Chanukah Menorah Parade

Cars adorned with menorahs on their roofs line up ahead of the start of the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Lior Shkedi, of Squirrel Hill, carries a menorah to stop on the roof of his car before the start of the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh students laugh and joke with each other in a rented RV while lined up before the start of the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh students look out from rented RVs as they prepare to start the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

A Pittsburgh Police officer directs traffic ahead of the start of the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Attendees line up ahead of the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Mordechai Epstein, of Squirrel Hill, affixes lights to shine on the menorah on the roof of his car while preparing for the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

A Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh student helps attendees with their rooftop menorahs before the start of the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Cars are adorned with rooftop menorahs as they line up for the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh students cheer from a rented RV as it pulls away during the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Yeshiva Schools of Pittsburgh students cheer and wave from a rented RV as it pulls away during the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Cars adorned with rooftop menorahs process down Morewood Avenue during the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

Cars adorned with rooftop menorahs process down Morewood Avenue during the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

A Pittsburgh Police officer blocks traffic as cars adorned with rooftop menorahs turn onto Fifth Avenue from Morewood Avenue during the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)

An attendee cheers, “Happy Hanukkah,” to onlookers as she rides in the annual Grand Menorah Parade to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Rodef Shalom in Oakland. (Alexandra Wimley/Post-Gazette)