Tucson menorah lighting set for Thursday evening

Rabbi Yehuda Ceitlin cleans the menorah Monday prior to its installation at El Presidio Park for the 41st annual lighting ceremony. The menorah, which stands at 13-feet tall, was commissioned in 1983 by Rabbi Yossie Shemtov, of Chabad Tucson, a Jewish education and outreach organization. It will be lit on the first night of Hanukah which falls on Christmas Day.

The ceremony starts at 5:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public.