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Epping Town Council objects to public menorah licence

Chabad of Epping have applied to have the menorah in a more central, better lit location

December 13, 2024 15:32
Copy Of The Chabad menorah in Ilford was dedicated to victims of the Mumbai massacre
The Chabad menorah in a different part of Essex (Photo: Omaggio)
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A town council has objected to a licencing application to put up a menorah over Chanukah in its town centre.

Epping Town Council has refused the licence on the grounds that the traditional candelabra would be "insensitive to other religious groups” according to a Facebook petition in support of the menorah.

According to the post, the town council also cited disruption to the town’s Monday market even though Chabad of Epping, the organisers of the menorah, have chosen a location which is away from the market stalls and have offered to take the menorah down on market day.