Hanukkah 2023: when and where will public lighting take place in Paris and the Île-de-France region?

Published by Nathanaël de Sortiraparis · Published on December 8, 2023 at 04:25 p.m.
As every year, the Jewish festival of Hanukkah is accompanied by the public lighting of hanukiahs, the traditional eight-branched candlesticks of this winter celebration. Find out when and where the public lightings will take place in Paris and the Ile-de-France region.

This year, the Jewish festival of Hanukkah runs from December 7 to 15, and as every year, Jews the world over light a new branch of a candlestick that contains eight candles, called a hanukiah, topped by a ninth, the chamach. Every evening, at dusk, a new candle is lit for eight days.

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And while many members of France's Jewish community celebrate the holiday in their own homes, there are numerous public hanukiah lightings all over France, and Paris is no exception. A giant hanoukia will be lit each evening in various squares around Paris. The event is organized by the Paris Loubavitch movement. At the end of the article, you'll also find details of lighting events in the various departments of the Île-de-France region.

Places and times of the main lighting ceremonies in Paris

  • 1st Candle: Thursday December 7 at 7.30pm on Place de la République
  • 3rd Bougie: Saturday December 9 at 8:00 pm on Place du Châtelet
  • 4th Candle: Sunday December 10 at 8:00 pm on the Champs de Mars
  • 5th Bougie: Monday December 11 at 7:30pm on Place de la Bastille
  • 6th Bougie: Tuesday, December 12 at 7:30pm on Place des Fêtes
  • 7th Bougie: Wednesday, December 13, 7.30pm, Place du Maréchal Juin
  • 8th Candle: Thursday December 14 at 6:00 pm on Place de l'Opéra

List and times of other lighting ceremonies in Paris

1st, 2nd and 3rd arrondissements :

  • Thursday, December 7 at 6:00 pm on Place de la Bourse
  • Saturday, December 9 at 7:00 pm at 170 rue du Temple
  • Sunday, December 10 at 4:00 pm at 10 rue Saint-Claude
  • Sunday, December 10, 6:00 pm, 23 rue Beaubourg
  • Monday, December 11, 6:30pm, Place Vendôme
  • Thursday, December 14, 6:00 pm, Place Tehodor Hertzel

5th, 6th, 7th and 8th arrondissements :

  • Thursday, December 7, 7:00 pm, Place de la Sorbonne
  • Sunday, December 10 at 5:30pm on Place de l'Étoile (corner of Champs-Élysées and avenue de Friedland)
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00 pm on Place Vavin
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 7:30pm on Place René Char
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 7:00 pm at Parc Monceau - Entrance 111/113 boulevard Malesherbes

9th, 10th and 11th arrondissements :

  • Monday, December 11 at 7:30pm at Place du Colonel Fabien
  • Monday, December 11 at 5:00 pm at 69 boulevard de Belleville
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 7:30pm at Place d'Estienne d'Orves
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 6:30pm at 16 rue de Mogador

12th and 13th arrondissements :

  • Thursday, December 7 at 6:00 pm at 19 place Félix Éboué
  • Thursday, December 7 at 4:45pm at Beth Habad 7 rue Fernand Widal
  • Sunday, December 10 at 5:00 pm at Cours Saint-Emilion (18 rue Gabriel Lamé)
  • Monday, December 11 at 7:30pm at Place d'Aligre
  • Monday December 11 at 6:30pm in front of the Faculté de Tolbiac - 90 rue de Tolbiac
  • Wednesday, December 13 at 19:00 on Place d'Italie
  • Thursday, December 14 at 12 place de la Nation

14th, 15th and 16th arrondissements :

  • Thursday, December 7 at 7:00 pm at Place Victor et Hélène Basch
  • Thursday, December 7 at 7:30pm at Place Jacques Marette
  • Thursday, December 7 at 6:30pm in Place Jean Lorrrain
  • Saturday, December 9 at 8:00 pm on Place Victor Hugo
  • Sunday, December 10, 6:00 PM, Place du Président Paul Reynaud
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 7:30pm in Place du Commerce
  • Wednesday, December 13 at 7:30pm on Place Charles Michel
  • Thursday, December 14 at 7.30pm at 31 rue Péclet

In the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th arrondissements :

  • Thursday, December 7 at 7:30pm at the Courcelles-Wagram intersection
  • Thursday, December 7 at 7:30pm at Place Constantin Pecqueur
  • Saturday, December 9 at 8:00 pm at Place Guy Môquet
  • Monday, December 11 at 7:30pm at Place des Ternes
  • Monday, December 11 at 7:00 pm at 61 quai de la Seine
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 7:30pm at Place de Levis
  • Tuesday, December 12 at 8:00 pm at 59 avenue de Flandre
  • Wednesday, December 13, 7:00 PM, Place Saint-Fargeau
  • Thursday, December 14, 7.30pm, Place des Grandes Rigoles

List and times of other lightings in the Paris region

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Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From December 7, 2023 to December 15, 2023

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