Judah Maccabee opened Chanukah on Harvard Street in Brookline tonight

After sunset, Jewish families gathered in front of the Devotion School on Harvard Street, where Judah Maccabee himself handed out dreidels tonight before the prayers were song and the menorah was lit for Chanukah's first night, in a celebration sponsored by the local Chabad Chai center:

Then Judah ascended skyward in a bucket truck to toss Chanukah gelt to the kids and adults below (don't worry, they did not hit the ground like sacks of wet cement):

And after that, everybody went into the Devotion School for some sufganyot (small donuts) and latkes and apple sauce.