Ari (left) and Shana celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with Chabad of Cole Valley, which staged a 3-mile bicycle ride near Golden Gate Park. Nine bicycles with LED-emblazoned menorahs took part in the ride, with Rabbi Nosson Potash and his decked-out Chabad “mitzvah cycle” in the lead position.
For the second night of Hanukkah, the famous Haight-Ashbury intersection in San Francisco was the site of a Chabad menorah lighting. Here, one of the 30 or so attendees lights a candle; later, latkes were handed out to the homeless.