Ways to Celebrate Hanukkah in Assisted Living
If your loved one has recently moved into an assisted living community, you can still celebrate Hanukkah together – especially if they moved into one of the facilities under the Jewish Community Housing Corporation. One of the greatest benefits of moving into senior living in the Jewish tradition, is keeping all the traditions you know and love going. Here are some ways we are going to celebrate Hanukkah this year with our residents at Lester Senior Living.
Annual Hanukkah
Party. Hosted in the
Weston Lobby, our annual Hanukkah party is always a big hit amongst the
residents – and staff as well! We’re still finalizing the details, but every
Hanukkah party always has live entertainment by the TKlez Band, dancing,
and delicious, traditional staple foods like Sufganiyot doughnuts – yum.
Hanukkah
Crafts. Our wonderful
Community Life Coordinator, Keisha, hosts an annual Hanukkah crafts class where
residents can create a signature piece of decor or symbol that is traditional
to this holiday, like Menorahs or dreidels. Speaking of
dreidels…
Dreidel Tournament. “Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel, with dreidel
WE shall play!” A good, old fashioned competition is always welcome here at
Lester Senior Living, especially a festive one like this. The winner may just
have a special prize in store!
Cooking Club:
Making Latkes. Hanukkah
just isn’t complete without some warm, crispy latkes! For those who may not
know, Lester Senior Living has many activity clubs, some even started by the
residents themselves. Cooking club is one of our more popular clubs at our
assisted living facility, so of course it’s a no-brainer to have a seasonal
class to make latkes for Hanukkah. Give our signature latke
recipe a test run, you won’t regret it!
Shabbat, Maariv,
Torah and More. Did you
know that we have a chapel on site? Residents are welcome to join us for
Shabbat every Friday in the chapel. We also host weekly Torah and Maariv
services with our rabbi over Zoom. As we mentioned earlier, Hanukkah plans are
still in the works, but there will always be a special service held in the
chapel for this joyous holiday. If residents have family coming to visit, they
are more than welcome to join us for Shabbat.
Celebrating Hanukkah
at our Assisted Living Facility in Morris County
Hanukkah Sameach from
all of us at the JCHC communities! If you’d like to know more about senior care
in the Jewish tradition, or about how we are celebrating Hanukkah in assisted
living, please call the team at Lester today. At our senior community
in Morris County, we read the Torah, hold traditional services in the
chapel and have Shabbat together every week. Although our traditions are deeply
rooted in Judaism, all of our communities’ welcome seniors of all faiths and
backgrounds.
To learn more about
Jewish holidays at our assisted living community in Morris County, NJ, please
visit our website at: https://jchcorp.org/
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