Gather around the 32-foot-high, gold-colored, 4,000-pound steel holiday icon at Grand Army Plaza (Fifth Avenue and West 59th Street, across the street from The Plaza hotel) to kick off the annual Jewish Festival of Lights. Lightings generally take place at 5:30 PM, though Friday's is around 3:30 PM and Saturday's at 8:00 PM, bookending the Sabbath.

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