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A winter concert of Hanukkah music will be offered Friday night at Congregation Ahavat Olam in North Andover.
The Ahavat Olam Ensemble, the shul’s in-house band, plays Hanukkah favorites followed by servings of holiday treats Friday, Dec. 19, at 7 p.m. at Osgood Landing, Suite 3068, 1600 Osgood St., North Andover.
The congregation joins other Jewish groups in the Merrimack Valley for a community Menorah Lighting on the final night of Hanukkah Sunday, Dec. 21, at 4:30 p.m. A holiday party follows at the North Andover Historical Society’s Stevens Center, 800 Massachusetts Ave., North Andover, sponsored by Congregation Ahavat Olam.
The eight nights of the holiday began last Sunday. It celebrates the successful revolt of the Maccabees over the Syrians in the Second Century BCE and the subsequent miracle of a single cruse of oil which burned for eight days.