Chanukah starts tonight, Sunday, December 14, 2025; but I took this photograph of a sunlit menorah for Chanukah a couple of days ago on Friday, December 12, 2025 as I was at the east end of Puente de la Mujer in Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Sunlit Menorah for Chanukah in Argentina. Sunday Morning Photograph.
I saw the menorah as I was crossing Puente de la Mujer; so I decided to go behind the menorah to capture it with the bridge in the background — and the sun was in just the right position to emulate the menorah being lit for the first night of Chanukah.
The shamash — or center “candle” of the menorah — was not lit; but only one sun was in the sky at the moment that I took that photograph. Unless I retouched the photograph, I could not perform miracles similarly to what Moses did in biblical times.
Happy Chanukah 5786 to you!
Final Boarding Call
Trivia time: Puente de la Mujer translates in English to Woman’s Bridge. It is a rotating bridge for pedestrians at Dock 3 of the Puerto Madero commercial district of Buenos Aires.
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