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22 December 7 • 2017
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very Jewish Detroiter has the
chance to light up the 7-foot
menorah that will be used in a
Franklin public Chanukah celebration
without even lighting a match.
Half art project, half social media
experiment and all about performing
mitzvot, Chabad of Bingham Farms'
planned "Art Menorah" will be con-
structed with a front, metal magnetic
panel that will be covered with mag-
netized photos of Detroit Jews per-
forming all sorts of good deeds and
Jewish rituals.
It will be the center of the celebra-
tion set for 5-6:30 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 14, at the Franklin Village Green,
32455 Franklin Road. In addition to
the menorah lighting, the celebration
will include soups, latkes, donuts and
hot apple cider, unique gifts for sale,
and crafts and activities including
"fidget dreidel" making.
Here is how to be part of the Art
Menorah Project:
Before Dec. 10, find or take a photo
of a family member performing a
mitzvah — it can be any good deed
from delivering food to the needy, put-
ting coins in a tzedakah box, baking a
challah, kissing a mezuzah, studying
Torah or visiting the sick — and email
it to artmenorah@gmail.com. Photo
submissions will also be entered in a
dr awing for a chance to either win a
drone or a month's worth of freshly
baked challot for each Shabbat.
"The message of Chanukah is
bringing more light into the world,"
Rabbi Bentzi Geisinsky said. "Having
a menorah [decorated] with photos of
people performing mitzvot — such as
helping others, putting on tefillin, put-
ting coins in a tzedakah box or shak-
ing a lulav and etrog — shows that
Jews can bring light into the world all
year long before we even kindle the
flames of the first Chanukah candle."
Chabad of Bingham Farms started
collecting photos for the project at
a recent "Chocolate Factory" family
event where children had the oppor-
tunity to make chocolate gelt and wire
their own LED and copper meno-
rahs. Geisinsky is hoping to receive
hundreds more photos to add to the
mosaic.
This year's design is the brainchild
of Geisinsky's wife, Moussia Geisinsky,
and is a continuation of last year's
collaborative menorah, where Jewish
schoolchildren around the area deco-
rated tiles to be adhered to a one-of-
a-kind menorah structure used in a
similar public celebration. Since last
year, Moussia said other communities
have replicated the idea for celebra-
tions in their cities.
"The design will show how doing
mitzvot brings Jews of different
backgrounds together to bring more
light into the world," said Moussia, a
native of Paris, who lovingly recalls
public menorah lightings at the base
of the Eifel Tower. "Personally, my
favorite mitzvah to do all year long is
lighting candles before Shabbat." •
A Light Unto The World
Chabad's Franklin 'Art Menorah' to
highlight mitzvot by Jewish Detroiters.
Scott Small of Bloomfield Hills wraps teffilin
with Mendel Geisinsky.
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BELOW: Here are some photos that will be
magnetized and placed on the Bingham Farms
Art Menorah.
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