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Celebrating the Festival of Lights in downtown Las Vegas — PHOTOS

Las Vegas Review-Journal
December 6, 2015 - 9:41 pm
 
Rabbi Shea Harlig, center, and Poju Zabludowicz, right, prepare to light the Grand Menorah during the first night of Hanukkah known as the Festival of Lights at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Children from the Desert Torah Academy perform during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Dancing Dreidels perform during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rabbi Shea Harlig speaks during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rabbi Chaim Ozer Metal, left, helps Steven Hoffman perform the Tefillin during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rabbi Shea Harlig, center, Jonathan Jossel, left, and Poju Zabludowicz prepare to light the Grand Menorah during the first night of Hanukkah known as the Festival of Lights at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman, right, and Rabbi Shea Harlig speak during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rabbi Shea Harlig, center, Jonathan Jossel, left, and Poju Zabludowicz prepare to light the Grand Menorah during the first night of Hanukkah known as the Festival of Lights at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman, right, and Rabbi Shea Harlig speak during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Rep. Dina Titus, D-Las Vegas, speaks during the first night of Hanukkah and the lighting of the Grand Menorah at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Sunday, Dec. 6, 2015. (Martin S. Fuentes/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas welcomed the first night of Hanukkah with the lighting of the Grand Menorah on Sunday. A ceremony was led by Rabbi Shea Harlig, Director of Chabad of Southern Nevada, to welcome the holiday known as the Festival of Lights. Mayor Carolyn G. Goodman lit the 20-foot Grand Menorah that will be on display at Fremont Street and 4th Street during the Hanukkah season.

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