A menorah recovered this month in the rubble of a ruined synagogue in Mariupol, Ukraine has been lit throughout the Hanukkah holiday.
These lights won’t go out easily.
In mid-December, shortly before Hanukkah, Andrey Zhrenko, the landlord of the building made an enlightening find. “The menorah had survived and waited so long practically for me and after all this time, I felt I couldn’t just leave it there,” Zhrenko said.of Mariupol, Mendel Cohen — now living in Beersheba, Israel — said he had encouraged the menorah lighting after being contacted by Zhrenko and had been assisting him on the proper holiday protocols
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