2023 Chanukah Festival and Menorah Lighting at Bayshore in Glendale

State Rep. Daniel Riemer, of Milwaukee, holds his five-year-old son, Nathaniel, on his shoulders during the Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Kids look up to catch gifts or gelt, or chocolate coins, tossed from a Northshore Fire Department ladder truck as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

A Northshore firefighter tosses gelt, or chocolate coins from a ladder truck as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Dancers in stilts and LED suits dance to music dance as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

A Northshore firefighter tosses gelt, or chocolate coins from a ladder truck as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Eljack Murrell, celebrating his 9th birthday with his sister and father, Eljack Murrell, Sr. (not pictured) of Milwaukee, decorates a cookie as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Natan Rogovskiy, of Whitefish Bay, who was with his mother, Nadiia, eats a cookie he decorated as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

A group of students with Bader Hillel High School in Glendale serve doughnuts as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

A train takes people on ride as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

One-year-old Zamara Vasquez finishes her doughnut while with her mother, Portia Reed, of Milwaukee while at the Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

A family pose for a at the Wisconsin Photo Booth Company at the Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

A group dance with their votive candles handed out as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Yasha Moldavsky, a Bader Hillel High School junior, wears a flag of Israel during a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Rabbi Mendel Shmotkin speaks as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.

Robiul Foysal holds his parachute he caught tossed from a as part of a Chanukah Festival and Gelt Drop, to kick off the first day of Chanukah, in The Yard at Bayshore in Glendale on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. The largest Hanukkah festival in Wisconsin, hosted by Lubavitch of Wisconsin, included live music, a giant Menorah lighting, and a mega gelt and gift drop.