The World's Largest Hanukkah Menorah: Manhattan

Sun Dec 14, 2025 - Mon Dec 22, 2025
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Repeating every days through December 22, 2025.
Various times
Age: All ages
Price: Free
Location:
Grand Army Plaza
Fifth Avenue and West 59th Street, New York, NY,
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Gather around the 32-foot-high, gold-colored, 4,000-pound steel holiday icon at Grand Army Plaza (Fifth Avenue and West 59th Street, across the street from The Plaza hotel) to kick off the annual Jewish Festival of Lights.

Lightings generally take place around 5:30pm Sunday - Thursday. On Friday, lightings usually take place at 3:45pm, and on Saturday at 8:30pm. 

(The other "Largest" Menorah in NYC, but not in the world, is in Brooklyn)

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