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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Archives Revels Classifieds Real Estate Menu Guide Wedding Weather Subscribe Contact Us December 28, 2005 Weather does not damper lighting Sen. Alan Bates calls ceremony ‘a victory over intolerance’ By Jennifer Squires Ashland Daily Tidings It didn’t really matter that wind gusts snuffed out the candles minutes after the lighting of the 10-foot menorah on the Plaza Tuesday night. “It doesn’t mean anything,” said local Stan Shulster, who helped Sen. Alan Bates and JPR talk show host Jeff Golden spark candles for the first three days of Hanukkah and the Shamash (servant) candle. Stan Shulster assists with the menorah lighting on the Plaza Tuesday night. Steve Gantenbein | For the Tidings In the military, Shulster created a menorah with flashlights and others do it with light bulbs. After the wind blew out the candles on the Plaza, someone flipped the switch to light the electric menorah. “It was beautiful,” said Rabbi Avi Zwiebel, who led the services. “The weather was a miracle.” The rain held off during the third annual public menorah lighting on the Plaza and the wintry weather appeared to have little effect on attendance or people’s desire to dance to the Klezmer Band after the ceremony. “It was a great turnout,” Zwiebel said, pleased that more than 200 people came out for the event. “People were really into it.” The Chabad Jewish Center of Southern Oregon sponsored the public lighting to share the holiday with the rest of the community. Traditionally, the menorah is lit on each night of Hanukkah to commemorate the miracle that occurred after the Jews proclaimed victory over the Syrian armies in 165 B.C. Jews only found one small flask of oil to light the menorah when they came to rededicate their temple, which had been vandalized by the Syrians. This flask contained only enough oil for one day, yet the lamp burned for eight days — enough time to obtain more oil. “This is an event which celebrates victory over intolerance,” Bates told the crowd. He said Hanukkah reminds him that miracles occur every day and that people should “help spread tolerance, kindness, love for one another and for those less fortunate.” The center selected Tuesday for the public lighting to not conflict with other holiday celebrations. Staff writer Jennifer Squires can be reached at 482-3456 x 225 or [email protected]. DailyTidings.com Home Page Archives | Revels | Classifieds | Real Estate Guide | Weather | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2005 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Deep Muscle Stimulator Ceramic Piggy Banks FREE Entertainment Guide Women's & Men's Slippers Accelerate Weightloss Products Backpacks Generic Viagra Vegas Travel Guide Search Engine Optimization Sportsbook Absinthe Supply Student Loans Hotel & Airline Reservations African Safari Hammocks Helzberg Diamonds Online Casinos Community Bonus Casino King of Spirits ink cartridges Mortgage Calculator Security Systems Mailing Lists Click Here Advertisement .:Advertisements:. Site Search: RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams