Chanukah begins Friday night! The holiday celebrates the triumph of light over darkness, of purity over adulteration, of spirituality over materiality. At the heart of the festival is the nightly menorah lighting: a single flame on the first night, two on the second evening, and so on till the eighth night of Chanukah, when all eight lights are kindled.

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Also, this is our last Jewish Toronto newsletter for 2009. We'd like to wish all our subscribers a wonderful Chanukah and a very happy new year! If you like this newsletter, please share it with your friends.

Get your dancing shoes ready, because Jew Meet Jew is throwing one of their famous holiday parties for Chanukah, this sunday. Join hundreds of Toronto Jews at Loft Night Club this Sunday for the Jew Meet Jew Chanukah party.

Cover is $12 at the door, $10 for those on the guestlist (before 11pm). Vodka bottle service is $100 and the first 50 in the door get a sufgania.

Besides the above Chanukah party, our Toronto Jewish events calendar has a bunch of great Chanukah events happening around the city, from Jewish singles parties to children's entertainment to radio events. Here are just a few of the events on in the next little while.

• Dreidel Bash - TONIGHT - Thursday, December 10, 2009
• FIGHT OR ADAPT: The Chanukah Dilemma - Friday, December 11, 2009
• Jump Shabbos Dinner - Friday, December 11, 2009
• Q107's "And the Dreidel Will Rock" Classic Rock Weekend - Friday, December 11 - Sunday December 13, 2009
• Khanuka Kapers with Alistair Ant! - Saturday December 12, 2009
• FHJC Chanukah Party for Kids - Saturday December 12, 2009
• Judy & David's Chanukah Live 2009 - Saturday December 12, 2009
• Chanukah Celebration at MNJCC - Sunday December 13, 2009
• Spun: A Dreidels N' DJs Chanukah Celebration - Thursday December 17, 2009

Of course, there are also parties happening for those of us who have nothing to do on Christmas Eve!

• Dreidle Rock - Thursday December 24, 2009
• 23rd Annual Matzo Ball - Thursday December 24, 2009

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