A crowd of more than 100 showed up Monday at Main Plaza to join in celebrating the Festival of Lights on the fifth day of Chanukah.
Boerne Mayor Pro Tem Ty Wolosin lit the Shamash, the center candle on the large menorah set up in front of the band shell, as Rabbi Yossi Marrus welcomed the crowd, explained the tradition behind Chanukah and the lighting of the menorah, and asked for prayers of peace and tolerance during troubled times in the Middle East.
“The message of Chanukah is to kindle the light of tolerance. To be respectful of others. To understand that it’s OK for people to be different,” Marrus said. “In fact, this great country, the United States of America, is founded on those very principles — that it’s wonderful when different people come together.”
