Patriarchs & Matriarchs (Cave of Machpela) in Hebron.
First candle – Wednesday December 25, 2024
Brit Milah Hall, 4:45pm
– Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Schwartz, Chief Rabbi of Hebron – Kiryat Arba
– Rabbi Noam Waldman, head of the Nir Hesder Yeshiva of Kiryat Arba, with the participation of teachers and students
Central courtyard, 5:45pm
– Lt. Shafar Barkai commander of the Judea Brigade
– Amitai Cohen, chairman of the Hebron-Kiryat Arba religious council
– Rabbi Hananel Etrog head of the Shavei Hevron yeshiva, with the participation of teachers and students
Second candle – Thursday December 26, 2024
Brit Milah Hall, 4:45pm
– Yehoshua Shani, chairman of the Heroes Forum
Fourth candle – Saturday December 28, 2024
Central courtyard, 8:00pm
– Chabad of Hebron featuring the “light convoy”
Fifth candle – Sunday December 29, 2024
Brit Milah Hall, 4:45pm
– Michael Lixenberg, Director of Information Center at the Tomb of Machpela
Sixth candle – Monday December 30, 2024
Brit Milah Hall, 4:45pm
– Yaakov Eichenstein, gabbai of the Tomb of Machpela
Central courtyard, 5:45pm
– Moshe Pinchi, commander of Israel Police reserve unit
– Nisso Guetta, commander of the Judea Region
– Ilan Barhak, commander of Hebron police station, with the participation of commanders and officers
Seventh candle – Tuesday December 31, 2024
Brit Milah Hall, 4:45pm
– Rabbi Yaakov Cohen, Tomb of Machpela minyan
Central courtyard, 5:00pm
– Barak Mordechai, district police commander
– Kfir HaCohen, commander of the Machpela area, with the participation of commanders and officers
Eight candle – Wednesday January 1, 2025
Brit Milah Hall, 4:45pm
– Hananiah Ben Shai, Tomb of Machpela minyan
Central courtyard, 6:30pm
– Eyal Gelman, head of Hebron city council, with the participation of families of the hostages in Gaza
– Israel Bramson, Head of Kiryat Arba Council
– Amitai Cohen, chairman of the Hebron-Kiryat Arba religious council
