At the height of preparations for his inauguration as mayor of New York, after his political victory, Eric Adams, came to attend the lighting of the largest lamp in the world, located on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan near the famous Central Park.
Adams’ arrival, on the eve of his inauguration, aroused much interest among the American media. Adams was elected, among other things, by the votes of masses from the ultra-Orthodox community, who see him as a longtime friend. It was raised in the special crane, during the lighting of the lamp, with Rabbi Shmuel Butman, the director of the Young Chabad World, who has been operating the historic lamp for decades.
The elected mayor took advantage of the festive moments and in front of a crowd that crowded the place in preparation for the lighting, Adams chose to address the placement of the public menorahs. “We know what the Lubavitcher Rebbe did for all of us and how he published the importance of Hanukkah and placing the menorahs everywhere in the world,” Adams said. Here and participate in this class. “
Adams would have looked excited. “We need each other, despite the difficulties,” he said, “we know the New York community is powerful, strong and we are people of faith. I tell you and your family to have a happy and safe Hanukkah.”
At the end of his speech, the lighting ceremony was held, led by Rabbi Botman, with the general public cheering with great enthusiasm and excitement, to be present at the lighting of the largest lamp in the world, which annually brings the news of Nisa publications to particularly large volumes. In the large audience, there are, among others, many media people, who come every year to document the class. And this year, too, huge crowds were exposed for lighting.
Throughout the days of Hanukkah, the largest lamp in the world was lit every evening, designed by the Israeli lake Yaakov Agam, and involved the Lubavitcher Rebbe, who even expressed his opinion that it would be the largest lamp in the world. Every evening a senior figure is honored to light the lamp.
“The fact that Mr. Adams, despite his many occupations, chooses to come here just before he takes office,” says Rabbi Botman, “sends a very big positive message to New York Jews and American Jews in general. The many echoes of his arrival and the lighting of the lamp every evening, repeatedly illustrate to us the great importance of lighting the lamp on a city street. Many awaken to Torah and mitzvos as a result of this lamp that illuminates many Jewish hearts. “
The largest lamp in the world requires preparation for its construction and lighting. Three levers serve the lamp: two levers on either side that raise the lighters to the “top of the lamp” and the middle lever for lighting the “sun”.
